Portrait of a Lady (Margravine Elisabeth of Ansbach-Bayreuth?)

Portrait of a Lady (Margravine Elisabeth of Ansbach-Bayreuth?)

Title

Portrait of a Lady (Margravine Elisabeth of Ansbach-Bayreuth?)

[CDA 2010]

Painting on limewood (Tilia sp.)

Medium

Painting on limewood (Tilia sp.)

[Klein, Report 2013]
[Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011, 133, No. 13112]
[Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, revised 2010]

The woman is depicted as a half-length figure wearing a sumptuous robe, decorated with jewels. The shadow of her silhouette is visible on the grey background.

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Younger

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Younger

[Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, revised 2010]
[Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011, 133, No. 13112]

Production date
about 1565

Production date

about 1565

[Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, reversed 2010]
[Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011, 133, No. 13112]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 87.5 x 69.3 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 87.5 x 69.3 cm

  • [Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, revised 2010]

  • [Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011, 133, No. 13112]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia on the right beside the elbow: winged serpent (with dropped wings)

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia on the right beside the elbow: winged serpent (with dropped wings)

  • [Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, revised 2010]

Owner
Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen
Repository
Alte Pinakothek, Munich
Location
Munich
CDA ID
DE_BStGS_13112
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_BStGS_13112/

Provenance

  • Dr. Reber, Zürich (Lausanne ?) (art market, Switzerland) [1]
  • Walter Andreas Hofer, Berlin 02.01.1941 (art market, Germany)[1]
  • gift from Paul Walter, coal Inspector for the Reich (Reichskohlenkommissar), 12.01.1941[1]
  • whereabouts after 1945: Bavaria, Bay. Staatsgemäldesammlungen: 13112[1]
  • 1961 acquired from the State [2]

[1]Kunstsammlung Göring: DHM Datenbank:
http://www.dhm.de/datenbank/goering/dhm_goering.php?seite=5&fld_0=RMG00523
[2][Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, revised 2010], [Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011, 133, No. 13112]

See also the entry in the Lost Art-Database, Stiftung Deutsches Zentrum für Kulturgutverluste: Lost Art-ID 391063; http://www.lostart.de/DE/Fund/391063 (accessed 17 Dec. 2019).

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011 133 No. 13112
AuthorMartin Schawe
EditorBayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen
TitleCranach in Bayern
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication2011
Show Literature
Zimmermann E. H. 1969 287-292
AuthorErnst Heinrich Zimmermann
TitleZur Ikonographie von Damenbildnissen des älteren und des jüngeren Lucas Cranach
JournalPantheon
IssueXXVII, 4
Year of Publication1969
Pages283-293
Show Literature
  • Portrait of a Lady (Margravine Elisabeth of Ansbach-Bayreuth?), about 1565

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Documents

Technical studies

19.08.2013Scientific analysis

  • Identification of wood species / Dendrochronology

Support

Identification of wood species: limewood (Tilia sp.)

  • analysed by Peter Klein

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