Electoress Margarete of Saxony and Prince Johann

Electoress Margarete of Saxony and Prince Johann

Title

Electoress Margarete of Saxony and Prince Johann

Painting on wood

The portrait shows a courtly lady as a knee-length figure facing left against a black background. She wears a richly embroidered golden dress with a high collar as well as a golden hat with jewelled applications. A minature portrait of the artist is depicted in the pendant on her hat.

The portrait shows a courtly lady as a knee-length figure facing left against a black background. She wears a richly embroidered golden dress with a high collar as well as a golden hat with jewelled applications. A minature portrait of the artist is depicted in the pendant on her hat. She holds the hand of a c. 10 year old prince, whose royal origins are indicated by the red ermine coat. His dark blond hair has a page cut and he wears a decorated vermilion beret on his head.

[Kulturstiftung Dessau Wörlitz, accessed 19.02.2022]

Attribution
Franz Wolfgang Rohrich (Follower of Lucas Cranach the Elder)

Attribution

Franz Wolfgang Rohrich (Follower of Lucas Cranach the Elder)
Production date
about 1800
Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 57 x 42.3 cm

Dimensions

Signature / Dating

None

Owner
Kulturstiftung Dessau Wörlitz
Repository
Kulturstiftung Dessau Wörlitz, Gotisches Haus (The Gothic House)
Location
Wörlitz
CDA ID
DE_KsDW_I-50
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_KsDW_I-50/

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Heydenreich 2017 A 77
AuthorGunnar Heydenreich
TitleCranach? Fragen der Zuschreibung im Lichte kunsttechnologischer Untersuchungen
Publicationin Gunnar Heydenreich, Daniel Görres, Beat Wismer, eds., Lucas Cranach der Ältere. Meister - Marke - Moderne. [Exhib. Cat. Düsseldorf 2017]
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication2017
Link https://lucascranach.org/application/files/7316/7870/1704/Heydenreich_2017_Cranach_Fragen_der_Zuschreibung.pdf
Pages72-81
Melzer 2015 B 159
AuthorReinhard Melzer
TitleDer Cranach-Bestand des Gotischen Hauses
Publicationin Kulturstiftung Dessau-Wörlitz, ed., Cranach im Gotischen Haus in Wörlitz, Exhib. Cat. Wörlitz
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication2015
Pages149-162
Wiemers 2015 229, 230, 234, 235 1, 4, 6
AuthorMichael Wiemers
TitleFranz Wolfgang Rohrichs Cranach-Fälschungen
Publicationin Kulturstiftung Dessau-Wörlitz, ed., Cranach im Gotischen Haus in Wörlitz, Exhib. Cat. Wörlitz
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication2015
Pages229-236
Hartmann 1913
AuthorAdolph Hartmann
TitleDer Wörlitzer Park und seine Kunstschätze
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1913
Rode 1818
AuthorAugust Rode
TitleDas Gothische Haus zu Wörlitz, nebst anderen Ergänzungen der Beschreibung des Herzoglichen Landhauses und Gartens zu Wörlitz
Place of PublicationDessau
Year of Publication1818
  • Electoress Margarete of Saxony and Prince Johann, about 1800

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Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

Tools/Material:

- fluid black medium, quill?

Type/Ductus:

- detailed underdrawing, both freehand and copied

- fine lines; hatching-strokes

Function:

- binding for the final painted version; lines delineate the main contours and define essential details and facial features; representation of volume with hatching-strokes

Deviations:

- almost no alterations made during the painting process to clearly define forms; no changes

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- Franz Wolfgang Rohrich (loosely after Lucas Cranach the Elder)

Comments:

- probably transferred from a pre-existing design

[Sandner, Smith-Contini, Heydenreich, cda 2015]

  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
  • photographed by Ingo Sandner

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