Luigia Cattaneo-Gentile (Van Dyck)
| Luigia Cattaneo-Gentile | |
|---|---|
| A Noblewoman from Genoa | |
 | |
| Artist | Anthony van Dyck |
| Year | circa 1622 |
| Medium | oil painting on canvas |
| Movement | Baroque painting Portrait painting |
| Subject | Portrait of an elderly woman from an aristocratic Northern Italian family |
| Dimensions | 147 cm × 112 cm (58 in × 44 in)[1] |
| Location | Musée des Beaux-Arts, Strasbourg |
| Accession | 1890 |
Luigia Cattaneo-Gentile, also known as A Noblewoman from Genoa is a portrait painting by the Flemish Baroque painter Anthony van Dyck. It is on display in the Musée des Beaux-Arts of Strasbourg, France. Its inventory number is 200.[2]
The portrait was probably painted in 1622, during Van Dyck's lengthy stay in Genoa, where he became the official portraitist of the members of the Genoese aristocracy. Luigia Cattaneo-Gentile was bought from the Durazzo family by Wilhelm von Bode in 1890 and was long thought to represent a marchesa from the House of Durazzo. The identification with the House of Cattaneo-Gentile instead, while already hypothesized in 1890, was only confirmed in 1986 by the Van Dyck specialist, Susan J. Barnes.[1]
From 1929 to 1965, the painting was attributed to Peter Paul Rubens, which was testament to its superior pictorial qualities, until the Rubens specialist Justus Müller-Hofstede determined that it was definitely an early masterpiece by a young Anthony van Dyck.[1][2]
References
- ^ a b c Hubrecht, Joël (February 2009). Collection du musée des Beaux-Arts – Peinture flamande et hollandaise XVème-XVIIIème siècle. Strasbourg: Musées de la ville de Strasbourg. pp. 96–98. ISBN 978-2-35125-030-3.
- ^ a b Jacquot, Dominique (2006). Le musée des Beaux-Arts de Strasbourg. Cinq siècles de peinture. Strasbourg: Musées de Strasbourg. pp. 134–135. ISBN 2-901833-78-0.
External links
- Portrait d’une noble Génoise, Luigia Cattaneo-Gentile, presentation on the museum's website
