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| Keywords: Marchesa Maria Grimaldi, and Her Dwarf (c.1607, National Trust).jpg Marchesa Maria Grimaldi and Her Dwarf by Peter Paul Rubens Date painted c 1607 Oil on canvas 241 5 x 139 5 cm Collection National Trust - Kingston Lacy Estate Dorset The sitter is elaborately dressed Her gown is fronted edged and sleeved with gold braiding and the cuffs are small white ruffs Around her neck is a vast cartwheel layered ruff It is a sumptuous full-length portrait probably of the marchesa Maria Grimaldi whose father Carlo Grimaldi put his villa at Sampadierna at the disposal of Rubens and his employer Duke Vincenzo Gonzaga I of Mantua in 1607 She is accompanied by a dwarf and her dog who has the letters A M inscribed on its collar The dwarf pulls aside a curtain to reveal a grand architectural setting composed of a colonnade of Corinthian pillars; the foremost pillar is entwined with flowers coming from the formal garden to the left About sitter read also http //www buscot-park com/gallery/28 http //www bbc co uk/arts/yourpaintings/paintings/marchesa-maria-grimaldi-and-her-dwarf-100443 1607 Rubens Female portraits by Peter Paul Rubens Portraits with dwarves Files uploaded by Shakko from various sources House of Grimaldi PD-old | ||||
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