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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.
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. In this portrait, long considered lost, Lemon appears in three-quarter profile, delicately touching the fabric at her shoulder.
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.
In this entry, entitled ‘Margaret Lemon (b c1614), artist’s model’, James claimed that such was Van Dyck’s fascination with Lemon that he depicted her in some 12 paintings of which the originals (or copies indicating the existence of lost originals) now survive.
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.
Zitiervorschlag. Anthonis van Dyck (Werkstatt), Margaret Lemon (Die Gambenspielerin), Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Staatsgalerie im Neuen Schloss Schleißheim, URL: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/de/artwork/ZMLJrKDLJv (Zuletzt aktualisiert am 14.05.2021)
SIR ANTHONY VAN DYCK (1599-1641) 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 classical tradition of the ‘Modest Venus’ seeking to conceal her breasts.
