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Portrait of a Woman

c. 1490–95
(German)
Germany
oil on wood
Framed: 44 x 34.5 x 5.5 cm (17 5/16 x 13 9/16 x 2 3/16 in.); Unframed: 30.3 x 21.3 cm (11 15/16 x 8 3/8 in.)
Bequest of Jane Taft Ingalls 1962.259
Location: 111 German and Austrian Gothic
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Description

This portrait represents a woman in her later middle years holding a handsome rosary made of coral with gold medals. Her identity remains unknown, but the richness and elegance of her black woolen gown with fur-trimmed cuffs and her coif of white sheer linen attests to her comfortable social standing. The prominence of her rosary is perhaps meant to suggest her personal devotion. The panel has been attributed to the anonymous Master of the Holy Kinship the Younger, a painter in Cologne (Germany) with a flourishing workshop in the years around 1500.
Portrait of a Woman

Portrait of a Woman

c. 1490–95

Master of the Holy Kinship

(German)
Germany

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