Portrait of a Woman with a Pomander

1563 (Renaissance)

70.5 cm 97.8 cm

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This woman’s affluence is seen in her embroidered cap, pearl necklace, and the gold chain from which hangs a pierced metal container, or pomander. Portrait of a Young Woman with a Pink (WAM acc. no. 37.1847) includes one as well. Pomanders held sweet-smelling herbs or perfumes...

Drawing

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Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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