Portrait of a Young Lady Holding a Finger Fern

Portrait of a Young Lady Holding a Finger Fern

Title

Portrait of a Young Lady Holding a Finger Fern

[Cat. Prague 2007, No. 19]

Painting on oak wood

Medium

Painting on oak wood

[Cat. Prague 2007, No. 19]

A half-length depiction of a young woman, facing left, against a black background. She wears a broad-rimmed hat over a bonnet and an elaborately decorated robe. A band with a pendant and a double chain decorate her narrow neck. She has crossed her hands in front of her stomach and

A half-length depiction of a young woman, facing left, against a black background. She wears a broad-rimmed hat over a bonnet and an elaborately decorated robe. A band with a pendant and a double chain decorate her narrow neck. She has crossed her hands in front of her stomach and holds a fern leaf in her left hand.

[Görres, cda 2014]

Attribution
Follower of Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Follower of Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Exhib. Cat. Prague 2005, no. 24]
[Cat. Prague 2007, No. 19]
[Exhib. Cat. Prague 2016, 117, No. 15]

Production date
153(?)8

Production date

153(?)8

[dated]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 49.7 x 35.9 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 49.7 x 35.9 cm

  • [Cat. Prague 2007, No. 19]

Signature / Dating

Top left:

Signature / Dating

  • Top left:

  • date '153(?)8'

  • [Cat. Prague 2007, No. 19]

Inscriptions and Labels

On the reverse side: - paper label: 'E.C. 569'

[Cat. Prague 2007, No. 19]

Inscriptions and Labels

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

  • On the reverse side: - paper label: 'E.C. 569'

  • [Cat. Prague 2007, No. 19]

Owner
Národní galerie v Praze (National Gallery in Prague)
Repository
Národní galerie v Praze, Anežský klášter (National Gallery in Prague, Convent of St Agnes)
Location
Prague
CDA ID
CZ_NGP_O8668
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/CZ_NGP_O8668/

Provenance

  • in 1797 lent by Countess Maria Ernestine Kolowrat, née d'Ogilvy

[Cat. Prague 2007, No. 19]

Exhibitions

Prague 2005, no. 24
Prague 2016, no. 15

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Exhib. Cat. Prague 2016 33, 114-117 15 Figs. pp. 33, 114, 115, 116
EditorOlga Kotková
TitleCranach. Ze všech stran. From all sides.
Place of PublicationPrague
Year of Publication2016
Pages16-180
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Cat. Prague 2007 45, 193 19
AuthorOlga Kotková
TitleNational Gallery in Prague. German and Austrian Painting of the 14th - 16th Centuries. Illustrated Summary Catalogue II/1
Place of PublicationPrague
Year of Publication2007
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Chamonikola 2005 B 26 (English version 12)
AuthorKaliopi Chamonikola
TitleLucas Cranach a ceské zeme/ Lucas Cranach and the Czech Lands
Publicationin Kaliopi Chamonikola, ed., Pod znamením okrídleného hada. Lucas Cranach a ceské zeme, Under the winged Serpent, Lucas Cranach and the Czech Lands, Exhib. Prague 2005
Place of PublicationPrague
Year of Publication2005
Pages13-33 (6-15)
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Exhib. Cat. Prague 2005 104, 105 (English version 41) 24 Pl. p. 105, Fig. p. 104 (detail)
EditorObrazárna Pražského hradu, Kaliopi Chamonikola
TitlePod znamením okrídleného hada. Lucas Cranach a ceské zeme. Under the winged Serpent. Lucas Cranach and the Czech Land
Place of PublicationPrague
Year of Publication2005
Show Literature
Kotkova 2005 B 42, 44 (English version 19, 20)
AuthorOlga Kotková
TitleLucas Cranach v Národní galerii v Praze- úvod k technologii obrazu/ Lucas Cranach at the National Gallery in Prague. Introduction to the painting technology
Publicationin Kaliopi Chamonikola, ed., Pod znamením okrídleného hada. Lucas Cranach a ceské zeme, Under the winged Serpent, Lucas Cranach and the Czech Lands, Exhib. Prague 2005
Place of PublicationPrague
Year of Publication2005
Pages42-44 (19-20)
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Vlnas, Sekyrka 1991 331
AuthorVit Vlnas, Tomás Sekyrka
TitleDie Kunstwerke der Donauschule in der Tradition der böhmischen Sammlungstätigkeit
JournalVerhandlungen des Historischen Vereins für Oberpfalz und Regensburg
Issue131
Year of Publication1991
Pages328-335
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Cat. Prague 1988 129 284
EditorJ. Mašín
TitleStaré evropské umení. Sbírky Národní galerie v Praze. Sternberský palác
Place of PublicationPrague
Year of Publication1988
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Exhib. Cat. Yokohama 1987 43
Authorn. a.
TitleMasterpieces of European Painting from the National Gallery in Prague. Yokohama - Hiroshima - Fukuoka - Asahikawa - Mie
Place of PublicationYokohama
Year of Publication1987
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Matejcek 1913 38
AuthorA. Matejcek
TitleGalerie Rudolfinum
Place of PublicationPrague
Year of Publication1913
Show Literature
Cat. Prague 1912 39 121
AuthorP. Bergner
TitleKatalog obrazárny v dome umelcu Rudolfinum v Praze
Place of PublicationPrague
Year of Publication1912
Show Literature
Cat. Prague 1889 155 178
AuthorV. Barvitius
TitleKatalog obrazárny v dome umelcu Rudolfinum v Praze
Place of PublicationPrague
Year of Publication1889
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Cat. Prague 1856 17 26
Authorn. a.
TitleVerzeichniss der Kunstwerke in der Gemählde-Galerie der Privatgesellschaft patriotischer Kunstfreunde zu Prag, sowie der damit vereinigten Hoser'schen Gemälde-Sammlung
Place of PublicationPrague
Year of Publication1856
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Cat. Prague 1844 23 13
Authorn. a.
TitleVerzeichnis der Kunstwerke in der Gemählde-Galerie der Privatgesellschaft patriotischer Kunstfreunde zu Prag
Place of PublicationPrague
Year of Publication1844
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Cat. Prague 1827 26 569
Authorn. a.
TitleVerzeichniss der Kunstwerke, welche sich in der Gemählde-Gallerie der Privatgesellschaft patriotischer Kunstfreunde zu Prag befinden
Place of PublicationPrague
Year of Publication1827
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  • Portrait of a Young Lady Holding a Finger Fern, 153(?)8

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Technical studies

06. 2014Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared reflectography
  • irr

Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

Tools/Materials:

- fluid, black medium and brushes of varying widths

Type/Ductus:

- detailed underdrawing characterized by copied lines in the face, freehand elsewhere

- delicate, fine lines (face); broader lines (robe and hat)

- hatching-strokes (face)

Function:

- binding for the final painted version in the face and relatively binding in the rest of the painting; lines delineate contours and describe the essential details and the facial features; hatching-strokes serve the representation of volume in the face

Deviations:

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

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- not possible

Comments:

- probably with reference to a pre-existing design

[Smith, Sandner, Heydenreich, cda 2014]

  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
  • photographed by Ingo Sandner

20.07.1998Scientific analysis

  • Identification of wood species / Dendrochronology

Support

Dendrochronology has established 1522 as the earliest date for the felling of the oak tree, which comes from the Baltic area; it was probably felled between 1526-1528 - 1532 + x.

[Cat. Prague 2007, No. 19]

  • examined by Peter Klein
  • Infrared reflectography

Underdrawing

a conspicuous outline of the main lines is visible, in places emphazised by a liquid medium. This testifies that the basic outlines were transferred from another model, probably a drawing of equal size.

[Exhib. Cat. Prague 2005, 28, No. 19]

Paint Layers and Gilding

- When the panel was taken out of its frame an approx. 1.5 cm wide golden stripe appeared along the entire lower edge

[Cat. Prague 2007, No. 19]

  • examined by Tamara Joudová
  • examined by Olga Kotková

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