Young woman with earrings

A young woman sits in a dim interior, wearing a brown dress with a white, lacy collar, and she adjusts an earring while turning her head slightly toward the light. The composition uses a three-quarter view against a dark background, and Rembrandt’s chiaroscuro creates warm skin tones and soft highlights on the face, hands, and jewelry. The color palette blends earthy browns, golds, and pale whites, and the brushwork balances detailed rendering of the sitter with looser handling of the clothing and surroundings, in keeping with Dutch Baroque portraiture.