“She is an unabashed agent of the patriarchy, “an incubator who’s been indoctrinated to be fine with it, and to know her place within the court,” Cooke says. “But that’s not to say that she’s not got agency, or power and intelligence – it’s just a really interesting amalgamation.”

Vincente Capobianchi | LE HÉRON FAMILIER , 1877 Jacques Clement Wagrez | Promenade médievale , 1899 Aimée Brune-Pagès | Young Lady with her Maid, 1853 Eugen von Blaas | Day dreamers , 1887 Anthony van Dyck | William II, Prince of Orange, and his Bride, Mary Stuart, 1641