Portrait of a Lady

Portrait of a Lady

Title

Portrait of a Lady

[Cat. Merseburg 2006, 41]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Cat. Merseburg 2006, 41]

Knee-length portrait of a woman in courtly dress against a black background. Her hair is gathered together under a bonnet decorated with pearls, her hands are crossed in front of her stomach.

[Görres, cda 2015]

Attribution
Follower of Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Follower of Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Cat. Merseburg 2006, 41]

Production date
about 1525

Production date

about 1525

[Cat. Merseburg 2006, 41]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support:

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support:

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia bottom right: winged serpent

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia bottom right: winged serpent

  • [cda 2015]

Inscriptions and Labels
  • top right: 'Die Durchlauchtigste Fürstin und Frau Agnes || verwittveten hertzogin zu Sachssen gebohrne Landgräfin zu || heßenn Nata …

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

    • top right:
  • 'Die Durchlauchtigste Fürstin und Frau Agnes || verwittveten hertzogin zu Sachssen gebohrne Landgräfin zu || heßenn Nata denzi Maij 1529. Vermählet daß Ite mahl mit || Churfürst Moritzen zu Sachßen 1541. daß 2te mahl vermählt d || 26 May 1555, mit hertzog Johann Friedrichen den andern zu Sach- || ßen de Nata den 4 Novemb: 1555 Aetatis 26 Jahr, 5 monat, 4 tage.'

  • [Görres, cda 2015]

Owner
Vereinigte Domstifter zu Merseburg und Naumburg und des Kollegiatstifts Zeitz
Repository
Domstift Merseburg
Location
Merseburg
CDA ID
DE_DSM_NONE-DSM003
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_DSM_NONE-DSM003/

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Cat. Merseburg 2006 41
AuthorHolger Kunde, Markus Hörsch
EditorVereinigte Domstifter zu Merseburg und Naumburg und des Kollegiatstifts Zeitz
TitleDas Merseburger Kapitelhaus. Domschatz, Domstiftarchiv und Domstiftsbibliothek
SeriesKleine Schriften der Vereinigten Domstifter zu Merseburg und Naumburg und des Kollegiatenstifts Zeitz
Volume4
Place of PublicationPetersberg
Year of Publication2006
  • Portrait of a Lady, about 1525

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Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

- an underdrawing is not readily visible

[Sandner, Smith-Contini, Heydenreich, cda 2015]

  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
  • photographed by Ingo Sandner

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