Hans Memling
Portrait of an Old Woman

ArtistNetherlandish, 1430/40–1494
CultureNetherlandish
Titles
  • Portrait of an Old Woman
Date1480–1490
PlaceBruges, Belgium
MediumOil on wood
DimensionsPanel: 10 1/8 × 7 in. (25.7 × 17.8 cm)
Credit LineThe Edith A. and Percy S. Straus Collection
Object number44.530
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
204 Tatkon Gallery
On view

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ProvenancePrivate collection, Paris, 1910; Carl von Hollitscher, Berlin, 1914; Stefan von Auspitz, Vienna, by 1924–1931; seized by Austrian government, 1931; sold to David George von Beuningen, 1931; [Bachstitz Galleries, The Hague, by 1932]; Percy Selden Straus, New York, 1934-1944; given to MFAH, 1944.
Exhibition History"Austellung von Werken alter Kunst aus dem Privatbesitz von Mitgliedern des Kaiser Friedrich-Museums-Vereins," Berlin, 1914.

"Exposition d'oeuvres de la collection Auspitz," London, 1932.

"Man and His Years," Baltimore Museum of Art, October 19–November 21, 1954.

"Masterpieces of Flemish Art: Van Eyck to Bosch," The Detroit Institute of Arts, April–December 1960.

"Dutch Couples," The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, January 8–March, 1973.

"Paintings from American Museums, 1976 U.S.S.R. Exchange," State Hermitage Museum, Leningrad, Russia, February 11–March 24, 1976; State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, April 8–May 20, 1976; State Museum of Ukrainian Art, Kiev, Ukraine, June 3–July 15, 1976; Belorussian State Museum of Fine Arts, Minsk, Belarus, July 30–September 10, 1976.

"From Van Eyck to Bruegel: Early Netherlandish Paintings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art," Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, September 14, 1998–February 21, 1999.

“Masterpieces of European Painting from the 15th to 20th Centuries from The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation," The Museum of Art, Ehime, Matsuyama, Japan, April 13–May 30,1999; Chiba Prefectural Art Museum, Japan, June 5–July 11, 1999; Mie Prefectural Art Museum, Tsu, Japan, July 17–August 22,1999; Fukuoka Art Museum, Japan, August 27–October 3, 1999.

"Memling's Portraits," Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, February 14–May 15, 2005; Municipal Museums of the City of Bruges, Belgium, June 7–September 4, 2005; The Frick Collection, New York, October 12–December 31, 2005.

"Passion for Perfection: The Straus Collection of Renaissance Art," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 21, 2017–June 17, 2018.
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