For many years, Lucas Cranach composed his subjects in wedding portraits the very same way: a seated half-figure, hands in the lap, one resting over the other. Unlike her husband, though, Anna Buchner does not look directly at the viewer, which would have been considered immodest. Her body, draped in
For many years, Lucas Cranach composed his subjects in wedding portraits the very same way: a seated half-figure, hands in the lap, one resting over the other. Unlike her husband, though, Anna Buchner does not look directly at the viewer, which would have been considered immodest. Her body, draped in expensive garments, a pearl-studded tiara, golden hairnet, heavy gold chain, and a great number of rings with rubies and emeralds, was a showcase to display her family’s wealth.
- Attribution
- Lucas Cranach the Elder
- Production date
- about 1520
Production date
about 1520 | [Minneapolis Institute of Arts, revised 2012] |
- Dimensions
- Dimensions of support: 40.6 x 27.3 x 0.5 cm (16 x 10 3/4 x 3/16 in.)
Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 40.6 x 27.3 x 0.5 cm (16 x 10 3/4 x 3/16 in.)
[Minneapolis Institute of Arts, revised 2012]
Dimensions of support: 40 x 27 cm
[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 128]
- Signature / Dating
None
- Owner
- Minneapolis Institute of Arts
- Repository
- Minneapolis Institute of Arts
- Location
- Minneapolis
- CDA ID
- US_MIA_57-10
- FR (1978) Nr.
- FR128
- Persistent Link
- https://lucascranach.org/en/US_MIA_57-10/