# Girl Standing before a Mirror

**Caspar Netscher** (Dutch, 1639–1684)  
1668  
Oil on panel  
35.8 × 28 cm (14 1/8 × 11 7/8 in.); Framed: 50.2 × 42.6 × 7.6 cm (19 3/4 × 16 3/4 × 3 in.)

Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1925.718. [The museum's record](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/16539).

## About this work

Caspar Netscher painted this in 1668, aged 29. It is now at the Art Institute of Chicago.

### What you’re looking at

A work made of oil on panel.

_Description from the Art Institute of Chicago._

### How it was made

- **Oil on panel.** Oil paint on prepared wooden boards, usually oak in the north and poplar in Italy. The rigid, smooth surface suits fine detail and thin, glowing glazes.
- **Oil paint.** Pigment ground in a drying oil, usually linseed. It dries slowly, so painters could blend on the canvas, build up thin translucent glazes, and rework a picture over weeks. Canvas replaced wooden panels in the 1500s because it is lighter and can be rolled.

### [Caspar Netscher](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/caspar-netscher)

Dutch, 1639–1684

## Facts

- Type: Painting
- Culture: Holland
- The artist was 29
- Real size: about 14 × 11 in (35 × 28 cm). The 11 × 14 in print is close to life size.
- Century: 17th century
- Subjects: girl, fashion, interior, jewelry, luxury, mirror, rugs, wealth
- Colour: brown
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

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