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Portrait of Countess Teresa Dudley di Carpegna

Justus Sustermans (Flemish, 1597-1681) (Artist)
1654 (Baroque)
oil on canvas
(Baroque Europe )

Theresa Dudley (1624-98) was the daughter of Sir Robert Dudley, an English aristocrat who was in the service of Grand Duke Cosimo II de' Medici in Florence. In 1649, she married Count Mario di Carpegna, high steward to Cardinal Carlo de' Medici. The companion portrait of her husband remains in the family's possession. Many Italian artists thought that portraits made from life were not challenging, and, therefore, several Flemish portraitists were able to make prosperous careers serving the aristocracy of Italy, in Sustermans's case, the Medici rulers of Florence and their circle.

The artist's brushwork brings out the delicacy of the countess's skin, set off by frothy sleeves. The dress, jewelry, and pose are simplified versions of an earlier portrait by Sustermans of the grand duchess, wife of Cosimo II. In this way, the countess paid a complement to her social superior.

Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.

Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

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1981-1982 New Light on Old Pictures: Dutch and Flemish Paintings from the Walters. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore.

Conservation

Date Description Narrative
4/2/2023 Treatment surface cleaned; varnish removed or reduced
6/12/1952 Treatment coated; filled; inpainted; varnish removed or reduced
9/17/1980 Examination examined for condition
9/17/1980 Treatment coated; filled; infrared spectroscopy; inpainted; lined; other; re-housed; surface cleaned; varnish removed or reduced
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Italy, Florence (Place of Origin)

Measurements

H: 43 3/16 x W: 35 3/4 in. (109.7 x 90.8 cm)

Credit Line

Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection, 1902

Location in Museum

Charles Street: Third Floor: 17th-Century Art

Accession Number

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37.330

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