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DYCK, Sir Anthony van: Portrait of the Countess Castlehaven

🖼 Portrait of the Countess Castlehaven, c. 1638
Oil on canvas
Salisbury, United Kingdom

Soft brushwork captures the Countess in elegant repose, her luminous face emerging from shadowed silks and jewels. Van Dyck's aristocratic portrait epitomizes Flemish court painting's refinement and established the visual language of 17th-century English nobility.

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