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Portrait of a Woman

1620s

Jan Anthonisz. van Ravesteyn

(Dutch, c. 1570–1657)
Culture
Netherlands
Medium
oil on wood
Measurements
Framed: 86.5 x 77.5 x 7 cm (34 1/16 x 30 1/2 x 2 3/4 in.); Unframed: 53.2 x 45 cm (20 15/16 x 17 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade 1916.1055
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
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The sitter wears several transparent and translucent white collars that become opaque when layered.

Description

How do you conserve a painting when portions are missing?

The mid-treatment image (below) shows the painting after cleaning, when earlier restorations had been removed. In the painting on view, notice how the conservator reconstructed portions of the sitter’s lace collar and elaborate necklace. She re-created missing passages after studying the artist’s technique in other works and carefully emulating his treatment of the remaining lace and elements of the twisting, three-dimensional necklace. Conversely, there was not enough information to reconstruct what was probably another ornament at the back of the sitter’s head, so the decision was made not to speculate and invent something in that space.
Oil painting of a woman with light skin tone, shoulders turned slightly to our left but looking out at us with light brown eyes and a faint smile. She wears an elaborate dress with multiple layers of sheer, white collars fringed in lace, a red-petaled flower at the center of her chest, and three rows of pearls around her neck. Her brown hair, slightly grey at front, is pulled back, with a circular gold and jewel ornament in it, while she wears a matching, triangular earring.

Portrait of a Woman

1620s

Jan Anthonisz. van Ravesteyn

(Dutch, c. 1570–1657)
Netherlands

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