Portrait of Eliseba Lopes Suasso de Pinto

Johannes Vollevens II

1727

Portrait painting of seated woman wearing flowing dress and looking at viewer.
Eliseba Lopes Suasso de Pinto, a member of the Amsterdam Portuguese Jewish community, was the wife of Abraham Suasso da Costa, a banker in the Hague. In this portrait, she is depicted smiling, in bright, opulent garments that contrast sharply with the dark landscape behind her.

Credits

Collection Jewish Historical Museum, Amsterdam, M003850.

Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 5.

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Creator Bio

Johannes Vollevens II

1685–1759

Johannes Vollevens II was a portrait painter from the northern Netherlands, who learned to paint from his father. In 1713, he became a member of the Confrerie Pictura, a club in the Hague that had broken away from the existing artist’s guild in the Hague in 1656.

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