Portret van een vrouw c. 1880 - 1910

"Portret van een vrouw," a small-scale photograph by Carel Frederik Cordes (1851-1927), depicts a woman in profile, her face partially obscured by the shadow of her hat. The photograph's oval format and the simple composition highlight the subject's features. This work, likely a portrait of an individual close to the artist, captures the intimate essence of early photography, a genre that gained immense popularity in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.