Portrait of a Woman
ca. 1510–15
Medium
Oil on linden
Dimensions
15 1/8 x 10 1/2 in. (38.4 x 26.7 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Department
European Paintings
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, 1871
Accession Number
71.34
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Art Historical Context
Bernhard Strigel's *Portrait of a Woman*, around 1510–15, exemplifies the refined portraiture of the Northern Renaissance in early 16th-century Germany. Strigel, a leading member of the Danube School—a regional movement centered in southern Germany known for its luminous landscapes and intricate details—captured his sitter with a keen eye for individuality. This small oil painting on linden wood panel (15⅛ × 10½ in.) reflects the era's growing emphasis on realistic likenesses among the prosperous merchant class and nobility, where such intimate works served as personal keepsakes or status symb...