# Portrait of a Woman [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [BRUYN, Barthel the Elder]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Oil on oak panel, 30 x 21 cm ## Commentary This painting and its companion picture show an unidentified couple at half-length. They wear costume typical of the upper-class citizenry of Cologne, whose members were Bruyn's usual patrons. The woman's exposed hair indicates that the couple are depicted as engaged not married, as married woman of Cologne wore their hair completely covered. It is likely that these portraits were commissioned to commemorate the engagement. ## Related artworks - [Burgomaster Arnold von Brauweiler]() - [Coronation of the Virgin]() - [Portrait of a Man]() - [Portrait of a Man]() - [Portrait of a Man with Three Sons]() - [Portrait of a Noblewoman]() - [Portrait of a Woman]() - [Portrait of a Woman with her Daughter]() - [Portrait of a Young Woman]() - [Portrait of Scholar Petrus von Clapis]() - [Skull in a Niche]() - [Vanitas Still-Life]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()