Een jonge vrouw met masker in de hand 1683 - 1733

"Een jonge vrouw met masker in de hand" is an etching by Dutch artist Bernard Picart, depicting a young woman in an oval frame holding a mask in her hand. The woman, likely meant to be Iris, is shown as a youthful, fair-haired beauty and the etching's inscription, "Loin de sa Mere, Amour, est un malin garçon!", warns her that love is dangerous. This etching, dating to the period between 1683 and 1733, exemplifies the baroque style with its dramatic use of light and shadow, its detailed rendering of the woman's clothing and the inscription’s dramatic and evocative language. The work is currently housed at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, measuring 105 mm in height and 76 mm in width.