Title
Portrait of a Young WomanDatec.1500
MediumOil on panel
Dimensions
32 x 25 cm
Credit LineMilltown Gift, 1902
Object numberNGI.751
ProvenanceBy descent in the family of the Earls of Milltown, Russborough, county Wicklow to Geraldine, Countess of Wicklow, by whom presented in memory of her husband, the 6th Earl of Milltown (Milltown Gift), 1902Label TextThe identity of this woman is unknown. She is quite young and her headdress indicates that she is married. Her husband was presumably portrayed in a companion piece, which is now lost. The identity of the artist is unknown, but he was probably active in the Lower Rhine region of Germany bordering the southern Netherlands. This is suggested by the careful modelling of the woman's face in softly graduated shades of light, the black background and the placement of the sitter's right hand along the lower border, as if resting her fingers on the frame of the painting.