1557
oil
panel
From the collection of Denver Art Museum
Portrait of Alice Barnham (nee Bradbridge) is a 1557 oil by Hans Eworth, a Northern Renaissance work, held at Denver Art Museum.
This painting depicts a woman and two boys in a room with a brick wall. The woman, dressed in dark attire with a white head covering, stands between the two boys. One boy sits at a desk, writing with a quill, while the other holds a book. The room's background features a brick wall with a small painting of a landscape on it. A notable detail is the woman's attire, which includes a dark dress and a white head covering, indicating her social status. The boys are also dressed in dark clothing, suggesting they are from a wealthy family. The painting's use of chiaroscuro, a technique that uses strong contrasts of light and dark to create a sense of volume, adds depth and dimension to the scene. You can learn more about this technique by looking up chiaroscuro.
Hans Eworth (or Ewouts; c. 1520–1574) was a Flemish painter active in England in the mid-16th century. Along with other exiled Flemings, he made a career in Tudor London, painting allegorical images as well as portraits…
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