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SIR ANTHONY VAN DYCK (1599-1641) MARCHESA GIOVANNA CATTANEO Canvas, 34 inches by 403/8 inches

THREE_QUARTER length, nearly full face, standing, wears a white satin dress trimmed with gold braid. Around her neck she wears a stiff linen collar edged with lace. In her right hand she holds between her forefinger and thumb a heavy gold chain suspended from the neck. Her left hand hangs by her side. A cap covers the back of her head. This portrait, which was painted about 1625, is that of the daughter of Marchese and Marchesa Giovanni Battista Cattaneo. The portraits of these latter two were purchased for the National Gallery in London, in 1908. They all came from the Cattaneo Palace, Genoa, and their removal created a great sensation in the art world. It is referred to in the Encyclopedia Britannica. This portrait is mentioned by Haldane Macfall in his History of Paintings, "The Flemish Genius," and by C. J. Holmes, in the Burlington Magazine, XIII, 306-16 (plate XIII, 137). It is also described by Wm. Walton and Lionel Cust in Burlington Magazine, XVI, 300-302. It was exhibited at the Boston Museum of Fine Art, in 1910. 19 GS