Portrait of a Lady
Artist
Isaack Luttichuijs
(Dutch, 1616 - 1673)
Datec. 1663
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsFramed: 46 1/8 x 38 1/2 x 3 1/8 in. (117.2 x 97.8 x 7.9 cm)
Image: 38 3/4 x 31 7/8 in. (98.4 x 81 cm)
Image: 38 3/4 x 31 7/8 in. (98.4 x 81 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineGift of anonymous donor, 1981
Object numberMF81.6
In 1981, the museum reunited this long-separated pair of portraits by purchasing the female pendant to the male portrait already in the collection. That the two paintings were made as a pair is confirmed by the continuous landscape that unites the two images. The paintings may have been commissioned to commemorate a marriage. Hunting was a metaphor for the pursuit of love, and the man holds a spear, while the woman offers him a beautiful pink rose, an emblem of love, as his prize.
On View
On viewLocation
- Museum of Art, Gallery 14, Wall East
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