

Portrait of a Lady
1640
Gallery label:
Following the death of Peter Paul Rubens in 1640 and Anthony van Dyck in 1641, Jacob Jordaens became Antwerp's leading painter. In this, a typical late portrait by Jordaens, he has endowed the anonymous sitter with a serene, monumental presence and surrounded her with signs of wealth. The presence of a parrot, a common symbol of matrimony in Flemish portraiture, suggests that this work was originally paired with a portrait of the woman's husband.
Indianapolis Museum of Art
Martha Delzell Memorial Fund
Following the death of Peter Paul Rubens in 1640 and Anthony van Dyck in 1641, Jacob Jordaens became Antwerp's leading painter. In this, a typical late portrait by Jordaens, he has endowed the anonymous sitter with a serene, monumental presence and surrounded her with signs of wealth. The presence of a parrot, a common symbol of matrimony in Flemish portraiture, suggests that this work was originally paired with a portrait of the woman's husband.
Indianapolis Museum of Art
Martha Delzell Memorial Fund
- Size:
- 48 1/8 x 35 1/8 in
- Medium:
- Oil on canvas
- License:
- Public Domain, Courtesy of the Indianapolis Museum of Art
- For more:
- http://collection.imamuseum.org/artwork/78754/
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