Art, literature & history
Woman with the Pear
1651
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Etching on ivory paper
- Dimensions
- 14.3 × 11.8 cm (5 11/16 × 4 11/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1927.2318
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Ferdinand Bol. Woman with the Pear, 1651. Inventory 1927.2318. Ferdinand Bol; Art Institute of Chicago. Collection credit: The Charles Deering Collection. CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). https://www.artic.edu/artworks/42749. Full-frame proportional resize and JPEG compression.
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
Woman with the Pear — Ferdinand Bol. 1651.
Medium: Etching on ivory paper. Dimensions: 14.3 × 11.8 cm (5 11/16 × 4 11/16 in.).
Collection record: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Ferdinand Bol entered Rembrandt's studio when he was about 20 years old, and his work remained closely allied with his master until Bol married into a wealthy family in 1653. He made about 16 etchings that date from 1642 to 1651, which, like this enigmatic print, reflect the influence of Rembrandt's early work.
Description: © Art Institute of Chicago, original record, CC BY 4.0. HTML formatting removed; wording retained. Other artwork metadata: CC0.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.