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Portrait of Maria Rey
Also titled Portret van Maria Rey
Ferdinand Bol (Dordrecht, 1616–1680)
1650
- Medium
- canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- depth 7 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- Jonkheer J.S.H. van de Poll Bequest, Amsterdam
- 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 Rey and Roelof Meulenaer married in 1649. This may have been the reason for having both of their portraits painted. Maria and Roelof’s black clothing might look sober, but in fact it is made of silk and was thus very expensive. Also costly are Maria’s pearls, rings, and bracelets. The fan in her right hand is equally exclusive, a true status symbol.
