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Old Woman Meditating
Also titled Oude vrouw in overpeinzing
Gabriël Metsu (Leiden, 1629–1667)
c. 1661 - c. 1663
- Medium
- panel, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- height 27.3 cm x width 23.2 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
About this work
An elderly woman sits with a book on her lap, having removed her pince-nez. Perhaps she is taking a momentary pause, or has she dozed off? Her pale, wrinkled face, hands, and the white pages stand out against the darkness. Thus Metsu emphasized the subject: the study of devotional texts, with a focus on the transience of life.
