Corneille de Lyon (French, c. 1505-1575)
Portrait of Louise de Halluin, dame de Cipierre
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Corneille de Lyon (French, c. 1505-1575)c. 1555
Portrait of Louise de Halluin, dame de Cipierre
Corneille de Lyon (French, c. 1505-1575) →16th Centuryoil on panelfrench
Date
c. 1555
Medium
Oil on panel
Dimensions
21.4 × 17.8 cm (8 7/16 × 7 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection
In this portrait of a maid of honor to Catherine de’ Medici, wife of Henry II of France, the sitter wears a fashionable dress of the mid-1550s. Her jewelry—a gold chain around her narrow waist, a pearl necklace, and a band of pearls on her hood—harmonizes with the rich, yet restrained ornamentation of her dress and embroidered white chemise. Louise de Halluin was still an unmarried attendant of the queen when she sat for this portrait. Corneille de Lyon’s small, keenly observed portraits of courtiers have their own precious, jewel like quality and were well adapted to the itinerant lives of their owners, who accompanied the court as it moved from one palace to another.
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