Ferdinand BolDutch, 1616–1680A Lady with a Fan
Can I see it?
Unknown
Where is “A Lady with a Fan” now? Collection: The National Gallery, London. Unknown.
London, United Kingdom
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
About the painting
A Lady with a Fan is an oil-on-canvas painting created c. 1645–1650 by the Golden age of Dutch art painter Ferdinand Bol. It is held in the National Gallery, in London, to which it was bequeathed by Miss A.M. Philips in 1946. The subject has not been identified, though her clothing allows the painting to be dated. The underdrawing of the painting includes several pentimenti, showing the artist changed the composition as he produced the work.
Details
- Accession number
- NG5656
In the catalog
Sources
- Wikidata
- Image: The National Gallery — Ferdinand Bol · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
In the life of Ferdinand Bol
The whole lifeafter 1635
Apprenticed in Rembrandt's workshop
After December 1635, when Bol is still recorded in Dordrecht as a painter, he works as an apprentice in Rembrandt's Amsterdam workshop (other accounts say already after 1630) and lives in his house. He followed his master so closely that many of his paintings were long attributed to Rembrandt himself, and Rembrandt even sold his pupil's work.
1636–1641
Teacher: Rembrandt
1636–1680 · Workplace
Amsterdam
1641
Opens his own studio
After his father's death, Bol opens his own studio and establishes himself as an independent artist.
1641
Pupil: Cornelis Bisschop
1641
Death of his father, Balthasar Bol
Balthasar Bol, chief surgeon of Dordrecht, dies; Rembrandt had painted his portrait when he came to Amsterdam to visit his son.
