Portrait of a Woman

Cleveland Museum of Art

Portrait of a Woman

Rembrandt van RijnLinkedCulture matchlcp-adad34d778fc

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At the age of 25, Rembrandt moved from his hometown of Leiden to the bustling city of Amsterdam. Within a few years he had become one of the city’s most successful portrait painters, creating remarkably vivid likenesses that seemed to express the personality and soul of the sitter. Here, Rembrandt used smooth, fluid brushstrokes to recreate the soft texture of the woman’s skin. In contrast, thicker, more textured strokes draw attention to the lavish display of her lace collar and gold jewelry—details sure to please a wealthy client. The extraordinary demand at that time for a portrait by Rembrandt meant that in many cases (including, probably, this painting) he called upon assistants to help complete the work. This painting is probably a pendant to a portrait of a man that is now at the Kawamura Memorial Museum of Art in Japan. Both were cut down from their original rectangular shape.

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Cleveland Museum of Art’s catalogue record

Medium
oil on wood
Credit Line
The Elisabeth Severance Prentiss Collection
Type of artwork
Painting
Department
European Painting and Sculpture

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creation_date
1635 or earlier

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A woman wearing a lace-trimmed collar and a dark dress with a pearl necklace.

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Provenance & credit

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Provenance
Capo de Lista family collection (?) (Padua, Italy) | Barbini-Breganze coll., Venice (1847) cat. no. 204; | Städelsches Kunstinstitut (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) (inv. no. 927), 1847 to 1882; | sold, Paris, May 5, 1882, no. 30; | Charles Sedelmeyer (Paris, France); | Karl von der Heydt (Berlin, Germany) (1906); | A.B. Antik (Stockholm, Sweden) | consigned to Knoedler & Co. (New York, and London, England, 1919); | sold to Elisabeth Severance Prentiss (Cleveland, Ohio), in exchange for John Hoppner, Portrait of Mrs. Jermingham and Herman Kricheldorf, Still-Life with Lobster, 1919, upon her death, held in trust by the estate | Estate of Elisabeth Severance Prentiss, by bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1944.
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Object ID
124089
Object Type
Painting
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field “Type of artwork” · copied as is
Creator
Rembrandt van Rijn
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field creators (museum’s label not yet confirmed) · derived by LinkedCulture from the museum field · Artist-role creator's description with life dates removed.
Culture
Netherlands
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field “Culture” · copied as is
Medium
oil on wood
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field “Medium” · copied as is · Cleveland's 'technique' field holds materials.
Department
European Painting and Sculpture
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field “Department” · copied as is
Tags
  • gender unknown
  • male
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field tags (museum’s label not yet confirmed) · combined from several museum fields
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field artists_tags (museum’s label not yet confirmed) · combined from several museum fields
Credit Line
The Elisabeth Severance Prentiss Collection
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field “Credit Line” · copied as is
Provenance
Capo de Lista family collection (?) (Padua, Italy) | Barbini-Breganze coll., Venice (1847) cat. no. 204; | Städelsches Kunstinstitut (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) (inv. no. 927), 1847 to 1882; | sold, Paris, May 5, 1882, no. 30; | Charles Sedelmeyer (Paris, France); | Karl von der Heydt (Berlin, Germany) (1906); | A.B. Antik (Stockholm, Sweden) | consigned to Knoedler & Co. (New York, and London, England, 1919); | sold to Elisabeth Severance Prentiss (Cleveland, Ohio), in exchange for John Hoppner, Portrait of Mrs. Jermingham and Herman Kricheldorf, Still-Life with Lobster, 1919, upon her death, held in trust by the estate | Estate of Elisabeth Severance Prentiss, by bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1944.
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field “Provenance” · copied as is
Date
1635 or earlier
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field creation_date (museum’s label not yet confirmed) · copied as is
Begin Year
1630
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field creation_date_earliest (museum’s label not yet confirmed) · copied as is
End Year
1635
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field creation_date_latest (museum’s label not yet confirmed) · copied as is

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