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| Keywords: Luigi Primo - Portrait of a Noblewoman of Ancona - Walters 37654.jpg This unidentified noblewoman is dressed in the latest court fashions complete with elaborate jewels and a delicate pocket watch at her waist Such ornaments declare her privileged social status Her fan likewise marks her as a lady as does her gesture of lifting her skirts off the dirty pavement The courtyard behind her may be that of her palace presumably in Ancona Italy since that is the city depicted behind her husband in the companion piece Walters 37 660 Private courtyards and gardens were important in women's lives since the social restrictions on the accepted behavior of upper-class women limited their freedom to stroll in the public streets unless accompanied by their husbands Zeri Italian paintings in the Walters Art Gallery 363 481-482 1650-60 Baroque Oil on canvas Painted surface cm 215 145 5 accession number 37 654 23993 Don Marcello Massarenti Collection Rome date and mode of acquisition unknown 1897 catalogue no 548 as attributed to van Dyck Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection 1902 place of origin Italy Walters Art Museum license 2D 17th-century portrait paintings in the Walters Art Museum 1650s Baroque paintings in the Walters Art Museum Luigi Primo Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs artist update 17th-century oil portraits of standing women at full length 1650s Portraits with fans 1650s Portraits with watches 1650s | ||||
