Beguiling, sensitively rendered and richly coloured portrait of a beauty attributed to the late seventeenth century artist Charles D’Agar (1669 - 1723)The elegant sitter is depicted half-length within a feigned oval, and with her pale skin, rosebud lips and cascading chestnut hair she is the very defitinion of an early eighteenth century beauty. Her swan-like neck and head are slightly inclined and she fixes us with a sensitive and knowing expression.Her richly coloured costume is comprised of a blue silk dress trimmed with gold, which she wears over white chemise, whilst around her shoulders a bright red silk shawl provides the perfect sartorial counterpoint. Our sitter may be sans jewellery, but thanks to her highly fashionable and expensive costume of shimmering silk , we are left in no doubt as to her status. Charles D’Agar (1669 - 1723) came to England with his Huguenot father Jacques in 1681, settling here permanently after a stay in Copenhagen by 1691. He had a ...