Girl Standing before a Mirror
Caspar Netscher (Dutch, 1639–1684)
1668
- Medium
- Oil on panel
- Classification
- Painting
- Dimensions
- 35.8 × 28 cm (14 1/8 × 11 7/8 in.); Framed: 50.2 × 42.6 × 7.6 cm (19 3/4 × 16 3/4 × 3 in.)
- Culture
- Holland
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago, Painting and Sculpture of Europe
- Credit line
- Gift of Charles L. Hutchinson
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
View at the Art Institute of Chicago
About this work
This young woman’s brown and white ensemble shows Caspar Netscher’s ability to depict gleaming satins without a trace of the paintbrush, a feat admired by discerning collectors in the Dutch Republic. Netscher studied with Gerard ter Borch and emulated his teacher’s refined interiors populated with affluent protagonists. The woman’s gesture toward the gilt-framed mirror, supplemented by the imported Persian rug and pearls, invites viewers to marvel at painting’s ability to seduce and fool the viewer.
Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0
