Portraits of couples reaffirmed their mutual bond; this portrait also probably had a ‘male’ counterpart. Nor can it be discounted that the unknown woman was portrayed when she was thirty or thirty-three years of age. Reaching this stage of life was often the reason for commissioning a portrait. The ages relate to Christ’s life: his public life began when he was thirty and ended when he was thirty-three. The woman is wearing pearls, large drop earrings and a diamond-studded brooch. Such precious objects show her wealth, but simultaneously allude to transience.
| Artist |
Govert Flinck
RKD
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| Title | Portrait of a Woman |
| Date | 1659 |
| Period | 17th century |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | signature and year top right: g. flinck / 1659 |
| Collection | paintings AAT |
| Object type | oil paintings (visual works) AAT |
| Inventory number | 1914-CT |
| Acquisition credit |
bequest
Scribe, Fernand Ghent 1913 |
| Current whereabouts | Work on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1914-CT |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/654/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300015637
portraits
AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
31A72
female sex; woman
Iconclass
31D15 adult woman Iconclass 41D266 ornaments, jewels Iconclass 41D2661 necklace Iconclass 41D26611 pearl; pearl necklace Iconclass 41D2662 bracelet, wristlet Iconclass 41D2663 ear-rings Iconclass 41D2664 ring Iconclass 41D2665 brooch, agraffe, clasp Iconclass 61B11 anonymous historical person portrayed Iconclass 61BB111 anonymous historical person portrayed alone - BB - woman Iconclass 61BB2 historical persons - BB - woman Iconclass |
| School / Style | Baroque AAT |
| Museum van Schoone Kunsten : Catalogus ; Oude Meesters, Schilderstukken, teekeningen, plaatsneden (met geschiedkundig overzicht) / Maurice Dupuis, Georges Charles Nicolas Marie Hulin de Loo, Fritz Van Loo. - Gent : Drukkerij F. De Vos, 1938 ; Gent : Stad Gent, 1938 (p. 56) |
| Guide du Musée des Beaux-Arts de Gand, Orné de 52 reproductions de tableaux : Extrait du guide illustré de Gand / Jos. Casier. - Gand : Anc. Maison d'édition Vanderpoorten, 1949 (p. 29) |
| Govaert Flinck : 1615-1660 / Joachim Wolfgang Von Moltke. - Amsterdam : Menno Hertzberger & Co., 1965 (p. 145-146) |
| Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent : Catalogus schilderkunst ; Deel I: 14de - 18de eeuw ; Deel II: 19de - 20ste eeuw / Robert Hoozee, Johan De Smet, Bruno Fornari, Ruth Monteyne. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2007 (dl. I, p. 88-89 (ill.)) |
| Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent : De collectie (tentoonstelling vanaf 21 maart 2021) / Johan De Smet, Bart Ooghe, Frederica Van Dam, Lieven Van Den Abeele, Cathérine Verleysen. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2021 |
| Musée des Beaux-Arts de Gand : La Collection (exposition dès le 21 mars 2021) / Johan De Smet, Bart Ooghe, Frederica Van Dam, Lieven Van Den Abeele, Cathérine Verleysen. - Gand : Musée des Beaux-Arts de Gand, 2021 |
| Museum of Fine Arts Ghent : The Collection (exhibition opened on March 21th 2021) / Johan De Smet, Bart Ooghe, Frederica Van Dam, Lieven Van Den Abeele, Cathérine Verleysen. - Ghent : Museum of Fine Arts Ghent, 2021 |
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