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Mary (née Ruthven), Lady van Dyck
5 of 10 portraits of Mary (née Ruthven), Lady van Dyck
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Mary (née Ruthven), Lady van Dyck
by Schelte Bolswert, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, circa 1645-1677; published after 1677 (circa 1640)
9 5/8 in. x 6 5/8 in. (243 mm x 168 mm) plate size; 9 7/8 in. x 6 7/8 in. (250 mm x 175 mm) paper size
Purchased with help from the Friends of the National Libraries and the Pilgrim Trust, 1966
Reference Collection
NPG D7527
Sitterback to top
- Mary (née Ruthven), Lady van Dyck (died 1645), Former wife of Sir Anthony van Dyck, and later wife of Sir Richard Pryse, Bt. Sitter associated with 10 portraits.
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- Schelte Bolswert (circa 1581-1659), Painter and engraver. Artist or producer associated with 8 portraits.
- Sir Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641), Painter. Artist or producer associated with 1023 portraits, Sitter associated with 30 portraits.
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First proposed by Sir WiIliam Waller, the New Model Army, the first national army consisting of full-time soldiers, is recruited by Parliament. Under the leadership of Thomas Fairfax, Commander-in-Chief, the Army decisively wins the battles of Naseby and Langport against the Royalists.Archbishop William Laud is beheaded for treason.
Art and science
Alexander Ross, clergyman and philosopher publishes The Philosophical Touch-Stone, an important refutation of the unorthodox Aristotelianism expounded by Sir Kenelm Digby in his Two Treaties.Physician Daniel Whistler, presents his thesis on rickets at the Dutch university of Leiden, the first printed text on the disease.
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Charles I commissions Edward Somerset, Marquess of Worcester, to secretly negotiate with Irish Confederates. For generous concessions the Confederates would raise an army to fight against parliamentarians. Ongoing, complex negotiations secure the signing of two treaties but the king eventually disavows the agreements and repudiates Somerset.Comments back to top
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