Portrait of an Old Woman
by MEMLING, Hans, Oil on wood, 35 x 29 cm
Memling excelled in portraiture: he had the gift of searching deeply into reality, as he did in this portrait in the Louvre, in which the face stands out before a carefully detailed landscape. Though rather worn in places, this painting has retained its harmony of whites and greys.
The companion-piece of the painting, Portrait of an Old Man, is in the Staatliche Museen, Berlin.