Portrait of a Young Woman
Medium
Oil on panel
Dimensions
42.5 × 32.3 cm (16 3/4 × 12 3/4 in.); Framed: 61 × 50.8 × 7.7 cm (24 × 20 × 3 in.)
Classification
oil on panel
Department
Painting and Sculpture of Europe
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
109487
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
Although the identity of this woman is unknown, the inscription near her head notes her age, 24, and the silver chain at her waist and the leather gloves in her hand indicate that she was of high social status. In the mid-16th century, many members of Antwerp’s newly wealthy merchant class commissioned half-length, small-scale likenesses such as this one to commemorate their prosperity and standing. This rare portrait by Joachim Beuckelaer shows the same attention to sartorial details he display...