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Woman with a Veil

1545
Not on view
Among Vermeyen’s remarkable and unusual etchings are several representations of anonymous female sitters shown half-length. The woman in this arresting image is depicted with a frankness atypical of the artist. Her gaze penetrates our space rather than avoids it, and she intimately engages the viewer through her sculptural solidity and state of half-dress, leading many to believe that Vermeyen depicted his wife or lover.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Woman with a Veil
  • Artist: Jan Cornelisz Vermeyen (Netherlandish, Beverwijk ca. 1504–1559 Brussels)
  • Date: 1545
  • Medium: Etching and engraving
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 8 7/16 × 7 3/16 in. (21.4 × 18.3 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Barbara and Howard Fox Gift, 2013
  • Object Number: 2013.945
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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