# Portrait of a Lady Spinning [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [HEEMSKERCK, Maerten van]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Oil on panel, 105 x 86 cm ## Commentary Portrait of a Lady Spinning c. 1531 Oil on panel, 105 x 86 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid The portrait combines sobriety with an interest in detail, setting the scene with only the most necessary elements, all of which relate to the main subject of the painting. Hanging on a bare wall is a shield which identifies the sitter, while the bobbin on the left and the sewing basket on the right refer to the woman's task. The spinning wheel is prominent in the foreground. Behind the distaff, the woman's arms are emphasized by her ample white sleeves which light up the middleground. ## Related artworks - [Annunciation]() - [Christ Being Crowned with Thorns]() - [Construction of the New St Peter's in Rome]() - [Crucifixion \(detail\)]() - [Crucifixion]() - [Crucifixion \(Triptych\)]() - [Ecce Homo Triptych]() - [Family Portrait]() - [Forum of Nerva]() - [Garden of the Casa Galli]() - [Garden of the Villa Madama]() - [Hercules of the Forum Boarium]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()