Jacob Ferdinand Voet (1639-1700). Portrait Of A Lady With A Red Shawl

Portrait of a Lady with a Red Shawl, oil on canvas by Jacob Ferdinand Voet (1639-1700). The work is accompanied by a critical note by Professor Francesco Petrucci, prepared in 2022, an excerpt of which is included below.

The painting, which we call Portrait of a Lady with a Red Shawl, displays a concise, essential, and concise execution, with broad, loose brushstrokes, appearing almost in the state of a sketch or unfinished work. The hair, gathered and less voluminous, is free and natural, with wavy, curled locks on the forehead. The brown, wide-pleated dress is edged with a lace chemise, while a red shawl is gathered under the shoulders, held in the right hand. The hairstyle and clothing suggest that the painting was executed in the second half of the 1670s, likely having originally been part of some dismembered "Galleria delle Belle." The insertion of the figure into an oval frame, however, is certainly later, perhaps from the early 18th century, in keeping with a French-influenced collecting and display style. The painting must therefore have originally been rectangular, like the portraits in the Galleria delle Belle at Castello di Masino, executed in France around 1685-89 but later reduced to an oval.

The painting is on its first canvas.

Measurements with frame: 71.50 x 61.50 cm
Measurements without frame: 60 x 70 cm