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Description: The Chapeau de Paille (Portrait of Susanna Lunden)

TitleThe Chapeau de Paille (Portrait of Susanna Lunden)

Creator nameRubens, Peter Paul

Creator nationality/cultureFlemish

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1622–1625

Creation date (description)Probably 1622-1625

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on oak

Dimensions79 x 54 cm

LocationNational Gallery, London

https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/peter-paul-rubens-portrait-of-susanna-lunden-le-chapeau-de-paille

Accession numberNG852

SubjectsWomen--PortraitsPortrait painting, FlemishHats in art

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12. Point Counterpoint

Mark Hallett

Reynolds: Portraiture in Action

~~Throughout the 1780s, the Great Room at Somerset House also became an arena in which Reynolds showcased a series of ambitious experiments in female portraiture. These included boldly coloured, tautly composed and slickly painted portraits of aristocratic women in modern dress: Lady Dorothy Worsley outfitted en militaire, her...

Author

Mark Hallett

PublisherPaul Mellon Centre

Related print edition pages: pp.383-423

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00296.13

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Chapter subject tags:Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792Portrait painting, British--18th centurySomerset House (London, England)Art, British--Exhibitions--18th centuryRoyal Academy of Arts (Great Britain)Aristocracy (Social class)--Great Britain--18th centuryClothing and dress--Great Britain--18th centuryWomen and gender--Britain--18th century

VII. The State of a Child

Marcia Pointon

Hanging the Head: Portraiture and Social Formation in Eighteenth-Century England

Work by social and economic historians investigating demographic trends and regional histories has offered comparative views of family structures and practices in early modern Europe...

Author

Marcia Pointon

PublisherPaul Mellon Centre

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.177-226

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00062.012

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Chapter subject tags:England--Social life and customs--18th centuryPortrait painting, British--18th centuryReynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792Romney, George, 1734-1802Children--PortraitsRamsay, Allan, 1713-1784Lawrence, Thomas, 1769-1830Hogarth, William, 1697-1764

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