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Portrait of a young woman
The Master of the 1540s1541
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Sydney, Australia
The Latin inscription records the sitter’s age (22) and the date. Because the oil paint has become more transparent it is possible to see the swift, confident under-drawing with which the artist sketched out the pose directly onto the chalk ground. The sitter’s furs and jewellery suggest that she belongs to one of the wealthier strata of society.
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- Title: Portrait of a young woman
- Creator: The Master of the 1540s
- Date Created: 1541
- Physical Dimensions: 59.5 x 44.9 cm panel; 75.5 x 60.5 x 5.5 cm frame
- Provenance: Hans Wetzlar, Amsterdam/Netherlands, after 1952 and by 1953, not listed in Max J. Friedlander, 'Collection Dr. H. Wetzlar' Amsterdam, 1952. Lent to the exhibition 'Le portrait dans les Pays-Bas' Musée Communal, Bruges 1953 H Becker, circa 1967, by 1967, listed in 'Sammlung Becker I, gemälde alter meister / bearbeitung des kataloges' by Rolf Fritz, Dortmund, 1967, as collection of H. Becker. Cramer, 1976-1977, The Hague/Netherlands, [dealer] Artneys International Ltd, 1982, by 1982, Sold to James Fairfax 1982 James Oswald Fairfax AC, 1982-31 Aug 1993, Bowral/New South Wales/Australia, Gift of James Fairfax 1993. Purchased by James Fairfax from Artneys International Ltd 1982
- Type: Painting
- Rights: Gift of James Fairfax AC 1993
- Medium: oil on panel
- Signature & Date: Not signed. Dated u.r., oil "...1541"
- Artist Country: Flanders
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