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The sitter was a daughter of Grand Pensionary Cornelis de Witt (1623-1672) and Maria van Berckel (1623-1706).
Portrait of Wilhelmina de Witt (1671-1701), standing small three-quarter length, wearing a blue dress with white chemise and red silk wrap, with feathers in her hair
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Arnold Boonen (1669-1729)
Portrait of Wilhelmina de Witt (1671-1701), standing small three-quarter length, wearing a blue dress with white chemise and red silk wrap, with feathers in her hair
signed (strengthened) and dated (strengthened) center left A. Boonen/Anno.1691
oil on canvas laid down on board
41.4 x 32.7 cm
in a contemporary sculpted wood and gilded frame, in the form of a laurel wreath, crowned with the coat-of-arms of the De Witt family
Portrait of Wilhelmina de Witt (1671-1701), standing small three-quarter length, wearing a blue dress with white chemise and red silk wrap, with feathers in her hair
signed (strengthened) and dated (strengthened) center left A. Boonen/Anno.1691
oil on canvas laid down on board
41.4 x 32.7 cm
in a contemporary sculpted wood and gilded frame, in the form of a laurel wreath, crowned with the coat-of-arms of the De Witt family