Portrait of Elisabeth Bas
Portrait of Elisabeth Bas is a portrait by Ferdinand Bol of the Dutch businesswoman Elisabeth Bas, commissioned by her grand-daughter Maria Rey. It is in the collection of the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, where it is known as Elisabeth Bas and attributed to Ferdinand Bol (1616 - 1680), though the identity of the sitter is held in doubt by the Rijksmuseum.
Portrait of an Old Lady, Possibly Elisabeth Bas | |
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Artist | Ferdinand Bol ![]() |
Year | 1640s |
Medium | canvas, oil paint |
Dimensions | 118 cm (46 in) × 91.5 cm (36.0 in) |
Location | Rijksmuseum, Netherlands |
Owner | Jacobus Salomon Hendrik van de Poll ![]() |
Accession No. | SK-A-714 ![]() |
Identifiers | RKDimages ID: 1882 |
History and attribution
Until 1911 it was thought to be by Rembrandt, but that year the Rembrandt expert Abraham Bredius re-attributed it to Bol. Such a re-attribution was hotly contested by the collector and art historian Cornelis Hofstede de Groot (1836-1930), but is now accepted. A brand of cigars was named after this painting in the 20th century, produced at a factory at Boxtel and using the painting as a logo, and their bands and the boxes for cigars of this brand are still collectors' items.[1]
References
- J. Bruyn, B. Haak, S.H. Levie, P.J.J. van Thiel, E. van de Wetering, A Corpus of Rembrandt Paintings: 1635–1642, 2013, p. 36