←Jacob Jordaens (I)

Museums → Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam → Paintings
Description (auto translated):
The elderly woman sits, turned to the right, in an armchair. She wears a black widow cap, holding in one hand a prayer book and in the other a handkerchief. She wears a white collar mill and a black suit, with her robe is trimmed with fur. The red curtain that draped her left forehead, reveals a glimpse into a blue sky. To the right is a wall with a niche and an old mourner herme in the background. This motif and blooming tulip in the niche confirms the status of the subject as a widow. The tulip highlights the transience. She was the widow of Bartholomew Le Witer, who must be deceased between April 3, 1612 and January 15, 1613 and with whom she had married in 1587. Magdalena de Cuyper continued the silk trade from her husband after his death. The same ensemble includes the portrait of the son of the sitter, Rogier Le Witer and his wife Catherine Behaghel
c. 1635 - c. 1636
medium: H 152 cm x W 118 cm
SKU: 269397