Silk Habotai Scarf – Mrs George Sandys

Designed exclusively for Gainsborough’s House to accompany the stunning ‘de Laszlo’ exhibition, a pure Silk Habotai Scarf with hand rolled hems featuring Mrs George Sandys,

 This portrait demonstrates how the artist’s extraordinary visual memory influenced his compositions throughout his career.

This portrait of Mrs George Sandys is influenced by Van Dyck’s portrait of Lucy Hay, Countess of Carlisle. De László saw that portrait in 1911, while staying at Wentworth Woodhouse painting Countess Fitzwilliam and her family. This demonstrates how the artist’s extraordinary visual memory influenced his compositions throughout his career. Such works exemplify de László’s artistic lineage as a successor in the Grand Manner style to portraitists such as Van Dyck, Gainsborough, Reynolds and Lawrence.