Portrait of a Lady (second wife of Sebastiaen van Leerse)

The Portrait of a Lady (second wife of Sebastiaen van Leerse) was painted by Anthony van Dyck in 1630, as established by both internal and Wikidata records. The work was created as an oil on canvas, depicting Barbara van den Bogaerde, who is identified as the subject in sourced documentation.

The painting entered the collection of Johann Wilhelm von der Pfalz, forming part of the Electoral Gallery in Düsseldorf. It later became part of the holdings of the Bavarian State Painting Collections and is now housed in the Alte Pinakothek in Munich, where it remains in their permanent collection.

The painting is held in the Alte Pinakothek, Munich, as part of the Bavarian State Painting Collections. It entered the collection through the Johann Wilhelm von der Pfalz collection and the Electoral Gallery Düsseldorf.

Its inventory number is 1067. The work was included in the Munich museum’s holdings by the time it was inventoried there, and it has remained in that institution since.

Anthony van Dyck painted this portrait in 1630, employing oil on canvas to render a seated woman in a dark, elaborately detailed gown. The sitter, identified as Barbara van den Bogaerde, is shown against a muted wall with a modest plant motif, her right hand placed over her chest, conveying a composed presence.

Created during van Dyck’s early period in Antwerp, the portrait predates his appointment as court painter in England. It exemplifies the Flemish Baroque emphasis on dignified portraiture, balancing realistic detail with a sense of aristocratic poise that would later characterize his English court commissions.