Half-length female Figure with a Feather Hat

Half-length female Figure with a Feather Hat

Title

Half-length female Figure with a Feather Hat

[Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011, 134]

Painting on softwood

Medium

Painting on softwood

[Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011, 134]

The sitter is wearing a red slitted dress with brocade ornamentation, magnificent jewellery consisting of a neck band with a pendant, numerous chains, a pearl hairnet and a red wide-rimmed hat decorated with two puffy feathers. A slitted glove is visible at the bottom edge of the half-length depiction.

[Görres,

The sitter is wearing a red slitted dress with brocade ornamentation, magnificent jewellery consisting of a neck band with a pendant, numerous chains, a pearl hairnet and a red wide-rimmed hat decorated with two puffy feathers. A slitted glove is visible at the bottom edge of the half-length depiction.

[Görres, cda 2016]

Attributions
Anonymous Master from the Cranach Workshop
Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Anonymous Master from the Cranach Workshop

[Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, revised 2012]

Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Heydenreich, cda 2012]

Heinrich Bollandt

[Letter Werner Schade in the Koepplin Archive, Feb. 2000]

Production date
about 1500 - 1599

Production date

about 1500 - 1599

"16. Jahrhundert "
[Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011, 134]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 63.1 x 48.8 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 63.1 x 48.8 cm

  • [Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011, 134]

Owner
Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen
Repository
Staatsgalerie im Schloss Johannisburg, Aschaffenburg
Location
Aschaffenburg
CDA ID
DE_BStGS_13259
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_BStGS_13259/

Provenance

  • probably acquired by the duty station of Dr. Mühlmann in Brussels (457-A-99, Mühlmann from 22.6.55); identical (?) [1]
  • Pieter De Boer, Amsterdam (art market, The Netherlands) [2]
  • Bruno Lohse, Paris, 03.05.1941 (Agent) [2]
  • 1942 bought for H. Göring by Dr. Lohse from the art dealer de Boer, Amsterdam for RM 20.000,-- (Göring-Report S. 76 Nr. 38) [1]
  • whereabouts after 1945: Bavaria, Bay. Staatsgemäldesammlungen: 13259 [2]
  • 1961 transferred from State property [3]

[1]http://www.dhm.de/datenbank/ccp/dhm_ccp.php?seite=6&fld_1=5282&fld_3=&auswahl=6&fld_4=&fld_4a=&fld_5=&fld_6=&fld_7=&fld_8=&fld_9=&fld_10=&suchen=Suchen (accessed 29.01.2015)

[2]Göring Collection: DHM-database:
http://www.dhm.de/datenbank/goering/dhm_goering.php?seite=5&fld_0=RMG00498

[3][Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011, 134]

See also the entry in the Lost Art-database, Stiftung Deutsches Zentrum für Kulturgutverluste: Lost Art-ID 391050; http://www.lostart.de/DE/Fund/391050 (accessed 17 Dec. 2019).

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011 134
AuthorMartin Schawe
EditorBayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen
TitleCranach in Bayern
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication2011
Show Literature
Exhib. Cat. Aschaffenburg 2007 324 No. 72 Fig. p. 325
EditorGerhard Ermischer, Andreas Tacke
TitleCranach im Exil. Aschaffenburg um 1540. Zuflucht - Schatzkammer - Residenz. Ausstellungskatalog Schloss Johannisburg und Kunsthalle Jesuitenkirche
Place of PublicationRegensburg
Year of Publication2007
Show Literature
Von zur Mühlen 2004 No. 15
AuthorIlse Von zur Mühlen
TitleDie Kunstsammlung Herman Görings. Ein Provenienzbericht der Bayerischen Staatsgemäldesammlungen. Mit einem Beiträg von Albert A. Feiber
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication2004
Show Literature
Cat. Aschaffenburg 1975 43
Authorn. a.
TitleBayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, Galerie Aschaffenburg. Katalog
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication1975
Show Literature
  • Half-length female Figure with a Feather Hat, about 1500 - 1599

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Technical studies

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Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

Tools/Materials:

- dry drawing material, dark chalk

Type/Ductus:

- delicate, fine traced lines

Function:

- binding for the final painted version; lines delineate contours and describe the 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

Comments:

- probably transferred from a preparatory drawing or may even have been traced from a pre-existing design

[Smith, Sandner, Heydenreich, cda 2012]

  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
  • photographed by Ingo Sandner

Versions

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  • Salome (fragment), about 1535
  • US_TSAM_1968-26
  • Painting
  • The Speed Art Museum, Louisville
Salome (fragment)
  • Salome (fragment), about 1600 - 1667
  • PRIVATE_NONE-P524
  • Painting
  • Private Collection
Salome (fragment)
  • Salome (fragment), about 1540 - 1600 or later
  • PRIVATE_NONE-P521
  • Painting
  • Private Collection
Salome (Fragment)
  • Salome (Fragment), about 1520 - 1535
  • PRIVATE_NONE-P280
  • Painting
  • Private Collection

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