Masters of the Female Half-Lengths

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Masters of the Female Half-Lengths (active in the sixteenth century)

• Is the notname given to a painter, or likely a group of painters of a workshop.
• The name was given in the 19th century to identify the maker or makers of a body of work consisting of 67 paintings to which since 40 more have been added.
• The Master created female figures in genre scenes, small religious and mythological works, landscapes and portraits.
• The works attributed to the Master of the Female Half-Lengths were apparently the product of a large workshop that specialized in small-scale panels depicting aristocratic young ladies at half-length.
• The ladies are shown engaging in various activities such as reading, writing, or playing musical instruments.
• The expressions of the female figures are characterised by their sweetness and grace.
• Some of the women are represented with an ointment jar, the attribute of Mary Magdalene.
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Masters of the Female Half, Rest on the Flight into Egypt Flemish, c. 1530

Original, Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna. Visited in 2017-2020.

Masters of the Female Half, Rest on the Flight into Egypt Flemish, c. 1530

Workshop of Masters of the Female Half-Lengths, The Rest on the Flight into Egypt Flemish, c. 1525-50

Original, National Gallery of Art in London. Visited in 2018-2019.

Workshop of Masters of the Female Half-Lengths, The Rest on the Flight into Egypt Flemish, c. 1525-50

Masters of the Female Half-Lengths, Rest on the Flight into Egypt, around 1520-1540

Original, Philadelphia Museum of Art. Visited in 2018-2020

Masters of the Female Half-Lengths, Rest on the Flight into Egypt, around 1520-1540

Masters of the Female Half-Lengths, Rest on the Flight into Egypt, around 1520-1540

Masters of the Female Half-Lengths, Saint Magdalene reading, 1500 - 1550

Original, Louvre Museum, Paris. Visited in 2021.

Masters of the Female Half-Lengths, Saint Magdalene reading, 1500 - 1550

Masters of the Female Half-Lengths, Saint Magdalene reading, 1500 - 1550

Masters of the Female Half-Lengths, A Lute Player, ca. 1520-1540

Original, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Germany. Visited in 2024.

Masters of the Female Half-Lengths, A Lute Player, ca. 1520-1540

Masters of the Female Half-Lengths (Hans Vereycke), Madonna and Child with Angel; Saint Catherine and Saint Barbara, ca. 1510-1520

Original, The Frick, Pittsburgh. Visited in 2021.

Masters of the Female Half-Lengths (Hans Vereycke), Madonna and Child with Angel; Saint Catherine and Saint Barbara, ca. 1510-1520

Masters of the Female Half-Lengths (Hans Vereycke), Madonna and Child with Angel; Saint Catherine and Saint Barbara, ca. 1510-1520