# Portrait of a Woman

[View the canonical artwork record](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/moreelse-paulus-r22c2c0a68ef870/portrait-of-a-woman-r9f83f4ce44359b>)

## Artwork

- Artist: [MOREELSE, Paulus](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/moreelse-paulus-r22c2c0a68ef870>)
- Date: 1601-1650
- Technique: Oil on oak panel, 65 x 56 cm

## Commentary

The sitter is probably Bernardine van Bongaerdt \(date of birth unknown\), who in 1616 married Adolf Wenemar van Raesveldt. Her husband died in 1627, so she is here depicted as a widow. She lived until 1652.

## Related artworks

- [A Girl with a Mirror \(Allegory of Profane Love\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/moreelse-paulus-r22c2c0a68ef870/a-girl-with-a-mirror-allegory-of-profane-love-r56f8b3bc91258c>)
- [Design of Catharijnepoort in Utrecht](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/moreelse-paulus-r22c2c0a68ef870/design-of-catharijnepoort-in-utrecht-r1b717108318703>)
- [Portrait of a Young Boy](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/moreelse-paulus-r22c2c0a68ef870/portrait-of-a-young-boy-r19872d0736bbe5>)
- [Portrait of a Young Woman](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/moreelse-paulus-r22c2c0a68ef870/portrait-of-a-young-woman-rece05fce5add7c>)
- [Sophia Hedwig, Countess of Nassau Dietz, with her Three Sons](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/moreelse-paulus-r22c2c0a68ef870/sophia-hedwig-countess-of-nassau-dietz-with-her-three-sons-r10a8e0ad221978>)
- [Venus and Cupid](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/moreelse-paulus-r22c2c0a68ef870/venus-and-cupid-rd1c3785ef38fae>)
- [Vertumnus and Pomona](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/moreelse-paulus-r22c2c0a68ef870/vertumnus-and-pomona-r24f407a89ffa48>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)