Who created "Portrait of a Woman"?

Portrait of a Woman was created by British Painter in ca. 1600.

When was "Portrait of a Woman" created?

This artwork was created ca. 1600.

What medium is "Portrait of a Woman"?

Portrait of a Woman is Oil on wood.

Is "Portrait of a Woman" in the public domain?

Yes, Portrait of a Woman is in the public domain and available for free download under CC0 license.

Portrait of a Woman

British Painter

ca. 1600

Medium

Oil on wood

Dimensions

44 1/2 x 34 3/4 in. (113 x 88.3 cm)

Classification

Paintings

Department

European Paintings

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1911

Accession Number

11.149.1

Tags

Elizabeth IPortraitsWomen

Art Historical Context

This striking *Portrait of a Woman*, by an anonymous British painter around 1600, captures the elegance of late Elizabethan England. Painted in oil on wood—a favored medium for durable, richly detailed portraits of the era—the work measures an impressive 44½ x 34¾ inches, suggesting it depicted a figure of considerable status. Housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's European Paintings department, it was generously gifted by J. Pierpont Morgan in 1. The painting's tags linking it to Elizabeth I evoke the iconic imagery of the Virgin Queen, whose portraits were carefully crafted to project p...

Portrait of a Woman

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