- Title :
-
Signs of identity in Lady with a fan by Diego Velazquez : costume and likeness reconsidered
- Author :
- VELIZ, Zahira ;
- Publication year :
-
2004
- Language :
- English ;
- Abstract :
- The sitter in Lady with a Fan by Diego Velazquez <ca.1638; London, Wallace Collection> has long defied identification, perhaps because vital clues in the portrait itself have been overlooked or misinterpreted. This essay analyzes the sitter's costume and attributes in view of 17th-c. notions of decorum, national identity, and fashion. The identification of the sitter with Marie de Rohan, duchess of Chevreuse-a French aristocrat known to have been painted by Velazquez in Madrid in 1638-is proposed and supported with evidence from contemporary visual sources and documents, leading to a new reading of the portrait. ;
- Pagination/Size :
- 21 ill. (1 col.) ;
- Topic :
- 530 - BIBLIOGRAPHIE D'HISTOIRE DE L'ART ;
- French keywords :
- Chevreuse, Marie de Rohan-Montbazon, duchesse de, 1600-1679 ; Costume ; Dame à l'éventail ; Espagne ; Iconographie ; London (GBR), Wallace Collection ; Mode ; Peinture ; Portrait ; Velazquez, Diego Rodr~guez de Silva y, 1599-1660 ; 1600-1700 ;
- Descriptors :
- Chevreuse, Marie de Rohan-Montbazon, duchesse de, 1600-1679 ; Costume ; Fashion ; Iconography ; Lady with a Fan ; London (GBR), Wallace Collection ; Painting ; Portraits ; Spain ; Velazquez, Diego Rodr~guez de Silva y, 1599-1660 ; 1600-1700 ;
- Document type :
- Article ;
- Source :
-
The Art bulletin (New York, N.Y.), 2004, 86, 1, Mar
- INIST identifier :
- 24876461 ;
- ISSN :
- ISSN 0004-3079 ;
- Provenance :
- Bibliographie d'Histoire de l'Art ;
- Publisher :
-
College Art Association of America., New York, NY
- Publisher country :
- UNITED STATES ;
