Manner of Frans Pourbus the Elder, late 18th/early 19th century- Portrait of a lady, half-length, wearing a lace ruff and winged cap, and gold chains; oil on canvas, inscribed 'Erkauft in Nürnberg 1871 / Bild aus dem 15 oder 16 Jahrh' verso, 86.8 x 67.6 cm. Provenance: Property from a European Private Collection. Note: The present work recalls the compositions of the Flemish portraitist Frans Pourbus the Elder (1545-1581), including his Portrait of a Young Woman in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts in Ghent [1907-E].

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