Rembrandt van Rijn - Girl in the Window 1645
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Girl in the Window 1645
81x66cm oil/wood
Dulwich Picture Gallery, London, UK
The image is only being used for informational and educational purposes
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From Dulwich Picture Gallery, London:
Painted in 1645 when Rembrandt was 39, this painting falls somewhere between genre and portraiture. The girl’s identity remains uncertain; in the past she has been described as a courtesan, a Jewish bride or an historical or Biblical figure. It is more widely accepted that she is a servant girl; her rosy, tanned complexion along with her brown arms implies she worked outdoors. Leaning on a ledge, she stares directly out of the painting while fiddling with her necklace, either a gold chain or a cord, like that seen around the cuffs and along the seams of her loose chemise. She also wears a small headdress, possibly a type worn in North Holland, and her hair is tied back with red string.