Portrait of Maria Dircksdr. Bogaert

The portrait shows the nineteen-year-old Maria Dircksdr. Bogaert, from a Delft Regent family. She is dressed in a fashionable black gown with a broad collar made from expensive Italian lace. The same lace pattern is found in the decorations of the white chemise, which is visible under the short sleeves of the dress. Black ribbons at her elbows, pearls around her neck, on her ears and in her hair point to an affluent milieu.