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| Keywords: Pieter Nason - Portrait of a Woman - Walters 3771.jpg Walters Art Museum artwork Q18749502 Creator Pieter Nason en This older woman in lace collar pearl necklace and cut-stone earrings holds open a fashionable pocket watch The meaning is only clear when seen with Nason's portrait of her husband Dulwich Picture Gallery London also dated 1663 The velvet curtain and the marble column reflect wealth but the book and skull before the husband are to be read with the watch the couple urges the viewer to look beyond simple pleasures that pass like the ticking of a watch and prepare for the death that comes to all Nason portrayed merchant and aristocratic clients in Amsterdam England and finally Berlin where he worked for the German branch of the Orange family 1663 Baroque Oil on canvas cm 87 3 68 5 accession number 37 71 28995 < 1894 purchase William T Walters Baltimore Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters < 1894 acquisition William T Walters Baltimore P Nason f 1663 New Light on Old Pictures Dutch and Flemish Paintings from the Walters The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1981-1982 place of origin The Hague Walters Art Museum license 2D Pieter Nason 17th-century portrait paintings in the Walters Art Museum 1663 Baroque paintings in the Walters Art Museum 17th-century portrait paintings of unidentified women 1663 1663 oil on canvas paintings in the United States Portrait 1663 portrait paintings F 17th-century oil portraits of sitting women at half length 1663 Columns in portrait paintings 1663 Females with black headwear in art 1663 Females with earrings in art 1663 Females with hair with pearl jewellery in art 1663 Portrait paintings of women sitting in armchairs 1663 Portraits with watches 1663 Red drapery in portrait paintings 1663 Tassels in portrait paintings 1663 Three-quarter view painted portraits of women facing left | ||||
