Sujet

Barbara van Beck, approximately 1650. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Barbara van Beck, approximately 1650. Barbara Ursler, born in Augsburg in 1629, portrayed half-length directed to right, with long brown prominent hair on the skin of her entire head. She married a Dutchman, Johan Michael van Beck, who became her manager. Unlike the hirsute women who earned their living as courtiers alongside dwarfs and jesters, Barbara van Beck was exhibited internationally and became a celebrity through her travels.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM25A24_372

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

54,2Mo (1,8Mo) / 32,3cm x 42,0cm / 3816 x 4960 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Germany portrait female women woman people job medical health medicine head historical German arts painting star country science art occupation museum color scene depiction location century profession artwork concept celebrity looking at camera head and shoulders facial hair entrepreneur length 17th century oil Painting Medical Condition Colour celebrities Half-Length culture history historic seventeenth century Oil on canvas direct gaze Unknown Barbara Oil on canvas 1650 Painting Heritage Art hypertrichosis 1650s Wellcome Collection Barbara van Beck van Beck Barbara Ursler Ursler