Portrait de Magdalena von Montfort, geb. von Öttingen

Bernhard Strigel's Portrait of Magdalena von Montfort, born von Öttingen, documents this noblewoman from two prominent Swabian dynasties whose marriage alliance linked the Montfort and Öttingen families. Strigel's female portraits for the Swabian aristocracy are important documents of early modern female aristocratic identity, showing the dress, jewelry, and composed bearing expected of women occupying privileged positions in the Habsburg-adjacent noble hierarchy. Magdalena's portrait would have served both personal commemoration and the dynastic record-keeping that was essential to the complex inheritance and alliance politics of the Swabian nobility.

The portrait follows established conventions of the period, with attention to physiognomic features and costume details that convey social identity and status.