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| Keywords: Cornelis van Poelenburgh - Portrait of Susanna van Collen - Walters 38227.jpg Walters Art Museum artwork Creator Cornelis van Poelenburch Susanna van Collen 1606-37 wears the simple loose garments gaily-striped silk scarf from Asia and uncovered hair with pearls from the East Indies of a wealthy lady posing as a shepherdess of antiquity This portrait is one of a pair with Walters 38 226 that was probably made to commemorate the marriage in 1626 of Jan Pellicorne 1597-after 1653 and Susanna van Collen both from wealthy merchant families X-rays show that Poelenburch initially painted the couple in sober everyday attire with starched ruff collars so Susanna looked more like the mother in the Portrait of a Family After Susanna's portrait was completed and Jan's half executed they decided to have themselves depicted instead in the newly fashionable lighthearted manner Then after seven years of marriage and parenthood the couple returned to the conventional style for portraits commissioned from an Amsterdam painter in Rembrandt's circle ca 1626 Baroque oil on copper cm 9 84 7 62 accession number 38 227 10422 Valckenier-Pellicorne family ProvenanceEvent bequest A I Valckenier 1731-1784 Abraham Jay Fink date and mode of acquisition unknown A Jay Fink Foundation Inc A-76 Walters Art Museum Gift of the A Jay Fink Foundation Inc in memory of Abraham Jay Fink 1963 The Golden Age Dutch Seventeenth Century Portraiture The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Sarasota 1980-1981 Masters of Light Dutch Painters in Utrecht During the Golden Age The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore; Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco San Francisco; The National Gallery London 1997-1998 Highlights from the Collection The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1998-2001 Small Northern European Portraits from The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore National Gallery of Art Washington 2000 place of origin Utrecht Netherlands Walters Art Museum license 2D Cornelis van Poelenburch 17th-century portrait paintings in the Walters Art Museum 1626 Baroque paintings in the Walters Art Museum 1626 portrait paintings Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review 17th-century oil oval portraits of women at bust length 1626 Females with pearl earrings in art 1626 Females with pearl necklaces in art 1626 Three-quarter view painted portraits of women facing left | ||||
