Old woman, after G. Dou.

Beschrijving

Half length portrait of an old woman, likely Dou’s wife at an old age, seated on a chair, turned towards the right. In an oval. Signed within oval on the right: ‘GDou. 1638’ (GD monogrammed). Lettered at the bottom: ‘From a Drawing of G.d Dou, in / the Collection of W.m Baillie Esq.r’. In old handwriting at the bottom in brown ink: ‘Het origineel v. tekening is van deze grooten 16. Octob. 1759 uit de versameling van syb. Fijtama is verkogt voor f. 299-‘. Signed also on the bottom of the frame to the right: ‘WBaillie f’, dated on the bottom left: ’17 March 1775′. A frame in gray is added around the oval frame.