Cleveland Museum of Art

Portrait of a Woman with a Dog

Hendrik Gerritsz. Pot

Date

c. 1635

Medium

oil on wood

Culture

Netherlands

Department

European Painting and Sculpture

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

The unidentified sitter wears rich black fabric and a brown fur stole, a sheer white linen cap covers her head, an elaborate starched ruff rings her neck, her sleeves finish in punto in aria lace, and a prominent gold ring with a jewel appears on her right hand. The composition, weighted heavily to the right, implies a pendant portrait, yet to identified, probably depicting her husband. The wooden box on the floor would have held a dish of glowing coals: an early space heater!

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