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The Master of the 1540s (Flanders, active 1541-1551)
Portrait of a young woman


1541
Painting
oil on panel
59.5 x 44.9cm panel; 75.5 x 60.5 x 5.5cm frame
Gift of James Fairfax AO 1993
482.1993
Art Gallery of NSW, Ground Level, European Art 15th-18th Century Galleries, Court 13


Provenance
James Oswald Fairfax AO (Australia, b.1933), 1982-31 Aug 1993, Bowral/New South Wales/Australia, Gift of James Fairfax 1993. Purchased by James Fairfax from Artneys International Ltd 1982
Artneys International Ltd, 1982, by 1982, Sold to James Fairfax 1982
Cramer (Netherlands), 1976-1977, The Hague/Netherlands, [dealer]
H Becker, circa 1967, by 1967, listed in 'Sammlung Becker I, gemälde alter meister / bearbeitung des kataloges' by Rolf Fritz, Dortmund, 1967, as collection of H. Becker.
Dr Hans Wetzlar (Netherlands, d.1977?), Amsterdam/Netherlands, after 1952 and by 1953, not listed in Max J. Friedlander, 'Collection Dr. H. Wetzlar' Amsterdam, 1952. Lent to the exhibition 'Le portrait dans les Pays-Bas' Musée Communal, Bruges 1953


Bibliography
Scholarly/Periodical; Melbourne Journal of Technical Studies in Art [vol. 2]; Editor Unknown; 2003, 'A 'Portrait of a woman' by the Master of the 1540s - a study using infrared reflectography and X-radiography' by Stewart Laidler
Exhibition catalogue; The James Fairfax collection of old master paintings, drawings and prints; Richard Beresford (England; Australia), Peter Raissis (Australia); 2003, 114, 115 (colour illus.), cat.no. 30
Annual report; Art Gallery of New South Wales Annual Report 1994; Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874); 1994, 44
Periodical; Apollo; Editor Unknown; Jun 1994, 5, 'James Fairfax: a remarkable collector of old masters' by Catherin Fisher, pg.3-8
Exhibition catalogue; Great gifts, great patrons: an exhibition celebrating private patronage of the Gallery; Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874); 1994, no catalogue numbers
Exhibition catalogue; The James Fairfax collection of old masters; Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874); 1992, no catalogue numbers
Book; Sammlung Becker I, gemälde alter meister; Rolf Fritz; 1967, (illus.), cat.no. 44
Exhibition catalogue; Le portrait dans les Pays-Bas; Musée Communal (Belgium); 1953, 56, (illus.), cat.no. 77, pl. 77


Exhibition venue
Title: The James Fairfax collection of old master paintings, drawings and prints

Venue: Art Gallery of New South Wales
Opening: 17 Apr 2003
Closing: 20 Jul 2003
Curator: Beresford, Richard
Raissis, Peter


Title: Great gifts, great patrons

Venue: Art Gallery of New South Wales
Opening: 17 Aug 1994
Closing: 19 Oct 1994


Title: The James Fairfax collection of old masters

Venue: Art Gallery of New South Wales
Opening: 25 Apr 1992
Closing: 14 Jun 1992
Curator: Free, Renée
Capon, Edmund


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