Pastel, Bernard Vaillant, 1677

pastel, Bernard Vaillant, 1677, Signature front left: B. vaillant.f. 1677, pastel, wood, lacquer, glass, paper, signed, General (dimensions according to catalog 1983): 40 x 32cm (400 x 320mm), With frame: 22.1 x 44.2 x 3.5cm (221 x 442 x 35mm), Inner size: 39 x 31cm (390 x 310mm), woman's portrait, Portrait of Geertrui van Alphen. Depicted is a bust, slightly turned to the left and looking at the viewer. The woman is wearing updo with two curls and pearls hanging down in the ears and a necklace with pearls around her neck. She has very fair skin and is dressed in a lilac robe with a red collar. Signed and dated top left. In a wooden, brown lacquered frame behind glass, 1938. (photo by: Sepia Times/ Universal Images Group via Getty Images)