# Portrait of a Woman

- By: Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld (German, 1794-1872)
- Date: 1821
- Medium: Brush and brown wash and pen and brown ink, with graphite on ivory wove paper
- Classification: Drawing and Watercolor
- Dimensions: 22.7 × 20 cm (8 15/16 × 7 7/8 in.)
- Culture: Germany
- Credit line: Margaret Day Blake Endowment Fund
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/191195)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/7166f5eb-8ee8-9ff6-36d2-f0df626f0e1e/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Settling in Rome in 1818, Schnorr von Carolsfeld became a member of the Nazarene Brotherhood there. Also known as the Brotherhood of Saint Luke, after the painter-evangelist, this group of German artists painted mostly religious subjects, reflecting their interest in the Italian Renaissance. Rendered with a fine line like that of Botticelli, this extraordinarily compelling lifelike portrait was of a close relative and remained in the family until acquired by the Art Institute.

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