1638
oil
canvas
From the collection of Tate Britain
Portrait of Mary Hill, Lady Killigrew is a 1638 oil by Anthony van Dyck, a Flemish Baroque painting work, held at Tate Britain.
This painting is a portrait of Mary Hill, Lady Killigrew. It was created by Anthony van Dyck. The portrait has an interesting connection to another work. It is twinned with a portrait of Mary's husband, William Killigrew. This pairing suggests a close relationship between the two subjects. To learn more about the style and methods used in this portrait, look up the technique of glazing.
Portrait of Mary Hill, Lady Killgrew is a 1638 Baroque portrait by the Flemish artist Anthony van Dyck. The portrait is twinned with another of the Lady's husband, William Killigrew.
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Mary Hill, from Honiley, Warwickshire was the wife of Sir William Killigrew, a courtier to King Charles I and later a noted playwright. The dates of her birth and death are unknown. The couple was known to have had seven children. At the time of the English Civil War (1642-1651), the couple was reduced to poverty and forced to flee the country, living separately for several years. They were reunited at the time of The Restoration in 1660, at which time Sir William regained his position at Court and Lady Mary became dresser to the dowager Queen Henrietta-Maria.
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The portrait is dated 1638, a time when Sir William Killigrew was involved with partners in an attempt to drain the Lincolnshire fens, an immensely expensive undertaking which caused the family great economic distress, but which did not prevent their commissioning a set of husband and wife portraits. The Tate Gallery in London acquired van Dyck's Portrait of Sir William Killigrew, also dated 1638, in the year 2002. The portrait of his wife was acquired from a different source in 2003. This acquisition brought together the pair of portraits for the first time in over 150 years. The portrait…
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Sir Anthony van Dyck (; Dutch: Antoon van Dijck ; 22 March 1599 – 9 December 1641) was a Flemish Baroque artist, who became the leading court painter in England after success in the Spanish Netherlands and Italy.
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