Portrait of a young woman. Princess Emilia of Saxony?

Portrait of a young woman. Princess Emilia of Saxony?

Title

Portrait of a young woman. Princess Emilia of Saxony?

[Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, revised 2011]

Painting on beech wood

Medium

Painting on beech wood

[Klein, Report 2013]
[Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, revised 2011]

The sitter is depicted as a half-length figure, facing left against a black background. Her red velvet robe is decorated with slits in the sleeves and brocade bands. She is wearing gloves with decorative slits on her hands. Around her neck is a ring decorated with pearls and a large

The sitter is depicted as a half-length figure, facing left against a black background. Her red velvet robe is decorated with slits in the sleeves and brocade bands. She is wearing gloves with decorative slits on her hands. Around her neck is a ring decorated with pearls and a large double rowed chain. The young woman's curly hair is concealed beneath a bonnet.

[Görres, cda 2016]

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, revised 2011]
[Exhib. Cat. Hamburg 2003, No. 27]

Production dates
about 1537
before 1537

Production dates

about 1537

[Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, revised 2011]

before 1537

[Exhib. Cat. Hamburg 2003, No. 27]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 41.6 x 29.8 x 0.61-1.42 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 41.6 x 29.8 x 0.61-1.42 cm

  • (original dimensions: 41.6 x c. 27.6 cm)

  • [Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, revised 2011]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia above the sitter's proper left shoulder: winged serpent with dropped wings facing left; in yellow paint

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia above the sitter's proper left shoulder: winged serpent with dropped wings facing left; in yellow paint

Inscriptions and Labels

Reverse of the panel: - top, right:
in black paint: 'Lucas Cranach'

  • right of the centre:
    in black paint (with …

Inscriptions and Labels

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

  • Reverse of the panel: - top, right:

  • in black paint: 'Lucas Cranach'

    • right of the centre:

  • in black paint (with a stencil ?): '200(H?)'

  • [CDA 2012]

Owner
Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen
Repository
Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen
Location
Copenhagen
CDA ID
DK_SMK_DEP4
FR (1978) Nr.
FR173
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DK_SMK_DEP4/

Provenance

  • bought by Carl Jacobsen at the Oppenheim auction, Cologne 14/15 October 1878 for 530 Mark
  • 1922 deposited by Carlsberg in the Glyptotek, Cat. No. 9

[DK_SMK_DEP4_FR173_1966-01_Document.pdf]
[DK_SMK_DEP4_FR173_unknown__index card_01.pdf]
[Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, revised 2011]

Exhibitions

Hamburg 2003, No. 27
Rome 2010, No. 17

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Exhib. Cat. Rome 2010 182 - 184 No. 17 Pl. p. 183
EditorGalleria Borghese, Rome, Anna Coliva, Bernard Aikema
TitleCranach. L'altro rinascimento / a different renaissance, [Rome, Galleria Borghese 15 ottobre 2010 - 13 febbraio 2011]
Place of PublicationMilan
Year of Publication2010
Show Literature
Exhib. Cat. Hamburg 2003 86, 171, 183 027 Pl. 27
EditorBucerius Kunst Forum, Werner Schade
TitleLucas Cranach. Glaube, Mythologie und Moderne [Bucerius Kunst Forum, Hamburg]
Place of PublicationOstfildern-Ruit
Year of Publication2003
Show Literature
  • Portrait of a young woman. Princess Emilia of Saxony?, about 1537

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Documents

Technical studies

29.11.2013Scientific analysis

  • Identification of wood species / Dendrochronology

Support

  • analysed by Peter Klein

04.07.2009Scientific analysis

  • Identification of wood species / Dendrochronology
  • analysis

Support

- a single beech wood plank

- 81 annual rings (1492-1412)

- most recent annual ring: 1492

  • examined by Peter Klein

2009 - Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • conservation
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Support

Ground and Imprimatura

Underdrawing

Paint Layers and Gilding

  • written by Loa Ludvigsen

2009Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared reflectography
  • irr

Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

Tools/Materials:

- fluid, black medium and brush

Type/Ductus:

- freehand underdrawing

- thin lines

Function:

- relatively binding for the final painted version; lines delineate contours and describe essential details and the facial features; no representation of volume

Deviations:

- minor alterations made during the painting process to clearly define form

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- not possible

[Smith, Sandner, Heydenreich, cda 2013]

  • photographed by Loa Ludvigsen

2009Scientific analysis

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Cross-sections; incident and UV light microscopy; back-scattered electron imagery; SEM-EDX; ATR-FTIR

  • written by Loa Ludvigsen
  • analysed by Loa Ludvigsen
  • analysed by Jettie van Lanschot
  • analysed by Metter OED Øgaard

01.07.1966Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • X-radiography
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  • created by Statens Museum for Kunst, Kopenhagen

Condition Reports

Date20.06.2010

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  • written by Henrietta Havsteen-Mikkelsen

Conservation History

Date1966

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