Portrait of a Woman, probably a Self Portrait
1548 · oil paint (paint), panel
width: 27 cm, height: 23 cm, height: 34.7 cm, depth: 2.5 cm, width: 15.2 cm
Rijksmuseum
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Catharina van Hemessen
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Caterina or Catharina van Hemessen was a Flemish Renaissance painter. She is the earliest female Flemish painter for whom there is verifiable extant work. She is mainly known for a series of small-scale portraits of women completed between the late 1540s and early 1550s as well as a few religious compositions.
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