Portrait of a Woman, ca. 1650, reworked probably 18th century, Oil on canvas, 39 3/8 x 32 1/4 in. (100 x 81. 9 cm), Paintings, Frans Hals (Dutch, Antwerp 1582/83?1666 Haarlem), The picture dates from about 1650 and originally had a neutral background, as in the Marquand Portrait of a Man. In the 1660s or later the work was modernized by repainting the background; the monumental architecture in particular is unsympathetic to the figure's friendly gaze and natural pose