Portrait of a Woman
Artist: Joos van Cleve (South Netherlandish, died 1540/1541)
Date: about 1520-1530
Dimensions:
16 5/8 x 13 3/8 in. (42.1 x 34 cm)
Medium: oil on wood panel
Classification: Paintings
Credit Line: Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number: 1926.62
Label Text:The companion to Portrait of a Man by the same artist displayed on the other side of the tapestry on this wall, this small painting depicts a young woman dressed in fur and velvet and fine linen. In what may be a reference to an impending or recent marriage, she holds up a ring. In her left hand is a rosary set with small pearls, suggesting both her piety and her wealth. As was traditional for paired portraits, the woman is on the man’s left, indicating her status in Renaissance Europe as subordinate to her husband.
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