A Woman

• Portrait of a woman
• A Woman

SK-A-3843

In Northern Europe portraits were less idealized than in Italy. That is not to say that the women there were more modest. While this lady presents an unadorned face, her clothes are particularly sumptuous. Her gown is made of brown silk damask and the pinkish-red underdress is interwoven with gold thread. She was undoubtedly wealthy and came from the vicinity of Haarlem or from Mechelen, where Mostaert was also active.

painter: Jan Jansz Mostaert, Haarlem

c. 1520

olieverf op paneel

• height 62.8 cm x width 48 cm
• height 64.3 cm x width 49.5 cm

purchase 1952-10

Public domain

...; collection Prince Sternberg;{Dealer cat. Schaeffer Galleries 1948, no. 2.} .…; the dealer F. Kleinberger, New York, 1921;{Note RKD.} ...; sale, Mortimer Loeb Schiff (1877-1931, New York), London (Christie's), 24 June 1938, no. 76, to the dealer Rosenberg;{Copy RKD.}…; the dealer D. Katz, Dieren, 1938;{Note RKD.}…; collection LeRoy M. Backus (?- June 1948), Seattle;{New York 1948, no. 2.} …; the dealer Schaeffer, New York, 1948;{New York 1948, no. 2.} from whom, fl. 61,497, to the museum, 1952

Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

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