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An Unknown Young Girl
Paul van Somer Ica. 1615
Yale Center for British Art
New Haven, CT, United States
The sitter wears on her bodice an oval jewel forming the crowned cipher "S," which (being the first letter of the name of Sophie of Mecklenburg, King James I's mother-in-law, the mother of his queen, Anne of Denmark) had strong royal connotations in Jacobean England.
Gallery label for installation of YCBA collection, 2005
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- Title: An Unknown Young Girl
- Creator: Paul van Somer, ca. 1576–1621, Flemish, active in Britain (from 1616)
- Creator Lifespan: 1571/1621
- Creator Nationality: Flemish, active in Britain (from 1616)
- Creator Gender: male
- Date Created: ca. 1615
- Physical Dimensions: 25 3/4 × 20 inches (65.4 × 50.8 cm)
- Subject Keywords: child, oval, Jacobean, costume, jewelry, portrait, girl
- External Link: See this work of art on the Yale Center for British Art website
- Medium: Oil on panel
- Repository Name: Yale Center for British Art
- Credit Line: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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