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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 11284898, member: 2844&quot;]A beautiful portrait, Ananth, and welcome.</p><p>Is the photo of the back of the actual back of the painting? Or is it a hardboard panel behind the painting. Alternatively the canvas could be glued to hardboard, which would be unusual.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yes she is by Rembrandt, the full-size and life-size portrait of Oopjen Coppit, which together with that of her husband is co-owned by the governments of the Netherlands and France. The portraits were painted early on in his career, so not as &#039;impressionist&#039; as you would expect from Rembrandt.</p><p><br /></p><p>One note on jewellery on Rembrandt paintings: he often made them up, so they are not always a correct representation of 17th century jewellery.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie75" alt=":playful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> The rosettes were correct, an alternative for opulent jewellery, which was frowned upon in the Protestant Republic.</p><p><br /></p><p>On details, what happened to the lower right hand corner of this lady&#039;s lace bib?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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