Portrait of a woman

Portrait of a woman

Title

Portrait of a woman

[Cat. Kassel 1997, 106]

Painting on beech wood and oak wood

Medium

Painting on beech wood and oak wood

[Cat. Kassel 1997, 106]
[Klein, Report 1994]

The portrait of a woman in three-quarter profile, facing left with loosely folded arms is by an anonymous artist. She wears a long-sleeved, jacket-like, black top, laced beneath the breast, with a triple-rowed gold border, decorative slits at the elbows and a striped bodice; underneath she wears a finely pleated

The portrait of a woman in three-quarter profile, facing left with loosely folded arms is by an anonymous artist. She wears a long-sleeved, jacket-like, black top, laced beneath the breast, with a triple-rowed gold border, decorative slits at the elbows and a striped bodice; underneath she wears a finely pleated white blouse with a diamond-shaped decorative border framing the neckline. She wears a white apron over a black skirt with a belt-like band. Two chains complete her decorative accessories: one a compact chain of pearls and the other a massive gold linked chain.

[Cat. Kassel 1997, 106]

Attributions
Circle of Lucas Cranach the Elder
Antonius Heusler

Attributions

Circle of Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Cat. Kassel 1997, 106]

Antonius Heusler

[Sandner, Burkhardt 2018, 43-45]

Production date
about 1525 - 1535

Production date

about 1525 - 1535

[Cat. Kassel 1997, 106]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 51.1/51.2 (left/right) x 36.6/36.3 (bottom/top) x 0.8 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 51.1/51.2 (left/right) x 36.6/36.3 (bottom/top) x 0.8 cm

  • [Cat. Kassel 1997, 107]

Signature / Dating

None

Inscriptions and Labels

Verso: - label from the Staatlichen Museen Kassel, 20th century

  • beneath this:
    in chalk '3'
    [Cat. Kassel 1997, 106]

Inscriptions and Labels

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

  • Verso: - label from the Staatlichen Museen Kassel, 20th century

    • beneath this:

  • in chalk '3'

  • [Cat. Kassel 1997, 106]

Owner
Museumslandschaft Hessen Kassel
Repository
Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Kassel
Location
Kassel
CDA ID
DE_MHK_GK1137
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_MHK_GK1137/

Provenance

  • acquired before 1816, further provenance is not known
    [Cat. Kassel 1997, 106]

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Sandner, Burkhardt 2018 43-45
AuthorIngo Sandner, Hans Burkhardt
TitleAntonius Heusler. Ein Annaberger Maler der Reformationszeit
Place of PublicationMarienberg
Year of Publication2018
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Cat. Kassel 1997 106-109
AuthorAnja Schneckenburger-Broschek
EditorStaatliche Museen Kassel
TitleAltdeutsche Malerei. Die Tafelbilder und Altäre des 14. bis 16. Jahrhunderts in der Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister und im Hessischen Landesmuseum Kassel. Bestandskatalog Staatliche Museen Kassel
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication1997
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Cat. Kassel 1996 98
EditorBernhard Schnackenburg
TitleGesamtkatalog Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister. Staatliche Museen Kassel
Place of PublicationMainz
Year of Publication1996
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Cat. Kassel 1830 1272
AuthorErnst Friedrich Ferdinand Robert
TitleVerzeichniß der Kurfürstlichen Gemählde-Sammlung
Place of PublicationKassel
Year of Publication1830
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Cat. Kassel 1819 1011
AuthorErnst Friedrich Ferdinand Robert
TitleVersuch eines Verzeichnisses der Kurfürstlich Hessischen Gemälde-Sammlung
Place of PublicationKassel
Year of Publication1819
Link https://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/id/PPN879181362?tify=%7B%22pages%22%3A%5B5%5D%2C%22view%22%3A%22info%22%7D
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Research History / Discussion

This painting appears to be a copy after a version in a private collection [PRIVATE_NONE-P464]

[Online database Koller Auktionen, accessed 01.10.2020]

[see also MHK online database, accessed 07.12.2020]

  • Portrait of a woman, about 1525 - 1535

Images

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  • overall
  • reverse

Documents

Technical studies

1997Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Identification of wood species / Dendrochronology
  • reverse

Support

- four planks, aligned horizontally: top plank beech wood, the three lower planks are oak wood according to the dendrochronological examination of Dr. Peter Klein, report from 05.02.1990

- original size

Verso:

- two horizontal battens attached to reinforce the joins

[Cat. Kassel 1997, 106]

- black coating

- rebate on all four sides

- partially fibres applied to the panel

[Heydenreich, cda 2013]

Framing

- 19th century frame

[Cat. Kassel 1997, 106]

24.03.1994Scientific analysis

  • Identification of wood species / Dendrochronology

Support

Identification of wood species: oak wood

[Klein Report, 24.03.1994]

  • analysed by Peter Klein

05.02.1990 - Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Identification of wood species / Dendrochronology

Support

  • examined by Peter Klein

Conservation History

Date1954

  • a continuous split at the centre of the panel was glued

  • the panel was prepared for display in the gallery

[Curatorial files, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister Kassel]

Versions

Portrait of a Woman in a Fine Dress and Bonnet
  • Portrait of a Woman in a Fine Dress and Bonnet, about 1535
  • PRIVATE_NONE-P464
  • Painting
  • Private Collection

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