Porträt der Margaretha de Geer, Ehefrau des Jacob Trip

Portrait of Margaretha de Geer, Wife of Jacob Trip

Like her husband Jacob Trip, Margaretha de Geer (1583-1672) came from a wealthy merchant family. Rembrandt's choice for a strong, frontal pose, remarkable in female portraiture, leaves no doubt as to his subject's iron will. Margaretha's fur-trimmed garments and large pleated ruff reflect the fashions of her youth.