Head of the Virgin (?)

Head of the Virgin (?)

Titles

Head of the Virgin (?)

[cda 2012]

Portrait of a young woman (the Virgin?)

[cda 2010]

Painting on parchment, attached to a wooden panel that is covered on both sides with paper

Medium

Painting on parchment, attached to a wooden panel that is covered on both sides with paper

[Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, revised 2010]
[Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011, 143, No. 12475]

The head of the young woman is inclined slightly to the left, whereas her blue eyes appear more introspective. Her hair is loose and falls over her right shoulder. The background is dark.

Attributions
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlung, revised 2010]

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Exhib. Cat. Hamburg 2003, 172, No. 32]

Production dates
about 1520 - 1540
1540

Production dates

about 1520 - 1540

[Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011, 143, No. 12475]

1540

[Exhib. Cat. Kronach 1994, No. 190]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 25.2 x 17.8 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 25.2 x 17.8 cm

  • [Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, revised 2010]

  • [Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011, 143, No. 12475]

Signature / Dating

None

Owner
Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen
Repository
Alte Pinakothek, Munich
Location
Munich
CDA ID
DE_BStGS_12475
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_BStGS_12475/

Provenance

  • 1956 acquired from the State
    [Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, revised 2010]
    [Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011, 143, No. 12475]

Exhibitions

Kronach 1994, No. 190
Hamburg 2003, No. 32
Munich 2011, No. 15

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Cat. Coburg 2018 204, fn. 6 under no. 44
AuthorKlaus Weschenfelder
TitleCranach in Coburg. Gemälde von Lucas Cranach d.Ä., Lucas Cranach d.J., der Werkstatt und des Umkreises in den Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg
Place of PublicationRegensburg
Year of Publication2018
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Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011 84-85, 143 Nos. 15, 12475 Fig. p. 85
AuthorMartin Schawe
EditorBayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen
TitleCranach in Bayern
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication2011
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Exhib. Cat. Brussels 2010 144
EditorBozarbooks & Lannoo, Guido Messling
TitleDie Welt des Lucas Cranach. Ein Künstler im Zeitalter von Dürer, Tizian und Metsys [anlässlich der Ausstellung "Die Welt des Lucas Cranach", Palast der Schönen Künste, Brüssel, 20. Oktober 2010 - 23. Januar 2011]
Place of PublicationBrussels
Year of Publication2010
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Exhib. Cat. Hamburg 2003 46, 172 032 Pl. 32
EditorBucerius Kunst Forum, Werner Schade
TitleLucas Cranach. Glaube, Mythologie und Moderne [Bucerius Kunst Forum, Hamburg]
Place of PublicationOstfildern-Ruit
Year of Publication2003
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Exhib. Cat. Kronach 1994 362, 363 190 Fig. 190
EditorClaus Grimm, Johannes Erichsen, Evamaria Brockhoff
TitleLucas Cranach. Ein Maler-Unternehmer aus Franken [Festung Rosenberg, Kronach 17.05 - 21.08.1994; Museum der Bildenden Künste, Leipzig 07.09 - 06.11.1994]
SeriesVeröffentlichungen zur bayerischen Geschichte und Kultur
Volume26
Place of PublicationAugsburg, Coburg
Year of Publication1994
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Schade, Schuttwolf 1994 19
AuthorWerner Schade, Allmuth Schuttwolf
TitleMalerei und Plastik
Publicationin Allmuth Schuttwolf, ed., Gotteswort und Menschenbild. Werke von Cranach und seinen Zeitgenossen, Exhib. Cat. Gotha
Place of PublicationGotha
Year of Publication1994
Pages15-94
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Research History / Discussion

The head, which is inclined slightly to the left, really requires a pendant like in the related double portait of Christ and the Virgin in the Schlossmuseum Gotha.

[Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011, 84, No. 15]

  • Head of the Virgin (?), about 1520 - 1540

Images

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Versions

Christ and the Virgin
  • Christ and the Virgin, about 1516 - 1520
  • DE_SMG_SG14
  • Painting
  • Stiftung Schloss Friedenstein, Gotha
Head of the Virgin (?)
  • Head of the Virgin (?), about 1515 - 1520
  • PRIVATE_NONE-P061
  • Painting
  • Private Collection

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