''Oval Portrait of a Woman'' is a 1633 portrait painting painted by
Rembrandt. It shows a woman with a
millstone collar and diadem cap. It is in the collection of the
Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Description
Several oval portraits of women of 17th-century Amsterdam have survived. Some are pendants and others are individual portraits. This painting has been attributed to
Rembrandt since the 19th-century, but the name of the sitter is unknown. This painting came into the collection via the
Benjamin Altman bequest.
This painting was documented in 1914 by
Hofstede de Groot, who wrote:
867. A WOMAN WITH A WHITE CAP AND RUFF. B.-HdG. 561. Half-length, without hands; life size. She is seen almost in full face, looking at the viewer. She is in black. Dark background. The light falls from the left at top.
Signed to the left above the shoulder, "Rembrandt f. 1633"; oval oak panel, 26 1/2 inches by 20 inches. In the collection of Prince Radziwill, at the castle of Nieswiz, Lithuania. ''Sale.'' Lachnicki, Paris, June 15, 1867. In the Lachnicki collection, Warsaw. In the possession of F. Kleinberger, Paris.
In the collection of B. Altman, New York; bequeathed as a whole in 1913 to the Museum. In the Metropolitan Museum, New York.867. Woman with a White Cap and Ruff
in Hofstede de Groot, 1914
Other notable oval portraits of women of North Holland from the same period are:
File:Rembrandt, Portrait of Maertgen van Bilderbeecq, 1633, Städel, Frankfurt am Main.jpg, ''Portrait of Maertgen Bilderbeecq'', 1633 by Rembrandt
File:Petronella Buys, by Rembrandt.jpg, ''Portrait of Petronella Buys'', 1635 by Rembrandt's workshop
File:Rembrandt - Cornelia Pronck.jpg, ''Portrait of Cornelia Pronck'', 1633 by Rembrandt
File:Rembrandt, Portret van Haesje v.Cleyburg 1634.jpg, ''Portrait of Haesje van Cleyburg'', dated 1634 by Rembrandt
File:Frans Hals - Maria Larp NG6413.jpg, ''Portrait of Maria Larp'', 1635-1638 by Frans Hals
File:Rembrandt Portrait of a 62-year-old Woman.jpg, '' Portrait of a 62-year-old Woman'', 1632 by Rembrandt
See also
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List of paintings by Rembrandt
The following is a list of paintings by Rembrandt that are accepted as autograph by the Rembrandt Research Project. For other catalogues raisonnés of Rembrandt, see the "Rembrandt" navigation box below.
See also
*List of etchings by Rembrandt
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References
Bibliography
Cat. no. 145in ''Dutch Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art'' Volume I, by
Walter Liedtke
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, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2007
External links
''Portrait of a woman, 1633 gedateerd''in the
RKD
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''Portrait of a Woman''in the
Rembrandt Research Project
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