Not currently on display at the V&A

Oil Painting

19th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

An imitation of German costume of ca. 1530. Portrait of a woman, facing half to the left, with her head turned half to the left, arms crossed across her front, her right hand and one finger of her left hand visible, wearing a black hat with a white feather and gold ornaments. She wears a red dress with gold brocade, with a green girdle with gold ornaments, necklaces, and a crucifix with red stones. Background is dark green.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Oil on pine panel
Brief description
Oil painting, Portrait of a lady, 19th century, in the manner of German School, 16th century
Physical description
An imitation of German costume of ca. 1530. Portrait of a woman, facing half to the left, with her head turned half to the left, arms crossed across her front, her right hand and one finger of her left hand visible, wearing a black hat with a white feather and gold ornaments. She wears a red dress with gold brocade, with a green girdle with gold ornaments, necklaces, and a crucifix with red stones. Background is dark green.
Dimensions
  • Estimate height: 44.8cm
  • Estimate width: 34.3cm
Dimensions taken from Catalogue of Foreign Paintings, I. Before 1800, C.M. Kauffmann, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1973
Style
Object history
Purchased, 1857

Historical significance: A 19th century imitation of a German portrait in costume of c. 1530.
Historical context
The taste for 15th and 16th century paintings, widespread in northern Europe by the 1850s, was met by copies and imitations, as well as original works.
Production
Manner of German School, 16th century
Bibliographic reference
Kauffmann, C.M., Catalogue of Foreign Paintings, I. Before 1800. London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1973, pp. 127-8, cat. no. 144.
Collection
Accession number
4831-1857

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Record createdJune 21, 2000
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