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Old Woman Reading
ArtistGerrit Dou
Yearc. 1631-1632
MediumOil on panel
Dimensions71.2 cm × 55.2 cm (28.0 in × 21.7 in)
LocationRijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Old Woman Reading, also known as Old Woman Reading a Lectionary, is an oil painting by the Dutch painter Gerrit Dou, made c. 1631–1632. In the past the work was attributed to Rembrandt and was titled Rembrandt's Mother, but this attribution has long been rejected. The portrait has been part of the collection of the Rijksmuseum, in Amsterdam, since November 1912.[1][2]

  1. ^ Old Woman Reading, Rijksmuseum
  2. ^ All the paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam: a completely illustrated catalogue, Amsterdam, Maarssen, Rijksmuseum Gary Schwartz, 1976, p. 197

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