Rembrandt van Rijn, Dutch
“Check It Out! I Found the Remote For the Garage Door!,” 1632
Oil on oak panel
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MASTERPIECE #3656
/// In this Portrait of a 39-
year-old Woman by Rembrandt Van Rijn,
someone else undertook
the hand holding a book;
later added to Rembrandt’s design.
/// She’s a reverent Mennonite Miss,
who views reading her prayer book as bliss.
Since that sore on her lip
looks inflamed and may drip,
men are lucky she won’t want to kiss.
/// Thirty-nine is an age well past youth,
but it’s still far from “long-in-the-tooth.”
Pretty much in her prime,
here she’s frozen in time,
like Jack Benny she’s ageless in truth.
/// Her most prominent physical trait?
Her broad forehead— it’s most of her pate.
The top half of her face
takes up far too much space,
too bad bangs is a hairstyle she’d hate.