Portrait of Maria van Strijp
Also titled Portret van Maria van Strijp
Johannes Verspronck (Haarlem, 1600–1662)
1652
- Medium
- panel, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- outer size: depth 5.5 cm (support incl. SK-L-3165)
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- Transfer to the state in lieu of inheritance tax
- 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
Maria van Strijp was a member of a wealthy Haarlem family active in the flourishing textile trade. Her jewellery and black dress sumptuously trimmed with lace are far more valuable than this painting of her. The decision to commission Verspronck for her portrait was easily made: he was the specialist in capturing luxurious fabrics and jewels.
