Elegant Portraits of Noble Women

Portraits depicting noble women in elaborate costumes, emphasizing their attire and opulent surroundings from the Renaissance to Baroque periods.

Portrait of Johanna Le Maire, Wife of Pieter van Son, Nicolaes Eliasz. Pickenoy, c. 1622 - c. 1629
Portrait of Johanna Le Maire, Wife of Pieter van Son, Nicolaes Eliasz. Pickenoy, c. 1622 - c. 1629
Isabella of Portual;Titian;1547Ellen Maurice (1578-1626). Artist: Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger (Flemish, Bruges 1561-1635/36 London). Dimensions: 35 5/8 × 29 1/4 in. (90.6 × 74.2 cm). Date: 1597. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Portrait of a Woman, 1630. By Nicolaes EliaszGiovan Carlo de Medici, Domenico and Valore Casini, Nins, portraits of children s. XVI-XIX, Sa Bassa Blanca Museum (msbb). Yannick Vu and Ben Jakober , Alcudia, Majorca, Spain.Portrait of Mary Stuart by Anonymous artist, Oil on canvas, Baroque, Russia, Voronezh, Regional I. Kramskoi Art Museum, 78,5x62,5Vecellio di Gregorio Tiziano (and workshop) / 'Portrait of a Woman', ca. 1560, Italian School, Oil on canvas, 117 cm x 92 cm, P00487. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.Portrait of Johanna Le Maire, Wife of Pieter van Son, Nicolaes Eliasz. Pickenoy, c. 1622 - c. 1629Margherita Gonzaga d'Este (1564-1618). Italian noblewoman. Duchess of Ferrara. Portrait by Jacopo Ligozzi (1547-1627), 1593. Detalle. From the Royal Academy of Fine Arts. National Museum of Ancient Art. Lisbon, Portugal. Author: Jacopo Ligozzi (1547-1627). Italian artist.Isabella of Portugal (1503-1539). Queen of Spain and empress, wife of Emperor Charles V. Portrait of Isabella of Portugal. Unknown author. Documented in the second half of the 16th century. Oil on wood. National Museum of Ancient Art. Lisbon, Portugal.Portrait of a woman, known as Gabrielle d'Estrées ". Anonymous. Wood oil. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 35403-9 Aristocracy, jewel, duchess beaufort, french favorite, woman, wood on wood, portrait, rebirth'Marguerite de Valois', c1560, (1939). Artist: Francois Clouet.Antonio Moro / 'Jane Dormer, Duchess of Feria ()', Second half 16th century, Flemish School, Oil on canvas, 95 cm x 76 cm, P02115. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.Portrait of Elisabeth van Oosten (1660-1714). Wife or Abraham from Riebeeck. Portrait of Elisabeth van Oosten (1660-1714). Wife of Abraham van Riebeeck. Halvened in oval, standing. Pendant of SK-A-811.Portrait of Hortensia del Prado (died 1627), Gortzius Geldorp, 1599Portrait of Machtelt Suijs, c. 1540-1545. Maerten van Heemskerck (Dutch, 1498-1574). Oil on wood; framed: 107 x 97 x 8 cm (42 1/8 x 38 3/16 x 3 1/8 in.); unframed: 85 x 74 cm (33 7/16 x 29 1/8 in.).Portrait of an unknown lady -  Jan Daemen Cool, 1636Portrait of a lady as Flora, painting by an unknwn 17th century French artist, preserved within, Chateau de Chatillon-en-Bazois, France.Mary, Queen of Scots (Mary Stuart) Nicholas Hilliard (ca. 1547-1619 British) Collection of The Duke of Berwick & Alba, Madrid 'Queen Isabel de Valois, third wife of Felipe II', ca. 1605, Oil on canvas, 120,1 cm x 84 cm, P01030. Author: JUAN PANTOJA DE LA CRUZ. Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN. FELIPE II FAMILIA. VALOIS ISABEL DE. ISABEL DE VALOIS. FELIPE II ESPOSA. MEDICIS CATALINA HIJA DE. ENRIQUE II DE FRANCIA HIJA.Juan Pantoja de la Cruz / 'Margaret of Austria, Queen of Spain', 1607, Spanish School, Oil on canvas, 112 cm x 97 cm, P01032. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.'Portrait of a Young Woman'. Germany, 16th century. Dimensions: 100x71 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: NICOLAS NEUFCHATEL.Hortensia del Prado (D 1627), Wife of Jean Fourmenois. Portrait of Hydrangea del Prado, wife of Jean Fourmenois. Standing in half, with the left arm resting on a table. On the back an inscription with the name and numeral 35. Pendant from SK-A-912.RETRATO DE DAMA - SIGLO XVII - OLEO/LIENZO - 68X52 CM. Author: ANONIMO HOLANDES. Location: BANCO URQUIJO. Sevilla. Seville. SPAIN.Anna of Bohemia and Hungary (1503 ñ 1547), known as Anna Jagellonica. portrait of Queen Anna by Hans Maler zu Schwaz (1490ñ1530)Portrait of a young woman or Courtesan Antea, 1536, by Francesco Mazzola, known as Parmigianino (1503-1540), oil on canvas, 136x86 cm.Portrait of Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, Peake, Robert, the Elder (1576-1619)'Portrait of a Woman'. Netherlands, 1575. Dimensions: 49,5x37,5 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Netherlands artist. 16th century.Jacoba or Bavaria (1401-1436), Countess of Holland and Zeeland, Pieter Willem Sebes, c. 1435 painting Portrait of Jacoba van Beieren (1401-36), Countess of Holland and Zeeland. Bust to the right with a carnation in hand. Nineteenth century copy to the original from around 1435. Northern Netherlands panel. oil paint (paint)  historical persons - BB - womanPortrait of Maria van Strijp by Johannes Cornelisz Verspronck (c. 1600-1662). Oil on panel, 1652. Rijksmuseum. Amsterdam. Netherlands.Portrait of an unknown French Noblewoman by French master   / Hallwylska Museet, Stockholm / 1560 / France / Oil on wood / Portrait / 35x27Portrait of a Woman. Date/Period: 1567. Painting. Oil on panel. Height: 927 mm (36.49 in); Width: 711 mm (27.99 in). Author: UNKNOWN ARTIST.Jacoba of Bavaria, Countess of Holland & Zeeland 1435, by Pieter Willem Sebes, 1879. Dutch painting, oil on panel. 19th century copy of the original. Her horn shaped headdress confined the hair on the sides of the head. She probably shaved her forehead and eyebrows (BSLOC_2016_2_70)Portrait of Eleonora Gonzaga (1598-1655), in her bridal dress, Sustermans, Justus (Giusto) (1597-1681)Catharina van Well (1626-1722), Wife of Guillia of Bleyswijk. Portrait of Well Catharina, wife of Bleyswijk Guillia. Standing, half, to the left. A range in the right hand. They carry pearls around the neck, wrists and in the hair. Pendant of SK-A-3861.Portrait of Maria de' Medici - 1551 - 52,5x38 cm - tempera on panel. Author: BRONZINO (1503-1572). Location: GALERIA DE LOS UFFIZI. Florenz. ITALIA. MARIA DE MEDICI O MARIA DE MEDICIS. MEDICI MARIA DE O MEDICIS MARIA DE. MARIA DE COSME DE MEDICIS. MEDICI MARIA DE COSME DE.LYON, Corneille de (h. 1500-1575). Catherine de medicis. ca. 1548. Renaissance art. Oil on wood. FRANCE. PICARDY. OISE. Chantilly. Mus_e Cond_ (Cond_ Museum).CLOUET, Franois (1505-1573). Portrait of Catherine de Medicis. ca. 1566. FRANCE. Versailles. Palace of Versailles. Renaissance art. Oil.Portrait of Katarzyna Sieniawska née Radziwiłł (-1565). nieznany malarz polski, painterArabella Stuart (gest 1615). Daughter of Charles Lennox, Isaac Oliver, 1590 - 1615 miniature (painting) Portrait of Arabella Stuart (gest. 1615). Daughter of Charles Lennox. Halved, praised, the arms in front of the chest. Part of the portrait miniatures collection.  parchment (animal material). gold (metal). glassPortrait of Eufemia Wiśniewska née Borman. Kokular, Aleksander (1793-1846), painterEleonora of Toledo. Date/Period: 1543. Painting. Oil on panel. Height: 59 cm (23.2 in); Width: 46 cm (18.1 in). Author: AGNOLO BRONZINO.SANCHEZ COELLO, Alonso (1531-1588). Portrait of Juana de Austria. Renaissance art. Oil on canvas.Portrait of a Woman, anonymous, c. 1590 painting Portrait of a woman, half in oval. Northern Netherlands panel. oil paint (paint)  historical persons not known by name - BB - womanCHARLES II of Spain (1661-1700). King of Spain (1665-1701). Portrait of Charles II. 17th c. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. Làzaro Galdiano Foundation.Juan de Flandes ( -1519). Joanna the Mad. 1496. Flemish art. Oil on wood. AUSTRIA. VIENNA. Vienna. Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna (Museum of Art History).Portrait of a girl as shepherds;  XVII century (1650-00-00-1680-00-00);shepherd's stick, oval, pearls, portraits, female portraitsCRISTINA DE LORENA (1565-1637) DUQUESA DE TOSCANA - SIGLO XVI. Author: SCIPIONE PULZONE (1544-1598) IL GAETANO. Location: MUSEO MEDICEO. Florenz. ITALIA.Marguerite de Valois 1557, Clouet, François'Maria Anna of Bavaria, Duchess of Styria', 1608-1617, Oil on canvas, 118 x 104 cm, P02434. Author: BARTOLOME GONZALEZ (1564-1627). Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN. BAVIERA MARIA DE. MARIA DE BAVIERA. DUQUESA DE STIRIA.Juan Pantoja de la Cruz (1553-1608). Spanish painter. The Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain, 1599. Alte Pinakothek. Munich. Germany.Girolamo di Benvenuto, Portrait of a Young Woman, c 1508 Portrait of a Young WomanJOANNA the Mad 1479-1555, Queen of Castile 1504-55, and of Aragon 1516-55, married to Philip of Burgundy, 1478-1506, mother of Holy Roman Emperor Charles VThe Virgin. Dating: c. 1500. Place: Zuid-Duitsland. Measurements: h 18.3 cm × w 13.5 cm; h 28.6 cm × w 24.3 cm × d 4 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.Paulus Moreelse (1571-1638). Dutch painter. Portait of a lady as Minerva. Netherlands, the 1620s. Oil on wood. National Museum. Gdansk. Poland.Juno, (c1662-65), 1937. Artist: UnknownCatherine Killigrew, Lady Jermyn, Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger, 1561-1635, Flemish, active in Britain (from 1568), 1614, Oil on panel, Support (PTG): 30 3/4 x 23 inches (78.1 x 58.4 cm), aristocrat, brocade, collar, earrings, floral pattern, headgear, Jacobean, lace, portrait, red, ring, Tudor, womanJudith with the Head of Holofernes Fontana, Lavinia (1552 1614)Portrait of a Lady as Mary Magdalen Bartolomeo Veneto (Italian, North Italian School, active 1502-1531). Portrait of a Lady as Mary Magdalen, 1520s. Oil on cradled panel, 22 5/8 x 17 5/8in. (57.5 x 44.8cm).  Bartolomeo uses the device of the vase on the foreground parapet to prompt an association with Mary Magdalene, the saint believed to have anointed Christs feet. The rich embroideries and jewelry may refer to New Testament descriptions of Mary Magdalene as well as to the actual sitters status as a woman of wealth, while her frank, serious gaze suggests the piety of the saint, the ladys likely namesake. European Art 1520sMary Queen of Scots,'The Virgin'. Spain. Dimensions: 59,5x44,5 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Pedro de Moya.Isabel I de Castilla, llamada la Católica (1451-1504). Copia de una pintura de Rincón.Portrait of a Noblewoman, c. 1550, Unknown, 30 1/8 x 22 11/16 in. (76.52 x 57.63 cm) (panel), Oil on panel, England, 16th century, The woman in this portrait was likely connected to the English court or royal household. She wears a French hood and an elaborate gold brooch, both upper-class indicators. The scene on the brooch shows a seated woman playing what appears to be a lute, with the inscription 'Praise the Lorde for ever more.' Her portable prayer book is encased in gold, a type of 'girdle book' that was also a high-status item among ladies of the court.Portrait of a Young Woman. Francesco Pietro Bissolo (attributed to) (Italy, 1475-1554). Italy, circa 1500. Paintings. Oil on panelPortrait of a fifty year old woman. Portrait of a fifty year old woman. Bust, slightly right. Together with SK-A-4337 painted on the inside of a silver screw valve from 1607. Part of the portrait miniaturen collection.Portrait of Mary Tudor (1496-1533), Sittow, Michael (1460/68-1525)Christine of Lorraine (1565-1637) 16th centuryAustria, Vienna, Portrait of Joanna of Castille (1479 - 1555)Raphael (1483-1520). Italian painter. Renaissance. Portrait of  Isabel de Requesens (1500-1577), as vice empress of Naples. Louvre. Paris. FrancePortrait of Susanna Temple, Later Lady Lister. Date/Period: 1620. Painting. Oil on panel. Height: 679 cm (22.2 ft); Width: 518 cm (16.9 ft). Author: CORNELIS JANSSENS VAN CEULEN.Portrait of Eva Goudriaan-de Veer. Dating: 1776. Place: Netherlands. Measurements: h 76.5 cm × w 60.5 cm; d 6 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Cornelis van Cuylenburgh (II) (mentioned on object).MARIA GONZALEZ MANRIQUE DEL FRAGO. Author: GUTIERREZ J. Location: EXPOSICION ARTE COLOMBIANO. MADRID. SPAIN.Portrait of Brechtje Overrijn van Schoterbosch. Dating: 1614. Measurements: support: h 114.3 cm × w 82.9 cm; d 7.5 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Cornelis van der Voort.Catharina Fourmenois (1598-1665). Dating: 1604. Measurements: h 82 cm × w 64 cm; d 6 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Gortzius Geldorp.Rovere Portrait, Titian, 1537MARIA Theresa of Austria, 1638-83 wife of Louis XIV of France and daughter of Philip IV of Spain, gouache on vellumCharles Beaubrun Copy after; Henri Beaubrun Copy after / 'Anne of Austria, Queen of France'. Second half of the XVII century. Oil on canvas. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.Portrait of Lucrezia Panciatichi, 1540, by Agnolo Bronzino (1503-1572), oil on canvas, 102x85 cm.Lorenzo Costa (1460-1535). Italian painter of the Renaissance. Portrait of a Lady, no earlier than 1506. Oil on canvas (transferred form panel). The State Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg. Russia.Oriental carpets more than two centuries old have rarely survived and are rarely represented in Islamic Art since Sunni Islam (and to a lesser extent Shia) eschews representational art in favour of precisely the repetetive geometric symbols and arabesques found, for example, in oriental carpets. This means that most examples of 17th century and earlier oriental carpets, mainly produced in Muslim lands, are only to be found in paintings from Christian lands where rich oriental carpets were associated with wealth, power and taste. Such carpets featured as an important decorative feature in paintings from the 14th century onwards, leading to the dichotomy that there are more depictions of oriental carpets produced before the 17th century in European paintings than there are actual oriental carpets surviving from the same period. Because of this European paintings have proved an invaluable source of reference for the study of the history of carpetmaking and carpets.Portrait of a Young Girl, c. 1650, Jacob van Loo, Dutch, 1614-1670, 20 x 16 1/2 in. (50.8 x 41.91 cm) (panel), Oil on panel, Netherlands, 17th century, Portrait paintings were a common household item in the 1600s, a period known as the Dutch Golden Age. These portraits would stay within the family, passed down for generations, documenting the life and clothing of ancestors. In this painting, the young woman is dressed in a plain black gown, laced bodice, headpiece, and a collar typical of the 1650s. Her identity is unknown, though she was clearly a lady of a comfortable class in Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands. Each Dutch city during the Golden Age had at least one counterfeiter (portrait painter) to support the eras high demand for portraitures.Ambrosius Holbein (Ca.1495-Ca.1519). German painter. Portrait of a Young Man, 1518. Oil and tempera on panel. The State Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg. Russia.Lady Guildford (Mary Wotton, 1499-1558) Copy after Hans Holbein the Younger German. Lady Guildford (Mary Wotton, 1499-1558) 436664Portrait of an unknown woman. Painted by Frans Hals (1582-1666). Dated 17th CenturyThe past of the future unknownDeborah Glen, Vanderlyn, Pieter, 1737.Portrait of Queen El Habsbur Anki, according to the image of Lukas Cranach M Lesser, Aleksander (1814-1884), Cranach, Lucas (1515-1586; m 1830-1884 (1830-00-00-1884-00-00);Cranach, Lucas (1515-1586 - young), Cranach, Lucas (1515-1586 - young) - reproduction, Elżbieta Habsburg (Queen of Poland - 1526-1545), Elżbieta Habsburg (Queen of Poland - 1526-1545) - iconography, Lesser, Aleksander (1814-1884), Lesser, Aleksander (1814-1884) - collections, Lesser, Emiljan Stanisław (Baron - 1847-1912), Lesser, Emiljan Stanisław (Baron - 1847-1912) - collection, Lesser, Wiktor Stanisław Zygmunt (Baron - 1853-1935), Lesser, Wiktor Stanisław Zygmunt (Baron - 1853-1935) - collection, Czartoryski Museum (Kraków), Poland, 16th century, Dar (provenance), queen, painting, German painting, personalities, personal painting, personal painting, personal painting, personal painting, Polish personalities, portraits, female portraitsMaria of Hungary, Regent of the Netherlands, anonymous, 1550 - 1560 painting Around portrait of Maria van Hungary (1505-58), governors of the Netherlands. Bust to the right. Low Countries panel. oil paint (paint). wood (plant material)  historical persons - BB - woman (+ head (and shoulders) (portrait)) NetherlandsBeatrix Pacheco d'Ascalana, Comtesse d'Entremont by Clouet, Jean (c. 1485-1541) / Musee Conde, Chantilly / 1537 / France / Black chalk and sanguine on paper / Portrait / 29,8x19,7 / RenaissancePortrait of Elisabeth Jansdr. Van Zijl, portrait painting visual material wood oil, Portrait rectangular portrait of woman representing Elisabeth Jansdr. van Zijl (circa 1495-1553) Half-length looking to the left joining hands for the belly Cap high-necked dark dress with white stand-up collar red sleeves of garment chain pomander two rings In the top left corner arm of castle Bulgersteyn (three lion heads) in the right upper corner the alliance coat of arms Van Zijl and Van der Sluys in red double-headed eagle and van der Sluys three towers heraldry Elisabeth Jansdr. van Zijll Zijl St. Elisabeth Foundation Reformed Old Women's House old women's house van der Sluys Holy Spirit House Rotterdam City Triangle Bolgersteyn Bulgersteyn Elisabeth Foundation Anno 1455 Reformed Old Women's House (St. Elisabeth Gasthuis) conversation room.Portraits of Rogier Le Witer and His Wife, Catharina Beaghel, Jacques Jordaens, 1635 painting The 38-year-old Catharina Beaghel is depicted head-on, seated in a wide armchair and with a closed fan in the right hand. She wears a black silk rug with a white mill collar and a kite, a cloak with loose sleeves. She wears pearls around the neck and wrists and a rock crystals medallion on the chest. The background is closed by a semi -round niche, for which a red curtain hangs, on the right the portrait is limited by a female Herme. The same ensemble belongs to the portrait of her husband Rogier Le Witer (SK-A-4971) and the portrait of his mother Magdalena de Cuyper (SK-A-4973).  canvas. oil paint (paint) painting historical persons - BB - woman. other hybrid forms in the shape of a pillar. fanBernarda Tavina, Francisco de Goya, 1787-88, oil on canvas, Museo de Bellas Artes, Bilbao, Spain.Nicolas de Largillierre, French (1656-1746), Elizabeth Throckmorton, Canoness of the Order of the Dames Augustines Anglaises, 1729, oil on canvasMarchesa Brigida Spinola Doria, Sir Peter Paul Rubens, 1606, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, USA, North America'Young Lady Holding a Fan'. Holland, 1643?. Dimensions: 83x68 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Hendrik Cornelisz. van der Vliet.Rembrandt van Rijn  Lucretia  Google Art Project Lucretialabel QS:Len,Lucretia label QS:Lru,ЛукрецияQueen Mariana de Austria as a Widow - Juan Carreno de Miranda, circa 1670'Female Portrait'. Spain, 17th century. Dimensions: 130,5x98 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Federico Barocci (Federico Fiori).Alonso Sánchez Coello / 'Isabel Clara eugenia and Magdalena Ruiz', 1585-1588, Spanish School, Oil on canvas, 207 cm x 129 cm, P00861. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.James VI and I, 1566 - 1625. King of Scotland 1567 - 1625. King of England and Ireland 1603 - 1625 (As a boy). Date/Period: 1574. Painting. Oil on panel. Height: 457 mm (17.99 in); Width: 306 mm (12.04 in). Author: Arnold Bronckorst.Miniature of Mary Queen of Scots (1578-1579) painted by Nicholas Hilliard (1547-1619) watercolour on vellum. Mary Queen of Scots (1542-1587) sat for this portrait when she was a prisoner of Elizabeth 1. Mary had asserted her claim to the English throne