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Oval box containing a female portrait and thirteen transparencies painted with various costumes
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Oval box containing a female portrait and thirteen transparencies painted with various costumes

anonymous · c. 1642 - c. 1652 · paint; copper (metal); metal; leather; mica; oil paint (paint)

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

Oval box of black leather painted in tempera. Containing a portrait of a woman in oil on copper and thirteen mica transparencies painted with various costumes. The disguises show, for example, a hood with berthe collar, as a princess with a pearl crown and ermine shoulder mantle, as a city lady with fur-trimmed cloak, headscarf and black hat, as a man with plumed hat, sash, moustache and sideburns, etc. The portrait possibly depicts a female member of the House of Orange-Nassau: Louise Henriette or Henriette Catharina, daughters of Frederik Hendrik and Amalia van Solms.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineOvale doos waarin een vrouwenportret en dertien transparantjes beschilderd met verschillende kostuums. c. 1642 - c. 1652. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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