Portrait or Magdalena de Cuyper, Jacques Jordaens, c. 1635 - c. 1636 painting The elderly woman is, turned to the right, in an armchair. She wears a black widow cap, holds a prayer book in one hand and a handkerchief in the other. She is wearing a white mill collar and a black costume, of which her is covered with fur. The red curtain, which is draped to the left of her head, shows a glimpse to a blue sky. On the right is a wall with a niche and an old mourning Herme in the background. This motif and the flowering tulip in the niche confirms the status of the portrayed person as a widow. The t
Portrait or Magdalena de Cuyper, Jacques Jordaens, c. 1635 - c. 1636 painting The elderly woman is, turned to the right, in an armchair. She wears a black widow cap, holds a prayer book in one hand and a handkerchief in the other. She is wearing a white mill collar and a black costume, of which her is covered with fur. The red curtain, which is draped to the left of her head, shows a glimpse to a blue sky. On the right is a wall with a niche and an old mourning Herme in the background. This motif and the flowering tulip in the niche confirms the status of the portrayed person as a widow. The tulip points to transience. She was the widow of Bartholomeus Le Witer, who must have died between 3 April 1612 and January 15, 1613 and whom she was married in 1587. Magdalena de Cuyper continued her husband's silk trade after his death. The same ensemble belongs to the portrait of the son of the portrayed person, Rogier Le Witer (SK-A-4971) and his wife Catharina Beaghel (SK-A-4972). oil paint (paint). canvas painting historical persons - BB - woman. old woman. other hybrid forms in the shape of a pillar. handkerchief
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