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Date : approx. between 1671 and 1674
Material : Oil on canvas
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European Painting
Painting (Portrait)
Area related
England
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Louise de Keroualle (1649-1734) worked as a spy for the French king Louis XIV before becoming the celebrated mistress of the English monarch Charles II. Lely painted her portrait shortly there-after. Her loosely draped clothing, languid pose, and sensuous features epitomize the ideal beauty of the period. Such elegant images of the aristocracy established Lely's reputation as a leading English portraitist of the late 1600s.
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