Portrait of an elderly woman with a white headpiece - Marten van Cleve

Oil on slate
Dated 1552 upper central.

Comes with an expert's report by Dr. Klaus Ertz, Lingen.

We can see a half-length portrait of an older woman, wearing a brown waistcoat with a black collar over a white blouse against a dark background.

Marten van Cleve was a Flemish painter mainly known for his genre scenes with peasants and landscapes, which show a certain resemblance with the work of Pieter Brueghel the Elder. Marten was one of the leading Flemish artists of his generation.