Image:Bernaerd van Orley 002.jpg

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Title


    • de: Porträt der Margarethe von Österreich
Artist

Orley, Bernaerd van

Year


  • de: 1. Hälfte 16. Jh.
  • en: 1st half of 16th century (See note.)
Technique


    • de: Holz
Dimensions
Current location


    • de: Musée Royaux des Beaux Arts,
    • de: Brüssel
Source

The Yorck Project: 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei. DVD-ROM, 2002. ISBN 3936122202. Distributed by DIRECTMEDIA Publishing GmbH.

Permission

[1]

Note: Margaret became regent of Flanders (where Orley was resident) in 1515 and died in 1530 [2], dating this portrait to 1515-1530. Orley became Margaret's court painter in 1518 [3].

Margaret wears the deuil blanc or "white mourning" veils.

  1. http://mail.wikipedia.org/pipermail/wikide-l/2005-April/012195.html
  2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_of_Austria_%281480-1530%29
  3. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11320a.htm


Creator

Name: Orley, Bernaerd van

Alternative names:

Date of birth:

  • de: um 1490
  • en: c. 1490

Location of birth:

  • de: Brüssel

Date of death: 1541-01-06

Location of death:

  • de: Brüssel

Work period:

Work location:

  • de: Brüssel
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