BRUYN, Barthel the Elder
(b. 1493, Cologne, d. 1555, Cologne)

Portrait of a Woman

1539
Oil on panel, 35 x 26 cm
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid

This painting is possibly the companion-piece of a portrait of similar format, size and composition, representing a man. The two portraits depict a couple identified as members of the Weinsberg family from the coat-of-arms which appears on one of the man's rings.