# Portrait of Elizabeth Spiegel

- By: Dirck Dircksz. Santvoort (Dutch, 1610/11–1680)
- Date: 1639
- Medium: oil on wood
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: Framed: 80.6 x 68.3 x 3.9 cm (31 3/4 x 26 7/8 x 1 9/16 in.); Unframed: 62.7 x 49.5 cm (24 11/16 x 19 1/2 in.)
- Culture: Netherlands
- Credit line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Noah L. Butkin
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/1975.81)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/cma/1975.81/1975.81_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

This painting belongs to a series of portraits representing the five senses and each depicting a daughter of a wealthy family from Amsterdam. This portrait of 11-year-old Elizabeth Spiegel, who holds a recorder in her hands, represents the sense of hearing. Her gown of costly satin and pearl ornaments proclaims her family's prosperity, and the imported ostrich feathers from Africa indicate Amsterdam's role as an international trade center.