# Portrait of a Woman [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [HALS, Frans]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 100 x 82 cm ## Commentary Portrait of a Woman c. 1650 Oil on canvas, 100 x 82 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The background of this painting, originally rendered in a neutral tone, was completely painted over at a later date, most likely during the eighteenth century. It is suggested in the literature that the portrait has a pendant, the Portrait of a Painter in the Frick Collection, New York. This portrait was also provided with architectural background at a later date. ## Related artworks - [A Young Man in a Large Hat]() - [Andries van der Horn]() - [Anetta Hanemans]() - [Anna van der Aar]() - [Banquet of the Officers of the St George Civic Guard Company]() - [Banquet of the Officers of the St George Civic Guard \(detail\)]() - [Banquet of the Officers of the St George Civic Guard]() - [Banquet of the Officers of the St Hadrian Civic Guard Company]() - [Boy holding a Flute \(Hearing\)]() - [Boy Playing a Violin]() - [Boy with a Lute]() - [Buffoon Playing a Lute]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()