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Portrait of a Woman (Hans Holbein the Elder)
Painting by Hans Holbein the Elder / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
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French: Portrait de Femme, German: Bildnis einer Frau | |
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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)[1] |
Location | Unterlinden Museum, Colmar |
Accession | 1980 |
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This portrait was painted towards the end of the artist's life. The depicted woman's identity is unknown.