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Portrait of a Young Woman with a Fan

1633
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 616
This animated portrait has a pendant, or companion painting, showing the sitter’s husband rising from a chair (1633; Taft Museum, Cincinnati). When seen together, husband and wife seem to respond to each other, making these among Rembrandt’s most inventive compositions of the early 1630s. Rembrandt’s early experience as a painter of dramatic history scenes and his close study of expression and character during the time he spent in Leiden prepared him to be the most original and successful portraitist in Amsterdam, where he arrived in the winter of 1631–32.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Portrait of a Young Woman with a Fan
  • Artist: Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn) (Dutch, Leiden 1606–1669 Amsterdam)
  • Date: 1633
  • Medium: Oil on canvas
  • Dimensions: 49 1/2 x 39 3/4 in. (125.7 x 101 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Gift of Helen Swift Neilson, 1943
  • Object Number: 43.125
  • Curatorial Department: European Paintings

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