The artist's mother seated at a table, looking right: three quarter length after 1631

This anonymous etching, created after 1631, depicts a woman, possibly the artist’s mother, seated at a table. The work is a three-quarter length portrait, emphasizing the subject’s face and upper body. Her detailed facial features, her elaborate lace collar, and the use of hatching and cross-hatching to depict the texture of her clothing and hair, are characteristic of Dutch portraiture of this era. The etching, now housed in the Rijksmuseum, provides a glimpse into the life and style of an ordinary woman during the Dutch Golden Age.