In addition to highly finished genre scenes and mythological subjects, Johannes Verkolje painted equally accomplished portraits. Examples are the pendants on copper depicting Johan Bernardsz de la Faille (1626-1713), son of the accountant and financial adviser of the Prince of Orange, and his wife Margaretha Delff (1647-1715), one of the five daughters of the portrait painter Jacob Willemsz Delff the Younger (1619-1661).
Verkolje's small-scale, full-length portraits continue the tradition first established in the 1640s by Gerard Terborch.
The painting is signed and dated lower left: I. VERKOLIE / 1674.
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