Portrait of a Woman
- Date
- c.1560–70
- Material
- Oil on panel
- made in
- Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen state, Germany, Europe
- Classification
- Paintings
- Collection
- European Art to 1800
- Current Location
- On View, Gallery 222
- Dimensions
- 21 1/4 x 16 1/2 in. (54 x 41.9 cm)
framed: 28 3/4 x 23 3/4 in. (73 x 60.3 cm) - Credit Line
- Museum Purchase
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 9:1915
NOTES
Opulence and respectability of character are the main themes of this portrait by Barthel Bruyn. The unknown sitter wears a heavy black velvet dress trimmed in white fur. Her belt is encrusted with pearls arranged in interlocking circular patterns and held together by a gilded and bejeweled clasp. Lavish rings adorn her fingers and her hands clutch a prayer book to symbolize her piety. The portrait is one of a pair; the wife in such portraits is typically placed on the right, looking towards the left. .
Provenance
- 1915
Kleinberger Galleries, New York, NY
1915 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from Kleinberger Galleries [1]
Notes:
The likely pendant to the painting is "Portrait of a Man" by Barthel Bruyn the Younger, in the collection of the Saint Louis Art Museum (accession number 8:1915). Both paintings share the same provenance.
[1] Bill of sale from Kleinberger Galleries dated February 11, 1915 [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Administrative Board of Control of the City Art Museum, February 6, 1915.
Kleinberger Galleries, New York, NY
1915 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from Kleinberger Galleries [1]
Notes:
The likely pendant to the painting is "Portrait of a Man" by Barthel Bruyn the Younger, in the collection of the Saint Louis Art Museum (accession number 8:1915). Both paintings share the same provenance.
[1] Bill of sale from Kleinberger Galleries dated February 11, 1915 [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Administrative Board of Control of the City Art Museum, February 6, 1915.
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