Title: Portrait of Barbara

Artist: Netherlandish Master

Portrait of Barbara Kressin 1544 Netherlandish Master Active in Germany by 1544 Oil on canvas Richly dressed in a patterned gown, an embroidered collar and cuffs, and a heavy gold chain and belt, Barbara Kressin (age seventeen, according to the inscription at upper right) stands in the contained pose favored for female portraits during the Renaissance. The expensively decorated gloves she holds may refer to the symbolic union of marriage.