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Portrait of Margaretha de Geer, Wife of Jacob Trip

Image credit: The National Gallery, London

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Margaretha de Geer was married to Jacob Trip – an extremely wealthy merchant and arms dealer – for nearly 60 years. Rembrandt painted large-scale likenesses of each, which were originally designed to hang together. Both are now in the National Gallery.

This smaller portrait of Margaretha was painted at about the same time, in 1661. It is dated and signed ‘Rembrandt’, but technical analysis and some differences between the way that this and the larger portrait were painted have raised questions about authorship. Although it is a convincing likeness painted with great skill, the signature is not authentic, and this has led some to think this may be a contemporary or slightly later version of Rembrandt’s original. But the painting is of such high quality that this is not a satisfying solution to the problem either.

The National Gallery, London

London

Title

Portrait of Margaretha de Geer, Wife of Jacob Trip

Date

1661

Medium

Oil on canvas

Measurements

H 75.3 x W 63.8 cm

Accession number

NG5282

Acquisition method

Presented by The Art Fund, 1941

Work type

Painting

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