REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van Rijn
(b. 1606, Leiden, d. 1669, Amsterdam)

Portrait of a Woman

1632
Oil on canvas, 112 x 89 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Catalogue number: Bredius 331.

The Portrait of a Man and its pendant Portrait of a Woman depict members of the Van Beresteyn family. Several portraits of members from this family by Michiel van Miereveld and Jacob Delff are known, but attempts to identify the sitters more precisely were unsuccessful.

The male portrait was probably painted exclusively by Rembrandt, while a collaborator could have played a minor role in the execution of the female portrait.