# Young Woman Holding a Distaff \(detail\)

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## Artwork

- Artist: [COSTER, Adam de](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/coster-adam-de-r9ec889168267f5>)
- Date: 1601-1650
- Technique: Oil on canvas

## Commentary

The rich crimson colour found in her robe and striped headdress is also subtly detectable in her supple lips, the apple of her cheeks, and the sheen of the stem of the candlestick.

## Related artworks

- [A Man Singing by Candlelight](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/coster-adam-de-r9ec889168267f5/a-man-singing-by-candlelight-re4d6c520ede474>)
- [Card Players by Candlelight \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/coster-adam-de-r9ec889168267f5/card-players-by-candlelight-detail-r063a96b83e33d2>)
- [Card Players by Candlelight](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/coster-adam-de-r9ec889168267f5/card-players-by-candlelight-radd3f54161f921>)
- [Judith with the Head of Holofernes](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/coster-adam-de-r9ec889168267f5/judith-with-the-head-of-holofernes-r1035204d78468d>)
- [Three Singers](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/coster-adam-de-r9ec889168267f5/three-singers-ra999fef12b0394>)
- [Young Woman Holding a Distaff](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/coster-adam-de-r9ec889168267f5/young-woman-holding-a-distaff-r9f75d1a4d4cb4f>)

## Attribution

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