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A well-dressed young woman gazes out from this portrait. Her chemise seems to be embroidered in black and gold at the neck and cuffs. The golden beads among other whitish ones that hang from her girdle are probably a rosary, a devotional aid often used for prayer. We don‘t know who the woman is or the identity of the rather incompetent painter. The portrait has been attributed to Catharina van Hemessen, but it doesn’t look much like the two portraits by her in the National Gallery’s collection; admittedly, all are very small and not very expertly done. Here, the woman’s head and hands are very large in proportion to her torso; the sitters in Catharina’s portraits are more naturalistically proportioned and their hands better drawn.
Title
A Lady with a Rosary
Date
about 1550
Medium
Oil on oak
Measurements
H 23.8 x W 17.5 cm
Accession number
NG1860
Acquisition method
Bequeathed by Miss Julia E. Gordon, 1896
Work type
Painting
The National Gallery, London
Trafalgar Square, London, Greater London WC2N 5DN England
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