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Head of a Young Woman
Also titled Hoofd van een jonge vrouw
Frans van der Mijn (Düsseldorf, 1719–1783)
1756
- Medium
- canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- grisaille
- Dimensions
- height 53.5 cm x width 42.2 cm
- 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
Frans van der Mijn was just a child when he moved with his father Herman to London, where he would make a career for himself. This painting is not a portrait, but an idealized, imaginary rendering of a young woman. The use of brown, grey and white tones imitates graphic art. With this painterly device, Van der Mijn showed off his artistic skills.
