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The painting is full-length portrait with the seated subject portrayed in a Circassian dress in dull gold, embroidered with blue and red, with a cinnamon mantle, typical of her homeland. The painting itself measures about 200 cm in height and 133.4 cm in width. The portrait is one of set together with the Portrait of Sir Robert Shirley commissioned when the couple met Van Dyck during a visit to Rome between 22 July and 29 August 1622.
These portraits are now owned by Petworth House, a National Trust property in West Sussex.
Petworth House West Sussex Petworth National Trust Rome Circassian Robert Shirley Portrait of Sir Robert Shirley