HALS, Frans
(b. 1580, Antwerpen, d. 1666, Haarlem)

Portrait of a Woman

c. 1650
Oil on canvas, 100 x 82 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The background of this painting, originally rendered in a neutral tone, was completely painted over at a later date, most likely during the eighteenth century. It is suggested in the literature that the portrait has a pendant, the Portrait of a Painter in the Frick Collection, New York. This portrait was also provided with architectural background at a later date.