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Margaret Lemon (born c. 1614) was an English artist's model. She was the most painted female commoner of the seventeenth century, and she was the partner of Anthony van Dyck.
Description. Margaret Lemon was Van Dyck’s mistress and is unfortunately known to us today only through contemporary tittle-tattle. A fellow artist of Van Dyck, Wenceslaus Hollar (1607-77), described her as violently jealous, even on one occasion attempting to bite Van Dyck’s thumb off.
Margaret Lemon s birth remains unknown; James has only surmised it to have been c1614. Nor have documents yet been found to establish the date during the 1630s when Margaret became Van Dyck s mistress. Evidence has, however, more recently been uncovered indicating that Margaret died by her own hand in Oxford
Margaret Lemon was Van Dyck’s mistress and is unfortunately known to us today only through contemporary tittle-tattle. A fellow artist of Van Dyck, Wenceslaus Hollar (1607-77), described her as violently jealous, even on one occasion attempting to bite Van Dyck’s thumb off.
Margaret Lemon, ca. 1638. Oil on canvas. 23 3/8 × 19 1/2 in. (59.5 × 49.5 cm) Private collection, New York. There is almost no surviving documentation for the life of Van Dyck’s mistress, Margaret Lemon, although some sources describe her as a famous courtesan.
The Life and Death of Margaret Lemon, Mistress of Van Dyck; Studio of Anthony Van Dyck, Youth and Age Oil on Canvas, 22.3 X 18.3 In; 171 the Continence of Scipio and Katherine Manners A. M. Trotter Abstract: This Work Considers and Connects the Jacobean-Caroli
Margaret Lemon (fl.1635-1640) c.1638. RCIN 402531. Van Dyck’s mistress, who reputedly once tried to bite off his thumb during a quarrel, is depicted in the ...
