This painting depicts a person standing indoors, slightly turned to the right. They have pale skin, long, curly, reddish-brown hair, a faint mustache, blue eyes, and pink lips in a neutral expression. Their right hand is touching their chest, and their other hand is hidden under their cloak. Their legs are slightly crossed. The person wears a dark cape over a black doublet, a white shirt with ruffled cuffs, an ornate lacy collar, a knee-length black skirt, black stockings, and black shoes with ruffles. In the background, there is a chair on the left with a pale-pink cushion, a table on the…
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Gerhard van Suchtelen

painter Gerard ter Borch the Younger (Dutch, 1617 - 1681)

c. 1666

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 80.7 × 63.8 cm (31 3/4 × 25 1/8 in.) ; framed: 100.97 × 84.46 × 10.16 cm (39 3/4 × 33 1/4 × 4 in.)
Culture
Dutch
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CNE-B
Credit line
Corcoran Collection (William A. Clark Collection, 1926)
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
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