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Portrait of Béatrice de Cusance, Princess of Cantecroix
(Baroque Europe )
The half-length portrait represents the princess turned to the right, her face in three-quarters view. Her hair is cut with short locks at the sides, and with a slight bang over the forehead. She wears a decolleté blue and white dress trimmed with deep, pointed white lace, a necklace of pearls, as well as a rope of pearls fastened to her collar on either side. A thin line of gold frames the portrait, which is probably based on a contemporary painting or an engraving after a painting.
Beatrice de Cusance, daughter of Claude de Beauvoir, married in 1635 the wealthy Eugène Léopold d'Oiselet, Prince of Cantecroix.
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Provenance
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George Robinson Harding, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1918, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
France, Limoges (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 8 3/16 x W: 6 1/2 in. (20.8 x 16.5 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1918
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
44.43
