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MARY BEALE (BRITISH 1632 - 1697/99)PORTRAIT OF A LADY WEARING A BLUE DRESSOil on canvas, feigned oval75.5 x 62.5cmMary Beale (1632-1697/99) was one of the first professional female portrait painters in Britain and a central figure in 17th-century English art. Active during the Restoration period, she built a successful studio in London with the support of her husband Charles Beale, who acted as her studio manager. Beale was known for her refined and sensitive portraits, often depicting members of the gentry and professional classes. Her use of the feigned oval was a hallmark of Restoration portraiture, lending intimacy and classical elegance to her sitters. For further reading, see: Belsey, Hugh. Mary Beale, Portrait Painter. London: Paul Mellon Centre, 2022; and Pointon, Marcia. Strategies for Showing: Women, Possession and Representation in English Visual Culture 1665-1800. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997.