1628
oil
canvas
From the collection of Walters Art Museum
Portrait of a Lady of the Court as a Shepherdess is a 1628 oil by Gerard van Honthorst, a Dutch Golden Age work, held at Walters Art Museum.
This painting shows a woman dressed in a white, puffy-sleeved shirt and a red cape. She is wearing a blue hat with a pink flower on it. She is holding a shepherd's crook in her left hand and a bouquet of flowers in her right. The background of the painting is dark. The woman in the painting is dressed in a fancy costume, which might be a costume for a play or a masquerade. She is also wearing a pearl necklace and has curly brown hair. The artist who painted this is Gerard van Honthorst.
Gerard "Gerrit" van Honthorst (4 November 1592 – 27 April 1656) was a Dutch Golden Age painter who became known for his depiction of artificially lit scenes, eventually receiving the Italian nickname Gherardo delle Notti ("Gerard of the Nights").
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