Portrait of a Young Girl (Christus)

Portrait of a Young Girl is a small oil-on-oak panel painting by the Early Netherlandish painter Petrus Christus, housed in the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin. Christus completed the work towards the end of his life, between 1465 and 1470.^[2] The work is a major stylistic advance in the oeuvres of both Christus and contemporary portraiture. The girl is set in an airy, three-dimensional and realistic setting,^[3] and stares out at the viewer with an expression that is reserved yet alert and intelligent.^[4]

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