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Portrait of a Young Woman
  • Attributed to Aert de Gelder (1645 - 1727)
  • Portrait of a Young Woman
  • The Netherlands
  • c.1680-1700
  • Painting
  • Oil on canvas
  • Image size: 80 x 64 cm
    Frame size: 103.5 x 87 cm
  • P78
  • Reserve Gallery
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  • Previously compared to the work of Bol, Flinck (qq.v.) and Pieter Verelst (1618-c.1678), this picture recalls some of the tronies, or figures in Oriental costume, popularized by Rembrandt (q.v.) and his followers. The soft modelling of the facial features, distinctively rimmed eyes and rough impasto of the costume are highly reminiscent of De Gelder’s female subjects of the 1680s and 1690s.