Pancake Woman

Cornelis Ploos van Amstel (editor) and Johannes Kornlein (printmaker), after Gabriel Metsu

National Gallery of Art

The image shows a seated elderly woman holding a pan with one hand and a ladle in the other. She is wearing a headscarf and a long-sleeved garment with a voluminous skirt. The woman has her eyes closed and is leaning forward in concentration. The background features a window with light coming through and faint outlines of foliage or trees outside.