Old Woman, with a great scarf (black veil) on her head, with a peaked falling band

An old Woman called 'The Artist's Mother'

Possibly among the first paintings by Rembrandt van Rijn to leave the Netherlands (along with the Self-portrait in Long Gallery)

Van der Doort c.1639

Walpole Society reference (1960):

WS 60, № 101

Measurements (Van der Doort):

2ft 0in x 1ft 6 / 7in (61 x 45.7 / 48.3cm) [1ft 11in struck through]

Light:

light from the right

Frame:

black frame

Provenance:

Lord Ancrum

Gift / Exchange / Bought / Inherited:

Gift

Hang notes:

between the 14th / 16th and the last window

Location:

Room description extended:

Towards the Orchard

Original Manuscript page number:

MS. Ash. 1514, f. 82 md V&A f. 22, no 9

Charles II inventory c1666:

Whitehall, № 276, 61 x 53

Interpreting the text:

Text in brackets comes from the V&A manuscript

Identification certainty:

Identified

Sale Inventory c.1649-51