Paulus Moreelse

Portrait of a Lady

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Paulus Moreelse
Portrait of a Lady

1627 Not on view

At the beginning of the seventeenth century, Moreelse was one of the most important portraitists in Utrecht. Although we do not know the identity of the lady in this portrait, she must have been well-to-do. She is wearing a shiny black dress with gold thread, big gold chains and a stand-up collar of white lace, which Moreelse has painted with great refinement. In her hand she holds a fan of exotic ostrich feathers.

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Paulus Moreelse
Portrait of a Lady

1627 Not on view

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General information
Paulus Moreelse (Utrecht 1571 - 1638 Utrecht)
Portrait of a Lady
1627
painting
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Material and technical details
oil
canvas
117.5 x 95 cm
Inscriptions
upper right: 1627 / PM:
PM in ligature

Provenance

Edward or William Gascoyne Bulwer, Wood Dalling and Heydon Hall, Norfolk, before 1901; Dowdeswell & Dowdeswell Gallery, London, 1901; Abraham Bredius, The Hague, 1901-1946 (on long-term loan to the Mauritshuis since 1901); bequest of Abraham Bredius, 1946