Portrait of a Woman (Hans Holbein the Elder)

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]

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)[1]
Location	Unterlinden Museum, Colmar
Accession	1980

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

References

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

External links

Media related to Portrait of a Woman (Hans Holbein the Elder) at Wikimedia Commons

• Portrait of a Woman, presentation on the museum's website