This is an exceptional, eighteenth century reproduction of a painting that was originally executed in the seventeenth century. Every detail is exact. When properly lit, you can see into the portrait where there are stacks of books, a grand chair that she sits upon, and a wonderful fur collar to her jacket. This piece can currently be viewed in person at the berkshire galleries of great barrington, massachusetts.The original portrait by Ferdinand Bol of the Dutch businesswoman Elisabeth Bas, was commissioned by her granddaughter Maria Rey, in the 1640s. It is in the collection of the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam.Until 1911 it was thought to be by Rembrandt, but that year the Rembrandt expert Abraham Bredius re-attributed it to Bol. Such a re-attribution was hotly contested by the collector and art historian Cornelis Hofstede de Groot (1836-1930), but is now accepted. A brand of cigars was named after this painting in the 20th century, produced at a factory at Boxtel and using the painting as a logo, and their bands and the boxes for cigars of this brand are still collector's items. Elisabeth Bas. Like many seafarers’ wives, managed the provisioning of the fleet of her husband, Admiral Jochem Swartenhondt. Together with him, she also ran a distinguished inn, which she continued on her own after his demise.