
Portrait of a Woman, probably a Self Portrait
Catharina van HemessenWW-1548-338534
1548·oil paint (paint), panel·width: 27 cm, height: 23 cm, height: 34.7 cm, depth: 2.5 cm, width: 15.2 cm
Rijksmuseum / Public Domain
Catalogue
- Year
- 1548
- Medium
- oil paint (paint), panel
- Dimensions
- width: 27 cm, height: 23 cm, height: 34.7 cm, depth: 2.5 cm, width: 15.2 cm
- Collection
- Rijksmuseum
- Artist
- Catharina van Hemessen
Artist

Catharina van Hemessen
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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- Catharina van Hemessen
- Year
- 1548
- Medium
- oil paint (paint), panel
- Dimensions
- width: 27 cm, height: 23 cm, height: 34.7 cm, depth: 2.5 cm, width: 15.2 cm
- Watts ID
- WW-1548-338534
Source
- Collection
- Rijksmuseum
- Source
- rijksmuseum
- Reference
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- Status
- verified