Antonis MOR
Dutch c. 1516/29 - 1575/76
Portrait of a lady
oil on wood panel
107.0 x 72.1 cm
Felton Bequest 1948
1823-4

Antonis Mor was born in Utrecht, and he was a well travelled artist and absorbed a great variety of influences during his career. His style combines elements of Italian portraiture with the austere and meticulous style of Netherlandish school.

He was court painter to Philip II of Spain and painted some of the most important people of the day. Later he made portraits of wealthy Antwerp merchants and their families.

The costume here indicates that this unknown woman is almost certainly one of his southern Netherlandish clientele, possibly from Brussels or Antwerp.

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