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Portrait of a Girl
Jan de Bray, 1663
This girl is all dressed up. Two large pearls adorn her ears, and a strand of pearls is wound around her neck. Luxuriant corkscrew curls frame her head and cascade onto her shoulders. Jan de Bray drew this small portrait in 1663, which was a highly productive year for this artist from Haarlem. He had become famous as a portraitist and landed one commission after another.
- Artwork typedrawing
- Object numberRP-T-1883-A-275
- Dimensionsheight 119 mm x width 95 mm
- Physical characteristicsblack and red chalk; framing lines in graphite and grey ink