Shown from the lap up against a dark background, a pale-skinned woman wearing a black dress looks out at us in this vertical portrait. Soft light coming from our left highlights her oval face, the peach blush on her cheeks, and her crisp white collar, cap, and cuffs. Her brown hair is pulled back under the cap that flares slightly over her ears and the wide, lace-trimmed collar covers her shoulders. She has dark eyes, a straight nose, and her pink lips are slightly parted. Her left arm, on our right, rests on a table covered with a rose-red patterned carpet next to two pieces of fruit,…
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A Woman Holding a Pink

Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606 - 1669)

1656

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 103 x 86 cm (40 9/16 x 33 7/8 in.) ; framed: 132.1 x 116.2 cm (52 x 45 3/4 in.)
Culture
Dutch
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CNE-B
Credit line
Andrew W. Mellon Collection
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
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