Bartholomäus Bruyn the Elder

Portrait of Elisabeth Bellinghausen (c.1520- after 1570)

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Bartholomäus Bruyn the Elder
Portrait of Elisabeth Bellinghausen (c.1520- after 1570)

1538-1539 On view in Room 7

This small painting is half of a diptych made by Bartholomäus Bruyn for the Cologne couple Elisabeth Bellinghausen and Jacobus Omphalius. They probably commissioned the diptych on the occasion of their engagement. Elisabeth is holding a sprig of bittersweet, which was the attribute of unmarried couples in Cologne portraits. Elisabeth’s braids also refer to the engagement period, as married women wore their braids under their cap.

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Pendant

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Portrait of Jakob Omphalius (1500-1567), 1538/39

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Bartholomäus Bruyn the Elder
Portrait of Elisabeth Bellinghausen (c.1520- after 1570)

1538-1539 On view in Room 7

Bruikleen van het Rijksmuseum. Schenking van der erven van de heer C. Hogendijk, Den Haag
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Details

General information
Artist Bartholomäus Bruyn the Elder (Wesel 1493 - 1555 Cologne)
Title Portrait of Elisabeth Bellinghausen (c.1520- after 1570)
Dated 1538-1539
Object name painting
Inventory number 889
On view in Room 7
Material and technical details
Technique oil
Material panel
Dimensions 34.5 x 24 cm

Provenance

Bequest of Cornelis Hoogendijk to the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (inv. no. SK-A-2559), 1912; on long-term loan from the Rijksmuseum, since 1951