Portrait of Agnes von Hayn, née von Rabenstein

Portrait of Agnes von Hayn, née von Rabenstein

Titles

Portrait of Agnes von Hayn, née von Rabenstein

[http://onlinekatalog.staatsgalerie.de/detail.jsp?id=A5B3C2C74F5DB69FEB49A58D573FF3F3&img=1; 23-07-2015]

Portrait of Anna von Minckwitz

[Fabian 1952, 44-45]

Portrait of a saxon lady

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932, 92]

Painting on beech wood

Medium

Painting on beech wood

[Klein Report, 11.05.1992]
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Like her husband Jobst von Hayn (Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, inv. no. 1521), Agnes von Hayn, née von Rabenstein, wears a necklace with a portrait medallion of John Frederick the Magnanimous and a ring displaying the Hayn family crest. Stylistically, the two companion pieces are indebted to the portrait art developed by

Like her husband Jobst von Hayn (Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, inv. no. 1521), Agnes von Hayn, née von Rabenstein, wears a necklace with a portrait medallion of John Frederick the Magnanimous and a ring displaying the Hayn family crest. Stylistically, the two companion pieces are indebted to the portrait art developed by Lucas Cranach the Elder for the Saxon court, even if they translate Cranach's soberly concise formal language into a two-dimensional ornamental structure. Realistic details and individual nuances of expression are subjected to a rigorous stylization that may reflect the urbanely sophisticated bearing of the patrons.

Agnes von Hayn was evidently much younger than her husband. Her red dress with its puffy sleeves - decoratively slit to reveal their white lining -, the banded, bead-embroidered collar and the yoke in the style of a 'Hobelspan' chain all corresponded to the latest courtly fashions of her day. The same is true of her tightly laced bodice beneath which the folds of her skirt billow out. Her hair is draped with a beaded calotte. Of the beret perched slantwise on her head, all that is visible is the velvet brocade underside of the rim. These elaborate trappings are further enhanced by gold chains and rings, bracelets and other jewellery set with precious stones. With her slightly lowered gaze and her hands nestled demurely one inside the other, the sitter nevertheless conveys an impression of solemn dignity to which the fine, composed facial features also contribute.

[Elsbeth Wiemann, http://onlinekatalog.staatsgalerie.de/detail.jsp?id=A5B3C2C74F5DB69FEB49A58D573FF3F3&img=1; 23-07-2015]

Attributions
Lucas Cranach the Younger
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Lucas Cranach the Younger

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[Exhib. Cat. Berlin 1937, no. 125]

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Cat. Stuttgart 1907, 48]

Production date
1543

Production date

1543

[pendant dated]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 59.5 x 43.5 x 0.65 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 59.5 x 43.5 x 0.65 cm

  • [cda 2015]

Signature / Dating

Pendant with artist's insignia at the centre left: serpent with dropped wings, facing left, and dated '1543', in black paint

Signature / Dating

  • Pendant with artist's insignia at the centre left: serpent with dropped wings, facing left, and dated '1543', in black paint

  • [Elsbeth Wiemann, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, revised 2015]

Inscriptions and Labels

Reverse of the panel: At top centre a red seal with the coat of arms of Freiherr/Count Gustav Adolf …

Inscriptions and Labels

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

  • Reverse of the panel: At top centre a red seal with the coat of arms of Freiherr/Count Gustav Adolf von Gotter; Staatsgalerie Stuttgart inventory label

  • [Elsbeth Wiemann, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, revised 2015]

Owner
Land Baden-Württemberg
Repository
Staatsgalerie Stuttgart
Location
Stuttgart
CDA ID
DE_SGS_633
FR (1978) Nr.
FR422
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_SGS_633/

Provenance

  • 1736 acquired together with the collection belonging to Count Grafen Gustav Adolf von Gotter by Duke Carl Alexander von Württemberg
  • 1843 transferred from Schloss Ludwigsburg
    [Cat. Stuttgart 1992, 101]

Exhibitions

  • Berlin 1937, No. 125
  • Nuremberg 1952, No. B 14

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Cat. Stuttgart 2008 74-75 19 19
EditorStaatsgalerie Stuttgart
TitleStaatsgalerie Stuttgart. Die Sammlung - Meisterwerke vom 14. bis zum 21. Jahrhundert
Place of PublicationStuttgart
Year of Publication2008
Cat. Stuttgart 1992 101-104
AuthorEdeltraut Rettich, Rüdiger Klapproth, Gerhard Ewald
TitleAlte Meister. Staatsgalerie Stuttgart
Place of PublicationStuttgart
Year of Publication1992
Cat. Stuttgart 1989 56-57
AuthorElsbeth Wiemann
TitleAltdeutsche Malerei. Staatsgalerie Stuttgart
Place of PublicationStuttgart
Year of Publication1989
Stutterheim 1982 181-186
AuthorEckart von Stutterheim
TitleZu zwei Cranach-Bildnissen der Staatsgalerie Stuttgart
JournalDer Herold. Vierteljahresschrift für Heraldik, Genealogie und verwandte Wissenschaften
Issue25, vol. 10, 8
Year of Publication1982
Pages181-186
Thiel 1980 176
AuthorErika Thiel
TitleGechichte des Kostüms. Die europäische Mode von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1980
Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 156 422
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
Hackenbroch 1979 124-125
AuthorYvonne Hackenbroch
TitleRenaissance Jewellery
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication1979
Cat. Stuttgart 1978 [22]
AuthorEdeltraut Rettich
TitleStaatsgalerie Stuttgart. Zur Wiedereröffnung der Altdeutschen Abteilung in der Staatsgalerie Stuttgart
Place of PublicationStuttgart
Year of Publication1978
Exhib. Cat. Berlin 1977 86-87
AuthorUlrich Bischoff
TitleDer Mensch um 1500. Werke aus Kirchen und Kunstkammern, Skulpturengalerie der Staatlichen Museen Preußischer Kulturbesitz, 4.6. - 31.10.1977
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1977
Schade 1974 101, 464
AuthorWerner Schade
TitleDie Malerfamilie Cranach
Place of PublicationDresden
Year of Publication1974
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/schade1974
Cat. Stuttgart 1962 58
EditorStuttgarter Galerieverein
TitleKatalog der Staatsgalerie Stuttgart. Alte Meister
Place of PublicationStuttgart
Year of Publication1962
Cat. Stuttgart 1957 70
EditorStuttgarter Galerieverein
TitleKatalog der Staatsgalerie Stuttgart
Place of PublicationStuttgart
Year of Publication1957
Bushart 1956 39 29
AuthorBruno Bushart
TitleMeisterwerke der Stuttgarter Staatsgalerie
Place of PublicationHonnef
Year of Publication1956
Exhib. Cat. Nuremberg 1952 13 B 14
EditorGermanisches Nationalmuseum, Nürnberg
TitleAufgang der Neuzeit. Deutsche Kunst und Kultur von Dürers Tod bis zum Dreissigjährigem Kriege 1530-1650, Nürnberg, Germanisches National-Museum Nürnberg, 15. Juli bis 15. Oktober 1952.
Place of PublicationNuremberg
Year of Publication1952
Fabian 1952 45
AuthorEkkehardt Fabian
TitleNeue Goethe-Ahnenbildnisse
JournalFamilie und Volk
Issue2
Year of Publication1952
Pages41-48
Exhib. Cat. Berlin 1937 46 125 Pl. 99
EditorStaatliche Museen, Berlin
TitleLucas Cranach d. Ä. und Lucas Cranach d. J. Gemälde, Zeichnungen, Graphik
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1937
Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932 92 339
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1932
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/friedlaender1932
Cat. Stuttgart 1931 37
AuthorKlaus von Baudissin
TitleKatalog der Staatsgalerie zu Stuttgart
Place of PublicationStuttgart
Year of Publication1931
Cat. Stuttgart 1907 48, 286 6
AuthorKonrad Lange-Tübingen
TitleVerzeichnis der Gemäldesammlung im kgl. Museum der bildenden Künste zu Stuttgart.Mit 100 Abbildungen
Place of PublicationStuttgart
IssueSecond edition
Year of Publication1907
Frimmel 1907 114
AuthorTheodor von Frimmel
TitleReisenotizen aus der Stuttgarter Galerie
JournalBlätter für Gemäldekunde
Issue3 (1907)
Year of Publication1907
Pages113-119
Cat. Stuttgart 1903 4 6
AuthorKonrad Lange
TitleVerzeichnis der Gemälde-Sammlung im Königlichen Museum der bildenden Künste zu Stuttgart
Place of PublicationStuttgart
Year of Publication1903
Cat. Stuttgart 1900 69 532
AuthorKonrad Lange
TitleVerzeichnis der Gemälde-Sammlung im Kgl. Museum der bildenden Künste zu Stuttgart
Place of PublicationStuttgart
Year of Publication1900
Cat. Stuttgart 1888 62 532
Authorn. a.
TitleVerzeichnis der Gemälde-Sammlung im Kgl. Museum der bildenden Künste zu Stuttgart
Place of PublicationStuttgart
Year of Publication1888
Cat. Stuttgart 1867 98 368
Authorn. a.
TitleKatalog der Plastischen und der Gemälde-Sammlung im K. Museum der bildenden Künste zu Stuttgart
Place of PublicationStuttgart
Year of Publication1867
Cat. Stuttgart 1863 90 368
Authorn. a.
TitleKatalog der Plastischen und der Gemälde-Sammlung im K. Museum der bildenden Künste zu Stuttgart
Place of PublicationStuttgart
Year of Publication1863
Cat. Stuttgart 1856 104 527
Authorn. a.
TitlePlastische und Gemälde-Sammlung im K. Museum der Bildenden Künste zu Stuttgart
Place of PublicationStuttgart
Year of Publication1856
Cat. Stuttgart 1847 66 9
Authorn. a.
TitleVerzeichnis der Gegenstände der plastischen und der Gemälde-Sammlung im K. Museum der Bildenden Künste zu Stuttgart
Place of PublicationStuttgart
Year of Publication1847
Cat. Stuttgart 1844 59 2
Authorn. a.
TitleVerzeichnis der Gegenstände der plastischen und der Gemälde-Sammlung im K. Museum der bildenden Künste zu Stuttgart
Place of PublicationStuttgart
Year of Publication1844
  • Portrait of Agnes von Hayn, née von Rabenstein, 1543

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Technical studies

06. 2015Technical examination / Scientific analysis

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DESCRIPTION

Tools/Material:

- dry, black drawing material, dark chalk, stylus

Type/Ductus:

- relatively economic freehand underdrawing

- fine lines

Function:

- relatively binding for the final painted version; lines define the main contours and describe essential details within forms as well as facial features; no representation of volume

Deviations:

- minor corrections were made to forms during the painting process

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- Lucas Cranach the Younger

[Sandner, Smith-Contini, Heydenreich, cda 2016]

  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
  • photographed by Ingo Sandner

Date2015

Support

- the surface on the reverse is original; the edges exhibit a broad bevel

- tow or animal fibres attached to the reverse

  • examined by Gunnar Heydenreich

11.05.1992Scientific analysis

  • Identification of wood species / Dendrochronology

Support

Identification of wood species: Beech

The youngest annual ring is from 1529. Therefore the panel can not have been produced before 1531. The panel consists of three planks.

[Klein Reportt, 11.05.1992]

  • examined by Peter Klein

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