# Portrait of an Old Lady, possibly Elisabeth Bas

- By: Ferdinand Bol (Dordrecht, 1616–1680)
- Date: c. 1640 - c. 1645
- Medium: canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: height 118 cm x width 91.5 cm
- Credit line: Jonkheer J.S.H. van de Poll Bequest, Amsterdam
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-A-714--ff7b348a53fc59767496a9512de535ff)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/otwWP/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)

This portrait may depict Elisabeth Bas. Like many seafarers’ wives, Bas managed the provisioning of the fleet of her husband, Admiral Jochem Swartenhondt. Together with him, she also ran a distinguished inn, which she continued on her own after his demise. This painting was long attributed to Rembrandt, but it was painted in his style by one of his pupils, Ferdinand Bol.