''A Lady with a Fan'' is a 1645-1650 painting by
Ferdinand Bol
Ferdinand Bol (24 June 1616 – 24 August 1680) was a Dutch painter, etcher and draftsman. Although his surviving work is rare, it displays Rembrandt's influence; like his master, Bol favored historical subjects, portraits, numerous self-port ...
, now in the
National Gallery, London
The National Gallery is an art museum in Trafalgar Square in the City of Westminster, in Central London, England. Founded in 1824, it houses a collection of over 2,300 paintings dating from the mid-13th century to 1900. The current Director o ...
, to which it was bequeathed by Miss A.M. Philips in 1946.
The subject has not been identified, though her clothing allows the painting to be dated. The underdrawing of the painting includes several
pentimenti
A pentimento (plural pentimenti), in painting, is "the presence or emergence of earlier images, forms, or strokes that have been changed and painted over". The word is , from the verb , meaning 'to repent'.
Significance
Pentimenti may show that ...
, showing the artist changed the composition as he produced the work.
References
1640s paintings
Portraits by Ferdinand Bol
Collections of the National Gallery, London
Portraits of women
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