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| Keywords: Frans Pourbus the younger - Portrait of a Noblewoman - Walters 37377.jpg The intricate gold and enamel filigree collar and diamond pendant are quite fine but it is the embroidered bodice and ruff of exquisite needlepoint in the Spanish style that really speak to this noblewoman's wealth and sense of fashion The ruff is similar to that worn by Archduchess Isabella in The Archdukes Visiting a Collector's Cabinet Walters 37 2010 Pourbus was a superb portraitist of the aristocracy He was active at several courts including that of the Archdukes in Brussels After 1609 he settled in Paris working for Marie de' Medici widow of Henry IV and her court of which this noblewoman was probably a member 1617 Baroque Oil on canvas cm 65 1 53 8 accession number 37 377 292 Henry Walters Baltimore 1911 mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1911 Salute to Belgium place of origin Paris France Walters Art Museum license Salute to Belgium Baroque paintings in the Walters Art Museum Female portraits by Frans Pourbus II 1617 Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
