Portrait of a Young Woman, by Pickenoy, 1632

Portrait of a Young Woman, by the Dutch master, Nicolaes Eliasz. Pickenoy, in 1632. Portrait of a Young Woman, by the Dutch master, Nicolaes Eliasz. Pickenoy, in 1632. Copyright J. Paul Getty Museum, acc. no. 54.PB.3.

The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, USA, holds a portrait of a young bride, painted by the Dutch master, Nicolaes Eliasz. Pickenoy (c. 1590 - 1654 or 1656). The portrait measures 118.7 x 91.1 cm, and is part of a pair, next to Pickenoy's portrait of the young bride's husband (see Getty Museum acc. no. 94.PB.1). The painting is dated to 1632. The bride was 21 years of age when painted.

Portrait of a young man, by Nicolaes Eliasz. Pickenoy, dated 1632. It is a pendant to the Portrait of a Young Woman (Getty Museum acc. no. 94.PB.1).

 

 

The young woman is wearing an elaborate black satin gown with a gold-embroidered stomacher. Her ruff is very large, with a separate lace head piece. Her blouse also has a narrow lace collar around the neck. The lace cuffs of her gown and chemise are very distinctive. She furthermore holds a pair of gloves with lace and embroidery.

See also the entry on Johanna Le Maire's embroidered gloves and her portrait in the Amsterdam Rijksmuseum (including the very same gloves also housed in the Rijksmuseum) by Pickenoy (c. 1625).

Getty Museum online catalogue (retrieved 6 December 2016).

 

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