Portrait of a Woman (Hans Holbein the Elder)

Portrait of a Woman
Portrait of a Woman
French: Portrait de Femme, German: Bildnis einer Frau
Artist	Hans Holbein the Elder
Year	c. 1515
Medium	oil paint on panel
Movement	Northern Renaissance; Portrait painting
Subject	a middle-aged woman
Dimensions	31 cm × 21 cm (12 in × 8.3 in)
Location	Unterlinden Museum, Colmar
Accession	1980

Portrait of a Woman is a c. 1515 oil painting by the German artist Hans Holbein the Elder. It is now in the Unterlinden Museum in Colmar, France. Its inventory number is 80.1.1.^[2] In the 19th century, the painting used to belong to count Karol Lanckoroński, of Vienna. In 2016, it was the only painting by Holbein the Elder owned by a public collection in France.^[1]

This portrait was painted towards the end of the artist's life. The depicted woman's identity is unknown.

References

^ ^a ^b Haas, Magali (April 2016). Le musée Unterlinden - Guide des collections. Paris: Éditions Artlys. pp. 122–123. ISBN 978-2-85495-625-2.
^ Lecoq-Ramond, Sylvie; Béguerie, Pantxika (1991). Le Musée Unterlinden de Colmar. Paris: Albin Michel. p. 452. ISBN 2-226-05411-1.