Attributed to Michiel Sweerts (29 September 1618 - 1 June 1664, Head of an Old Woman

Dimensions 32.5 × 27 cm, Oil on wood

Head of an Old Woman. In front of a neutral dark background, the painting shows the bowed head of an old woman, dressed in simple gray and white clothing and with a white cap on her head. He obviously comes from modest means, his cheeks are sunken, his mouth is toothless, his skin is wrinkled. But her gaze is up, the old woman seems to be responding to someone or listening to someone. The artist managed to create an intense expression on the face of an old woman. The decline of female beauty in old age fascinated artists, who repeatedly captured it in images combining genre and character studies. Dimensions 32.5 × 27 cm, Oil on wood