A young lady in white dress with frilled border, clasping a gold and blue embroidered cloak to her chest fastened with a gold chain, her fair hair dressed in curls

Carel de Moor was a member of the fijnschilders (fine painters), a group of Leiden artists, led by Gerrit Dou, who produced highly finished, almost polished, paintings. Carel de Moor worked under the instruction of Dou, Frans van Mieris the Elder and Godfried Schalcken.