Portrait of Elisabeth Bas is a portrait by Ferdinand Bol of the Dutch businesswoman Elisabeth Bas, commissioned by her grand-daughter Maria Rey, from the 1640s. It is in the collection of the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, where it is known as Elisabeth Bas and attributed to Ferdinand Bol (1616 - 1680), though the identity of the sitter is held in doubt by the Rijksmuseum.
| Portrait of an Old Lady, Possibly Elisabeth Bas | |
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| Artist | Ferdinand Bol  |
| Year | 1640s |
| Medium | canvas, oil paint |
| Dimensions | 118 cm (46 in) × 91.5 cm (36.0 in) |
| Location | Rijksmuseum, Netherlands |
| Owner | Jacobus Salomon Hendrik van de Poll |
| Accession No. | SK-A-714 |
| Identifiers | RKDimages ID: 1882 |
History and attribution edit
Until 1911 it was thought to be by Rembrandt, but that year the Rembrandt expert Abraham Bredius re-attributed it to Bol. Such a re-attribution was hotly contested by the collector and art historian Cornelis Hofstede de Groot (1836-1930), but is now accepted. A brand of cigars was named after this painting in the 20th century, produced at a factory at Boxtel and using the painting as a logo, and their bands and the boxes for cigars of this brand are still collectors' items.[1]
References edit
- ^ J. Bruyn, B. Haak, S.H. Levie, P.J.J. van Thiel, E. van de Wetering, A Corpus of Rembrandt Paintings: 1635–1642, 2013, p. 36
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