Ladies and gentlemen, The very first official joint painted portrait of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge has been unveiled today at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge.
The striking image was painted by award-winning artist Jamie Coreth – and shows Kate and William posing happily together. In the painting, the duchess is dressed in an emerald green dress by The Vampire’s Wife, and bejewelled Manolo Blahnik pumps, while William looks smart in a black suit with a blue tie.
The work of art was commissioned as a gift to Cambridgeshire in 2021 by the Cambridgeshire Royal Portrait Fund. Because of this, Coreth incorporated inspiration from the area into the portrait by painting the background with the tones and colours of many of the historical stone buildings of Cambridge.
Members of the public will be able to view the piece for themselves at the University of Cambridge’s Fitzwilliam Museum for the next three years, and the painting will then be exhibited in other community spaces and galleries around the city. It will also be loaned to London’s National Portrait Gallery in 2023 to mark the iconic gallery’s reopening.
