# Portrait of Catherine Behaghel

- By: Jacques Jordaens (Antwerp, 1593–1678)
- Date: 1635
- Medium: canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: height 152 cm x width 118 cm
- Credit line: Purchased with the support of the BankGiro Lottery, the Stichting Nationaal Fonds Kunstbezit, the Vereniging Rembrandt, with additional funding from the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, the Mondriaan Stichting, the Ministerie van OCenW, the…
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-A-4972--f81dd83e8681d0a17a609113095b066c)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/PAugw/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Catharina Behaghel was a member of Antwerp’s wealthy bourgeoisie. Her clothes and accessories, such as the fan, reflect her status. She was probably pregnant when she and her husband were portrayed by Jordaens. Their frontal depiction was unusual for companion portraits of the time. Interestingly, the herm figure in the golden pillar next to Catharina is female, while the one next to her husband is male.