A Space of Their Own

Aleida Wolfsen

Selected Works

A portrait of a woman facing the viewer but looking off to her right with a slight smile. She is elegantly dress and holds a swath of dark blue fabric embellished with a floral design to her chest with her left hand. There is lush greenery behind her, with a classical statue of a figure.

Portrait of a Lady

ca. 1675
Aleida Wolfsen, Portrait of a Lady, ca. 1675. Oil on canvas, 51.5 x 37.5 cm. Private Collection
Private Collection

A portrait of a woman facing the viewer but looking off to her right with a slight, skeptical smile. She leans on a rock with her right elbow and holds a wreath of flowers in both hands. She is elegantly dressed and wears a pearl necklace with matching pearl earrings.

Portrait of Geertruid Dorothea van Goltstein

ca. 1680s
Aleida Wolfsen, Portrait of Geertruid Dorothea van Goltstein, ca. 1680s. Oil on linen, 48.5 x 39.5 cm. Museum voor Moderne Kunst Arnhem, Arnhem
Museum voor Moderne Kunst Arnhem, Arnhem

A portrait of a man, elaborately dressed in a seventeenth-century outfit. He is shown at three-quarters length, standing with his right elbow resting on a rock and he looks at the viewer directly with a neutral expression. He rests his left hand at his waist, jutting out his left elbow.

Portrait of Johs. Battista Bartolotti

ca. 1680s
Aleida Wolfsen, Portrait of Johs. Battista Bartolotti, ca. 1680s. Oil on linen, 48.7 x 39.5 cm. Museum voor Moderne Kunst Arnhem, Arnhem
Museum voor Moderne Kunst Arnhem, Arnhem