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Portrait of Sara de Bie
Also titled Portret van Sara de Bie
Jacob Adriaensz Backer (Harlingen, 1608–1651)
c. 1646
- Medium
- panel, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- outersize: depth 10 cm (support incl. SK-L-4889)
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed
About this work
Widow Sara de Bie was the second wife of Johannes Lutma, whom she married in 1638. At the time it was a rarity for an artist to be portrayed with his wife. Together, they transformed the workshop and shop into the leading establishment of its type in Amsterdam. It became the go-to destination for the Amsterdam city council and various other local institutions seeking fashionable silver adorned with intricate decoration.
