Portret van een onbekende vrouw 1877 - 1910

Heinrich Wilhelm Wollrabe’s "Portret van een onbekende vrouw" (Portrait of an Unknown Woman), a carte de visite dating from 1877 to 1910, showcases a woman standing with her arms crossed, posed against an ornate backdrop. This cabinet card portrait, now housed in the Rijksmuseum, captures a formal snapshot of an unidentified woman in the late 19th century. Wollrabe, a renowned Dutch photographer, employed the classic portrait style of the time, using a natural light setting and emphasizing the subject’s face and form. The small size of the image and the subject’s somber expression evoke a sense of intimacy and reflection, typical of portrait photography of the era.