Portrait of a Young Woman
c. 1690
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
66.9 × 53.3 cm (26 5/16 × 21 in.); Framed: 88.3 × 75.3 × 5.1 cm (34 3/4 × 29 5/8 × 2 in.)
Classification
oil on canvas
Department
Painting and Sculpture of Europe
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
105887
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
This young woman’s direct gaze and parted lips lend her a sense of lively presence, as does her right hand venturing subtly into the viewer’s space. This painting has the appearance of a portrait, but the fanciful costume and casual pose suggest that it could be a character study. Such works, which were pioneered by Rembrandt van Rijn and taken up by his pupils, were sold on the open market at significantly lower prices than commissioned portraits. One of Rembrandt’s last students around 1660, A...