''Girl in a Blue Dress'', also called ''Portrait of a Girl Dressed in Blue'' ( nl, Portret van een meisje in het blauw) or simply ''Portrait of a Girl''Johannes Cornelisz. Verspronck – Portrait of a girl
Netherlands Institute for Art History, 2015. Retrieved on 19 May 2015. ( nl, Portret van een meisje), is an oil painting by Johannes Cornelisz Verspronck in the collection of the

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.Johannes Cornelisz. Verspronck,''Portrait of a girl'', 1641, Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, inv./cat.nr. SK 3064
in the RKD It was acquired by the museum in 1928 as a gift from the

Vereniging Rembrandt Vereniging Rembrandt (''Rembrandt Foundation'' or ''Rembrandt Association'') is a Dutch association of art patrons who raise funds to assist Dutch museums and art galleries in purchasing artworks. Since it was founded in 1883, it has helped purcha ...

.Portret van een meisje in het blauw
on the website of Vereniging Rembrandt The identity of the girl and her family are unknown.

Provenance

In 1912 the wealthy merchant and art collector Mari Paul Voûte (1856–1928) became chairman of the Vereniging Rembrandt.Levensbericht van Mari Paul Voûte 1856-1928
in the

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At the end of World War I, when

Frederick Augustus II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg Frederick Augustus II (16 November 1852 in Oldenburg – 24 February 1931 in Rastede) was the last ruling Grand Duke of Oldenburg. He married Princess Elisabeth Anna of Prussia, daughter of Princess Maria Anna of Anhalt-Dessau and Prince Freder ...

was forced to abdicate and needed to downsize, his art collection came on the market and in 1923 the Vereniging Rembrandt formed a consortium with senior members to purchase artworks from this collection at their own risk in order to give them to the Amsterdam museum. The ''Girl in Blue'' was one of these artworks purchased by Voûte. Rather than giving it directly to the museum, however, he kept it until he died, whereupon he bequeathed it to the Vereniging Rembrandt for them to make over to the Rijksmuseum, which they did. The painting is very similar in composition to a pendant marriage portrait painted by Verspronck the year before, today in the collection of the

Rijksmuseum Twenthe The Rijksmuseum Twenthe in Enschede, the Netherlands, was founded in 1927 by textile industry Baron Jan Bernard Van Heek. He donated his own private collection and the museum building to the government, thus making it a national museum. The muse ...

: File:Johannes Cornelisz Verspronck - Portrait of a lady with an ostrich feather fan - 1640.jpg, ''Portrait of a Woman with an ostrich feather fan''

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* Paintings by Johannes Cornelisz Verspronck 1641 paintings 17th-century portraits Portraits by Dutch artists Portraits of women Paintings in the collection of the Rijksmuseum Paintings of children {{17C-painting-stub