Young Woman at an Open Half-Door
Workshop of Rembrandt van Rijn
1645
oil
canvas
From the collection of Art Institute of Chicago
Workshop of Rembrandt van Rijn
1645
oil
canvas
From the collection of Art Institute of Chicago
Young Woman at an Open Half-Door is a 1645 oil by Workshop of Rembrandt van Rijn, a Baroque work, held at Art Institute of Chicago.
A young woman stands at an open half-door, looking back at us with a subtle smile. She's dressed in simple clothing, with a scarf on her head. The way she's posed, with her weight on one leg, adds a sense of casualness to the scene. The woman's expression is hard to read, which makes her more interesting. Her glance is sidelong, and the corner of her mouth is slightly lifted, suggesting she might be thinking something playful. To learn more about the style of this painting, look up the technique of chiaroscuro.
This young woman, with her sidelong glance and the ambiguous lift at the corner of her mouth, exemplifies the playful nature of Rembrandt van Rijn’s character studies, called tronies , as well as his use of doorways and windows as clever framing devices. However, the overall flatness of this composition argues against Rembrandt’s authorship. It may have been created by a member of his prolific workshop and then endorsed as a studio product with the artist’s signature and date.
De Gueffier, Paris; sold Paillet, Paris, 1 March 1791, no. 67, “Une jeune Fille du pays de Frise, appuyée devant une croisée” (a young girl from Friesland leaning on a half-door”) together with a painting at half-length of a young soldier in armor, buckling his sword belt. François-Antoine Robit, Paris, sold Paillet and Delaroche, Paris, May 11 and following, 1801, no. 120, as a pendant to no. 119, portrait of a young warrior, for 2500 fr. to Lafontaine as an agent for Michael Bryan [see Edwards 1996, p. 304]; to George Hibbert, London [Hibbert and Sir Simon Clarke supplied the funds for…
London, British Institution, Pictures of the Italian, Spanish, Flemish, Dutch, and French Schools, 1818, no. 100. London, British Institution, Pictures by Italian, Spanish, Flemish, Dutch, French and deceased English masters, 1844, no. 23. London, British Institution, Pictures by Italian, Spanish, Flemish, Dutch, French and English masters, 1857, no. 87. Art Institute of Chicago, Works of Old Dutch Masters, 1890, no. 5. Art Institute of Chicago, Paintings, Sculptures and other objects exhibited during the World’s Congresses, 1893, no. 5. New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Hudson-Fulton…
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Workshop of Rembrandt van Rijn (1606–1669) was a Dutch workshop or firm.
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