# Portrait of a Woman

- By: Corneille de Lyon (Netherlandish, 1500/10–1574)
- Date: c. 1540
- Medium: oil on wood
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: Framed: 39 x 26 x 5 cm (15 3/8 x 10 1/4 x 1 15/16 in.); Unframed: 16.5 x 14.8 cm (6 1/2 x 5 13/16 in.)
- Culture: Netherlandish, active France, 16th century
- Credit line: Gift of Grace Rainey Rogers in memory of her father, William J. Rainey
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/1942.48)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/cma/1942.48/1942.48_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Corneille de Lyon worked both for the French court and wealthy merchants. His distinctive northern style stood in contrast to the taste for Italian Renaissance painting and connected closely to portrait miniatures and manuscript painting. Recent conservation treatment has restored the smooth, enamel-like background and the meticulous rendering of detail.