Every Day a Painting for July 29, 2026

Portrait of a Lady with an Ostrich-Feather Fan (1656–1658)

Rembrandt van Rijn

Oil on Canvas Transferred To Canvas. Dutch, Baroque.

Dutch Paintings of the Seventeenth Century

There is little doubt that these two portraits by Rembrandt van Rijn (see also NGA 1942.9.67) were conceived as pendants, or companion pieces. In both, light illuminates the subjects from exactly the…

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