Follower of Sir Anthony van Dyck Portrait of a lady

Follower of Sir Anthony van Dyck

Portrait of a lady, traditionally identified as Queen Henrietta Maria (1609-1669) in a yellow dress and blue shawl

Inscribed QUEEN HENRIETTA MARIA/WIFE OF CHARLES THE 1ST

Oil on canvas

107 x 92cm; 42¼ x 36¼in

Provenance:

Lord Rossmore, Camla Vale, Co. Monaghan;

His sale, Osborne King and Megan, 9-10 April 1962, as Attributed to Sir Peter Lely’;

The Property of a Noblewoman

We are grateful to Dr. Malcom Rogers for suggesting a possible attribution to Pieter Borselaer (Dutch 1632-1692) on the basis of photographs. Dr. Rogers dates the painting to c.1670, but does not believe the sitter to be Henrietta Maria.