Emerantia van Citters (1666-94)
1693
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
32; 37; 3.5
About this artwork
oil on canvas
Art Historical Context
**Emerantia van Citters (1666-94)** *Simon Dubois, 1693* Oil on canvas, h 37 cm × w 32 cm × d 3.5 cm This intimate portrait by Simon Dubois captures Emerantia van Citters at age 27, just a year before her death in 1694. Painted in oil on canvas during the Dutch Golden Age, the small scale—barely larger than a standard picture frame—suggests it was a personal commission, perhaps for family or a spouse. Dubois, a French-born artist active in the Netherlands, specialized in elegant likenesses of the patrician class, reflecting the era's prosperity and taste for refined domestic art. The m...
About the Artist
Simon Dubois · 1632–1708
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