Margaret of Austria
Jean Hey (called Master of Moulins)
Details
- Palette
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- Medium
- Oil on oak panel
- Dimensions
- 12 7/8 x 9 1/8 in. (32.7 x 23 cm)
- Department
- Robert Lehman Collection
- Holding institution
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Image provider
- metropolitan-museum-of-art
- License
- CC0-1.0
- Credit
- Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
Art Genome Taxonomy
8 tags
Subject Matter
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Individual Portrait Both · 99%
The museum identifies the work as a portrait of Margaret of Austria, and the image presents a single prominently featured sitter in a bust- and half-length composition.
Styles and Movements
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Northern Renaissance Both · 86%
The artist is identified as Netherlandish and active in the fourth quarter of the fifteenth century; the painting's precise portraiture, detailed costume, ornament, and receding landscape are consistent with Northern Renaissance practice.
Visual Qualities
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Highly Detailed Visual · 95%
The image shows sustained fine detail in the sitter's facial features, veil, embroidered and jeweled trim, pendant, hands, architectural forms, trees, and distant landscape.
Medium and Techniques
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Painting Metadata · 99%
The museum classifies the object as a painting.
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Oil Painting Metadata · 99%
The recorded medium is oil on oak panel.
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Oil on Panel Metadata · 99%
The recorded support is an oak panel, which is a wood support.
Time Periods
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15th Century Art Metadata · 99%
The museum dates the work to ca. 1490, with a date range of approximately 1487–1493.
Materials
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Wood Metadata · 99%
The support is identified by the museum as oak.
Source & rights
Jean Hey (called Master of Moulins). Margaret of Austria. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.