Hendrickje Stoffels (1626?1663), mid-1650s, Oil on canvas, 30 7/8 x 27 1/8 in. (78. 4 x 68. 9 cm), Paintings, Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn) (Dutch, Leiden 1606?1669 Amsterdam), The sitter is probably Hendrickje Stoffels, who was the painter's companion from about 1650 until her early death in 1663. Rembrandt's responsibility for this portrait has never been doubted, although the signature and date appear to have been added by another hand