In the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland — check current display status with the museum.
FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG
Maria von Freyberg was in the court of Albert V, Duke of Bavaria. However, as Lutherans, the family eventually fell from favor as Catholic political interests consolidated power in Bavaria. Mielich’s work for the Munich court included illustrating an inventory of the duchess’s jewelry, seen in the meticulous attention here to the sitter’s brooches, necklaces, and rings. The diamond and ruby ring on her left index finger would have slid apart to reveal a private message or image underneath the gems.
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Barthel Bruyn the Younger — Portrait of a Woman of the Slosg
Catharina van Hemessen — Catharina van Hemessen (1527/28–aft
German 16th Century — Portrait of a Lady
Hans Holbein the Younger — Lady Lee (Margaret Wyatt, born ab![Margarethe Vöhlin [obverse]](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/0bd962a9-fe23-4393-894c-fa01a5bb71c8/full/!500,500/0/default.jpg)
Bernhard Strigel — Margarethe Vöhlin [obverse]
Franco-Flemish 15th Century — Profile Portrait of a Lady
Probably Antwerp 16th Century — Wife of a Member of the de H
Netherlandish Painter — Portrait of a Woman
Lucas Cranach the Elder — Reproduction of Sibylla of Cleves
anonymous — Portrait of Jacoba of Bavaria, Countess of Holla
Barthel Bruyn the Younger — Portrait of a Woman with a Praye
Corneille de Lyon (Netherlandish, 1500/10–1574) — Portrait o
