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Portrait of a lady
(c. 1555-1560)
- Medium
- oil on wood panel
- Measurements
- 107.0 × 72.1 cm
- Accession Number
- 1823-4
- Department
- International Painting
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1948
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited - Gallery location
- 17th Century & Flemish Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International - About this work
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As the foremost Flemish painter of the sixteenth century, Antonis Mor spent much time travelling between Antwerp, Augsburg, Rome and Madrid working for Europe’s aristocracy. His chief patron was Philip II of Spain. The identity of the woman in this portrait is unknown, but she is depicted with a formality and piercing insight into character typical of Mor. Her gleaming black gown is significant; black-dyed fabrics were expensive and faded quickly, and were thus reserved for special occasions. Of Flemish design, the gown may indicate the portrait’s Flemish origin, and a possible dating of 1555–60, when Mor lived in Brussels and Utrecht.
- Subjects (general)
- Portraits
- Subjects (specific)
- chains (object genres) dresses (garments) gowns hats oorijzers three-quarter views women (female humans)