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Jacob Adriaensz Backer
Portrait of a Young Womancirca 1638

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Oil painting, three-quarter-length portrait of a young woman in a black gown with wide white lace collar and cuffs, pearl necklace, and white cap, against a dark background
Artist or Maker
Jacob Adriaensz Backer
Northern Netherlands, 1608-1651
Title
Portrait of a Young Woman
Place Made
Holland
Date Made
circa 1638
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Canvas: 50 × 40 1/4 in. (127 × 102.24 cm) Frame: 68 × 54 × 3 1/4 in. (172.72 × 137.16 × 8.26 cm)
Credit Line
William Randolph Hearst Collection
Accession Number
50.28.1
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
European Painting and Sculpture
Selected Bibliography
  • Catalogue of Paintings II: Flemish, German, Dutch and English Paintings XV-XVIII Century. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum, 1954.
  • Schaefer, Scott, and Peter Fusco. European Painting and Sculpture in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art: an Illustrated Summary Catalogue. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1987.
  • Dickey, Stephanie S., and Jochen Sander, editors. Rembrandt in Amsterdam: Creativity and Competition. Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada; Frankfurt Am Main: Städel Museum, 2021.
  • Zumaya, Diva. The World Made Wondrous: the Dutch Collector's Cabinet and the Politics of Possession. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2023.

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