Portrait of a Court Lady
Antonis Mor·c. 1565
Historical Context
This portrait of a court lady by a follower of Anthonis Mor reproduces the formal court portrait style that Mor established as the international standard for aristocratic portraiture. Copies and variations of Mor's portraits circulated widely, testifying to the prestige of his portrait formula. The sitter's elaborate costume and formal pose follow the conventions of mid-16th-century court portraiture across Habsburg Europe.
Technical Analysis
The oil-on-canvas portrait demonstrates the Mor school's precise, detailed rendering of aristocratic costume and jewelry. The formal, controlled composition follows Mor's established formula, though with somewhat less psychological subtlety than the master's autograph works.
Provenance
Marchese Alessandro Pallavicino, Duke Grimaldi; sold, Galerie Sangiorgi, Palazzo Pallavicino-Grimaldi, Genoa, Nov. 29–Dec. 2, 1899, no. 276, as Venetian School, to Murray [according to annotated catalogue at the library of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.]; Charles Fairfax Murray, London, from 1899; sold, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, June 15, 1914, no. 21 [according to annotated catalogue at the Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles]. Julius Weitzner, London, by 1928; sold to Ehrich Galleries, New York, May 1928 [according to the Chester Dale Papers, Archives of American Art, Washington, D.C.];sold, American Art Association, Anderson Galleries, New York, Apr. 2, 1931, no. 66 (ill.), to John Levy Galleries; sold to Ehrich Galleries [Chester Dale Papers, Archives of American Art]; sold, American Art Association, Apr. 18–19, 1934, no. 43, to Chester Dale, New York, for $450 [Chester Dale Papers, Archives of American Art]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1951.
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