This woman dressed in contemporaneous clothing has clasped her hands in prayer. As in many of Baldung’s portraits, the area of the face has been emphasized with red chalk, which makes the figure seem more lifelike. Despite the work being dated 1519, it is difficult to identify the sitter, but it has been noted that she bears similarities to the female donor in Baldung’s Baptism of Christ (Städel, Frankfurt am Main).
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