Portrait of a woman

Titles

Portrait of a woman	[CDA 2011]
Portrait of a Donor	[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, 74, no. 27]
A Woman Praying	[Koepplin, Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974, Bd. 2, 682]

Painting on oak

Medium

Painting on oak

[Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel, revised 2011]

Half-length portrait of a young woman praying. She wears a black dress and a dutch bonnet and is depicted in three-quarters profile, facing left.

Reverse: St Catherine (in Grisaille)

[Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel, revised 2011]

Attribution: Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Exhib. Cat. Vienna 2022, no. 19] [Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel, revised 2011]

Production dates: about 1508
about 1508-1510

Production dates

about 1508	[Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel, revised 2011]
about 1508-1510	[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 27]

Dimensions: Dimensions of support: 42.6 x 33.7 x 0.45-0.7 cm

Dimensions

Dimensions of support: 42.6 x 33.7 x 0.45-0.7 cm
(trimmed along the bottom edge)
[Heydenreich, CDA 2010]

Signature / Dating: None

Owner: Kunsthaus Zürich
Repository: Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel
Location: Basel

CDA ID: CH_KHZ-KMB_Dep24
FR (1978) Nr.: FR027
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/CH_KHZ-KMB_Dep24/

Connected Works

Provenance

Nuremberg, Chillingworth coll. (1919) [1]
1925 donated to the Kunsthaus Zürich by Werner Abbegg [2]
since 1985 on loan to the Kunstmuseum Basel

[1] [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 27]
[2] [Exhib. Cat. Frankfurt 2007, 138]

Exhibitions

Basel 1974
Frankfurt am Main/London 2007-2008
Brussels 2010, 138, no. 61
Düsseldorf 2017, no. 69
Winterthur 2022, no. 19

Literature

Reference on page

Catalogue Number

Figure / Plate

Exhib. Cat. Vienna 2022

114, 115, 145

019

Fig. p. 115

Editor	Guido Messling, Kerstin Richter
Title	Cranach. Die Anfänge in Wien [Winterthur, Sammlung Oskar Reinhart, 12.03-12.06.2022; Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum, 21.06-16.10.2022]
Place of Publication	Munich
Year of Publication	2022

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Exhib. Cat. Düsseldorf 2017

158

No. 69

Editor	Gunnar Heydenreich, Daniel Görres, Beat Wismer
Title	Lucas Cranach der Ältere. Meister - Marke - Moderne. [anlässlich der Ausstellung "Cranach. Meister - Marke - Moderne", Stiftung Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf, 08. April 2017 - 30. Juli 2017]
Place of Publication	Munich
Year of Publication	2017

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Borchert 2010

Author	Till-Holger Borchert
Title	Cranach der Ältere in den Niederlanden
Publication	in Guido Messling, ed., Die Welt des Lucas Cranach. Ein Künstler im Zeitalter von Dürer, Tizian und Metsys, Exhib. Cat. Brussels
Place of Publication	Brussels
Year of Publication	2010
Pages	26-29

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Exhib. Cat. Brussels 2010

138

p. 138, 173

Editor	Bozarbooks & Lannoo, Guido Messling
Title	Die 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 Publication	Brussels
Year of Publication	2010

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Exhib. Cat. Frankfurt 2007

138-139

p. 139

Editor	Bodo Brinkmann
Title	Cranach der Ältere, [Frankfurt, Städel Museum, 23 Nov 2007 - 17 Feb 2008]
Place of Publication	Ostfildern
Year of Publication	2007

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Heydenreich 2007 A

48, 49, 179, 219, 332

Fig. 24

Author	Gunnar Heydenreich
Title	Lucas Cranach the Elder
Place of Publication	Amsterdam
Year of Publication	2007
Link	https://lucascranach.org/application/files/6116/2097/3099/Heydenreich_2007_Lucas_Cranach_the_Elder.pdf

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Schade 2007

92, 94

Author	Werner Schade
Title	Cranachs Berührung durch die Niederlande. Antinomien einer Reisebetrachtung
Publication	in Bodo Brinkmann, ed., Cranach der Ältere, Exhib. Cat. Frankfurt
Place of Publication	Ostfildern
Year of Publication	2007
Pages	91-97

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Exhib. Cat. Hamburg 2003

166

Editor	Bucerius Kunst Forum, Werner Schade
Title	Lucas Cranach. Glaube, Mythologie und Moderne [Bucerius Kunst Forum, Hamburg]
Place of Publication	Ostfildern-Ruit
Year of Publication	2003

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Cat. New York 1980

36 (Bd. 1), 295 (Bd. 2)

Author	Katharine Baetjer
Editor	The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Title	European paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Volume	1-3
Place of Publication	New York
Year of Publication	1980

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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979

No. 27

Fig. 27

Author	Max J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
Editor	G. Schwartz
Title	Die Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of Publication	Basel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication	1979

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Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974/1976

680-683

595

Figs. 334, 336

Author	Dieter Koepplin, Tilman Falk
Title	Lukas Cranach. Gemälde, Zeichnungen und Druckgraphik
Volume	1, 2
Place of Publication	Basel, Stuttgart
Year of Publication	1974
Link	http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-diglit-104522

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Schade 1974

Fig. 62

Author	Werner Schade
Title	Die Malerfamilie Cranach
Place of Publication	Dresden
Year of Publication	1974
Link	http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/schade1974

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Glaser 1923

95f.

Author	Curt Glaser
Title	Lukas Cranach
Place of Publication	Leipzig
Year of Publication	1923
Link	http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/glaser1923

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Research History / Discussion

'On the verso, in grisaille, a female saint. The panel was probably a wing of a triptych. A strip has been removed below, cutting off a part of the hands. The deal panel and the kerchief both bespeak a Netherlandish origin and suggest that the portrait may have been painted during Cranach’s visit to those parts in 1508'

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1978, 74]

Portrait of a woman, about 1508

Images

Technical studies

17.05.2011 - Technical Examination

Support

- 1 plank, the grain appears to run vertically

03. 2010Technical examination / Scientific analysis

Infrared reflectography

Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

Tools/Materials:

- possibly partially with diluted, fluid medium and brush

Type/Ductus:

- underdrawing barely visible

- thin lines

Function:

- relatively binding for the final painted version

Deviations:

- minor alterations made during the painting process to clearly define form (head scarf)

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- not possible

[Smith, Sandner, Heydenreich, cda 2012]

photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
photographed by Ingo Sandner

03. 2010Technical examination / Scientific analysis

UV-light photography

photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich

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