\paperw19995 \margr0\margl0 \plain \fs20 \f1 The identification of the elderly woman in this painting, holding a lectionary, as RembrandtÆs mother, Neeltgen Willemsdr. v
an Zuijdtbroeck, is not at all certain. Gerrit Dou lingers over the representation of the soft clothing, the hat and the pages of the book, displaying a marked propensity for observation from life.