Red, white, and black chalk roundel-shaped portrait of a white woman with blue eyes wearing a white cloth head covering. She is in three-quarter view, looking directly at the viewer.

Gérard de Lairesse

Portrait of a Woman, Probably Marie Salme, the Artist’s Wife,

Maker

Title

Portrait of a Woman, Probably Marie Salme, the Artist’s Wife

Medium

pencil, chalk

Materials/Techniques

Dimensions

16.7 x 14 cm (6 9/16 x 5 1/2 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscribed in pen and ink, in an old hand, on old mount: "d'Vrouw van Laresse"

Watermark: large arms of Amsterdam (similar to Heawood nos. 347-350; late 17th century)

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke

Object Number

20.470

Portrait of a Woman, Probably Marie Salme, the Artist’s Wife

Inscribed in pen and ink, in an old hand, on old mount: "d'Vrouw van Laresse"

Watermark: large arms of Amsterdam (similar to Heawood nos. 347-350; late 17th century)

Publications

Exhibition History

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