Painting, Jacob Fransz. van der Merck, 1660

painting, Jacob Fransz. van der Merck, 1660, Signature front, left of the shoulder: J.v. Merck Fe. 1660, panel, oil paint, painted, Carrier: 84.5 x 69.5 x 0.4cm (845 x 695 x 4mm), With frame: 93.7 x 79 x 4.5cm (937 x 790 x 45mm), woman's portrait , Painting depicting the portrait of a woman: Cornelia Schilperoort. She is depicted as a half-figure, turned three-quarters to the left, looking at the viewer. She holds a fan in the left hand, which is crossed over the right. She wears ribbons on the curly-twisted hair, a large pearl on the ear, a black robe with short sleeves, a wide lace collar with bow that closes around the shoulders and lace cuffs with ribbons. Pearls hang from the neck and the left wrist. Signed next to the shoulder. On the back of the panel a label with Cornelia Schilperoot (sic!) Huysvrouw of Joannes Heydanus. The painting is in a black-painted wooden frame and is behind glass, 1919. (photo by: Sepia Times/ Universal Images Group via Getty Images)