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Portrait of a Woman [recto]
c. 1508
- Dating
- Approximate
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- silverpoint with brush and black and brown ink over charcoal and leadpoint, heightened with white on white prepared paper
- Dimensions
- overall (Oval): 14.4 x 10.3 cm (5 11/16 x 4 1/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1991.182.18.a
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- NGA Open Access — public domainLicense details
Hans Holbein the Elder. Portrait of a Woman [recto]. National Gallery of Art. NGA Open Access — public domain. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
Portrait of a Woman [recto] — Hans Holbein the Elder. c. 1508.
Medium: silverpoint with brush and black and brown ink over charcoal and leadpoint, heightened with white on white prepared paper.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): overall (Oval): 14.4 x 10.3 cm (5 11/16 x 4 1/16 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1991.182.18.a. Woodner Collection.
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.