Woman with a Pink

early 1660s
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 616

Her forehead crisscrossed with jewels, the sitter of this portrait displays a pink, or carnation, a symbol of love and marriage. The gilt picture frame visible in the background locates her in a luxurious interior, but her pensive expression elevates the portrait beyond a mere statement of status. If scholars are correct in identifying the sitter in the pendant portrait hanging next to this one as auctioneer Pieter Haringh, then the woman who appears here must be his wife, Elisabeth Delft.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Woman with a Pink
  • Artist: Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn) (Dutch, Leiden 1606–1669 Amsterdam)
  • Date: early 1660s
  • Medium: Oil on canvas
  • Dimensions: 36 1/4 x 29 3/8 in. (92.1 x 74.6 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913
  • Object Number: 14.40.622
  • Curatorial Department: European Paintings

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