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Portrait of Caterina Balbi Durazzo
Crucified Christ
Charity of St. Lawrence
Sibyl Samia
application
Rape of Proserpina
Bacchus
Fight between Perseus and Phineus
Dead Christ mourned by two angels
Portrait of Giovanni Luca Durazzo
Rape of Proserpina
Adonis
Christ at the column
Dionysus
Bust of Flora
Jupiter and Astrea
The torture of Prometheus
The Triumph of Bacchus
The fame of the Balbi
Putties
Putties
Become a danzanti
Secretary
Mantel clock
The impiety of Niobe
Consol
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Portrait of Caterina Balbi Durazzo

Antoon van Dyck

Displayed in:

Royal Palace of Genoa

Royal Palace of Genoa

Via Balbi, 10, Genoa

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The woman depicted is in the center of the canvas, her face of penetrating intensity shortened by three quarters and turned with a confident gaze to the observer. A red rose, on the side of the face, highlights the diaphanous complexion. The right hand rests on the basin of a basin of a Baroque fountain supported by a triton. The left hand, dropped to the side, holds a closed fan. The sumptuous robe that wraps the figure is part of a complex Spanish-style dress, the hair is pulled back and gathered in a chignon wrapped in a crown of diamonds and a bundle of black feathers. The woman is Caterina Balbi Durazzo painted by the twenty-five-year-old Van Dyck, capable of bringing out the essential qualities of the portrayed character, proving that she has already assimilated the lesson of Rubens, of which he was a pupil: the lady retains, together with elements of aristocratic distinction, a certain airy and youthful tenderness. The portrait entered the palace in 1689 and has never left the residence in via Balbi since.
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Title: Portrait of Caterina Balbi Durazzo

Author: Antoon van Dyck

Date: s.d.

Technique: oil painting on canvas

Displayed in: Royal Palace of Genoa

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