Portrait of a Woman Aged Sixty-Eight

Niederländische Malerei 1540–1623, 1569

This painting depicts an older woman from the chest up, looking toward us. She has a fair complexion, with wrinkles on her forehead, deep-set brown eyes, and thin, pink lips. She is wearing a white cap and a black garment with a white ruffled collar. The background is a mottled, muted brown. There is a small amount of text in the top left and right corners.
Artist
Niederländische Malerei 1540–1623
Date
1569
Type
Painting
Medium
oil on panel
Dimensions
37.1 × 31.5 cm
Collection
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Licence
Public domain, CC0

Image description

This painting depicts an older woman from the chest up, looking toward us. She has a fair complexion, with wrinkles on her forehead, deep-set brown eyes, and thin, pink lips. She is wearing a white cap and a black garment with a white ruffled collar. The background is a mottled, muted brown. There is a small amount of text in the top left and right corners.

Niederländische Malerei 1540–1623