Portrait of a Young Woman
Hans Holbein the Younger · ca. 1540–45 · Oil and gold on oak
Public domain
Marked public domain in The Met Collection API (isPublicDomain).
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About this picture
Portrait of a Young Woman is a public-domain painting by Hans Holbein the Younger, dated ca. 1540–45. Oil and gold on oak. The file comes from The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
“Portrait of a Young Woman” (ca. 1540–45) records a face and a costume with very little flattery, which is how Holbein painted the Tudor court.
About the artist
Hans Holbein the Younger (1497–1543) was a German painter who became portraitist to Henry VIII. The drawings and paintings record costume and face with very little flattery.
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