# Kenau Simonsdr Hasselaer

- By: anonymous
- Date: c. 1590 - c. 1609
- Medium: panel, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: frame: height 43.8 cm x width 34 cm x depth 2.3 cm
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-A-502--2c68d6eb92ffb24131cdb27ff23c211c)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/20502a2c8ce0a1e1978542e503bca834.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Kenau Hasselaer was a widow and owned a shipbuilding business. As the leader of a group of women she helped defend Haarlem during the Spanish siege in 1573. At the time, she was described as a ‘very masculine woman, the bravest of all who relentlessly taunted the enemies.’ And she was honoured with portraits like this one. Later, she became the epitome of a heroic woman in general.