Portrait of a Married Couple 

Anthony van Dyck’s “Portrait of a Married Couple” is a striking example of 17th-century Flemish portraiture. Painted sometime between 1599 and 1641, the oil on canvas portrays a couple, likely of noble lineage, adorned in the lavish attire of the era. The prominent use of lace collars, a symbol of wealth and status, adds to the formal grandeur of the work. The couple’s composed expressions and gestures suggest their social standing, captured in a life-size composition currently housed at the Budapest Museum of Fine Arts.