BACKER, Jacob Adriaensz.
(b. 1608, Harlingen, d. 1651, Amsterdam)

Portrait of a Woman

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Oil on canvas, 128 x 99 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

This portrait representing an old woman in an armchair is one of the many paintings formerly attributed to Rembrandt. The inscription upper right (Rembrandt f. / 1635) is spurious. The painting is now attributed to Jacob Backer based on stylistic comparison with his other paintings.