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A Young Woman

1640

Gerrit Dou

(Dutch, 1613–1675)
Culture
Netherlands
Medium
oil on wood
Measurements
Framed: 35 x 31 x 5 cm (13 3/4 x 12 3/16 x 1 15/16 in.); Unframed: 16.3 x 12.1 cm (6 7/16 x 4 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of William G. Mather 1951.325
Public Domain
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Description

This painting may depict a specific person as in a traditional portrait. The less formal costume and the tight focus on the head, however, may mean that it is a tronie, a popular category of painting among Dutch painters in the 1600s. While painted from living models, tronies represent more general types of people, designed as beautiful images rather than accurate likenesses of people known to their patrons.
An oval oil painting depicts a woman with light skin tone from the shoulders up, facing our right while looking out at us. Her curly, light brown hair is partially covered by a thin white cap. She wears a white blouse beneath a dark brown, fur-lined vest. Her closed lips turn up in a slight smile against a muted brown background. Layered brushstrokes create soft shadows on her pinkish cheeks and textured fur.

A Young Woman

1640

Gerrit Dou

(Dutch, 1613–1675)
Netherlands

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