Portrait of Lady d'Aubigny and Countess Portland

The Portrait of Lady d'Aubigny and Countess Portland was created by Anthony van Dyck in 1638, executed in oil paint on canvas. The work depicts Frances Stuart, Countess of Portland, and Katherine Stuart, and is classified as a group portrait.

The painting entered the collection of Catherine II of Russia, after which it was held by Russian imperial institutions. It is now located at the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, with an associated record also indicating the Hermitage Museum as a holding collection. The canvas measures 128.5 cm in height by 178 cm in width.

The painting is held in the collection of the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, having previously been part of the Hermitage Museum. Catherine II of Russia owned the work. The Wikidata record indicates its dimensions as 128.5 × 178 cm. No specific inventory or accession numbers, nor detailed exhibition history, are provided in the available sources.

Anthony van Dyck painted Portrait of Lady d'Aubigny and Countess Portland in 1638, depicting the dual subjects as a formal group portrait. The work demonstrates the artist's mature courtly style and his integration of psychological depth with aristocratic symbolism, reflecting broader trends in 17th-century European portraiture. Scholarship emphasizes its significance within van Dyck's oeuvre as both a technical achievement and a cultural artifact of Stuart-era patronage, situating it within his influential yet brief tenure in England before his death in 1641.

The painting's provenance traces to Catherine II of Russia, linking it to imperial collecting practices that shaped early museum formations, notably through its presence in the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts.

Critical reception has historically highlighted the work's compositional complexity and the nuanced portrayal of its female sitters, contributing to ongoing reassessments of van Dyck's role in bridging Flemish Baroque traditions with English artistic sensibilities.

Anthony van Dyck’s 1638 oil painting presents two aristocratic women standing together in an interior that opens onto a garden. The left figure is dressed in a dark blue gown with a broad collar, clutching a branch of red blossoms; the right figure wears a pale gray dress trimmed with lace, her hands folded in a poised stance. A red curtain frames the scene, while trees and foliage are visible through an open view.