Margaret of Austria

Margaret of Austria

Jean Hey (called Master of Moulins)

Details

Dimensions
12 7/8 x 9 1/8 in. (32.7 x 23 cm)
Holding institution
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
License
CC0-1.0
Credit
Robert Lehman Collection, 1975

Art Genome Taxonomy

8 tags

Subject Matter

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Painting Metadata · 99%

    The museum classifies the object as a painting.

  • Oil Painting Metadata · 99%

    The recorded medium is oil on oak panel.

  • Oil on Panel Metadata · 99%

    The recorded support is an oak panel, which is a wood support.

Time Periods

  • 15th Century Art Metadata · 99%

    The museum dates the work to ca. 1490, with a date range of approximately 1487–1493.

Materials

  • 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.