Anthony van Dyck
Portrait of Princess Mary (1631-1660), daughter of King Charles I of England, full-length, in a pink dress decorated with silver embroidery and ribbons
Anthony van Dyck
Portrait of Princess Mary (1631-1660), daughter of King Charles I of England, full-length, in a pink dress decorated with silver embroidery and ribbons
1641158.2 x 108.6 cm
Oil on canvas
Sale Christie's, London, 6 December 2018
Provenance
Commissioned for the Stadtholder's court at The Hague, in 1641, presumably by or for the sitter's husband, William II, Prince of Orange (1626-1650)
possibly recorded in the 1654 inventory of the collection of the sitter's mother-in-law, Amalia van Solms (1602-1675), at Huis ten Bosch, The Hague, as 'Een schilderije van princesse royale, mede bij Van Dijck gedaen'
possibly recorded in the 1695 inventory of the Stadtholder's collection at the Oranienstein Palace, as '2 grosze stücke presentirend printz Wilhelm der 2te von Oranien und desen frau, die princessin royale, in lebensgrösze'
J. Gadney
sale Sotheby's, London, 15 December 1976, nr. 59
anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 17 November 1989, nr. 41, when acquired by the present owner
sale Christie's, London, 6 December 2018, nr. 15
Other works by Anthony van Dyck
Susanna at the Bath
c. 1622/23
c. 1622/23
King Charles I
Portrait of Mary Hill, Lady Killigrew
1638
1638
The Virgin and Donors
c. 1630
c. 1630
Nicholas Lanier
1628
1628