Portrait of a Woman

Portrait of a Woman, a painting by Ferdinand Bol, dates from 1640-1650. The artwork, housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, depicts a woman in a dark reddish-brown dress, possibly velvet, adorned with embroidery and pearls. She holds a fan. The painting uses light and shadow to highlight the woman's face and hands against a dark background. The dimensions are 0.981 meters wide by 1.21 meters high.