MOREELSE, Paulus
(b. 1571, Utrecht, d. 1638, Utrecht)

Portrait of a Woman

1632
Oil on oak panel, 65 x 56 cm
Private collection

The sitter is probably Bernardine van Bongaerdt (date of birth unknown), who in 1616 married Adolf Wenemar van Raesveldt. Her husband died in 1627, so she is here depicted as a widow. She lived until 1652.