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Portrait of a woman from 'Christ Blessing, Surrounded by a Donor and His Family’, c.1575-80

Detail from a beautiful painting entitled ‘Christ Blessing, Surrounded by a Donor and His Family’, attributed to Ludgar tom Ring the Younger, c.1575-80. In the centre piece is Christ depicted alongside an unknown Westphalian family. To the left and right of this are two portraits, one of a man, the other of a woman (this portrait). This painting may have been commissioned on the marriage of a member of the family included, with the groom and bride being depicted to the side of the piece.

 

 

The centre piece: www.flickr.com/photos/20631910@N03/3665174937/

 

The portrait of the man: www.flickr.com/photos/20631910@N03/3665176573/in/photostr...

 

 

The painting is included in the European Paintings collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY. Photography is permitted.

 

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Uploaded on June 27, 2009
Taken on June 23, 2009