Portrait of a Woman in a Chair [SEP] collection
Portrait of a Woman in a Chair
Portrait of a Woman in a Chair is a painting by the Dutch Golden Age painter Frans Hals, painted in 1627 and now in the Art Institute of Chicago. It is considered a pendant portrait, but the sitter is unknown and therefore the pendant is not certain.
Painting.
This painting of a young woman with a diadem cap and dark bodice with gold buttons holding a glove or handkerchief, was first documented by W.R. Valentiner in 1923. He mentioned it as being in
Portrait of a Young Woman with a Fan
Portrait of a Young Woman with a Fan is a 1633 portrait painting by Rembrandt. It shows a woman holding a fan, pendant to "Portrait of a Man Rising from His Chair". It is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Description.
Rembrandt created this painting as a pendant to the Taft Museum's portrait of a man, probably as a wedding pendant. Only a few pairs of pendant portraits by Rembrandt have survived. This half of