On-line gallery
- Reference number
- P01483
- Author
- Dyck, Anton van (Flemish),
- Title
- Amalia de Solms-Braunfels
- Chronology
- 1631-1632
- Technique
- Support
- Measures
- 105 cm x 91 cm
- School
- Theme
- Shown
- No
- Entrance
- COLECCION REAL
- Procedence
- Royal Collection
Amalia de Solms-Braunfels
(1602-1675) was the wife of
Federico Enrique de Nassau
(1584-1647), Prince of Orange, also
painted by Van Dyck (P1482).
As first lady of the House of
Nassau, she wears an elegant black
dress with a French collar. Its
large décolletage is decorated with
two rows of a pearl necklace and a
short necklace. The broach on her
bosom, the ring and pearl bracelets
complete this image of a lady of
Holland's high aristocracy.
Van Dyck made numerous replicas of
this image, which became widely
known through engravings and
prints. These were probably made
during his second period in the Low
Countries, between 1628 and 1632.
The attribution of this work to Van
Dyck is based on the listing of
this painting and its pendant as
works of his in the 1745 inventory
of Isabel Farnesio's collection at
the La Granja Palace.
