Portrait of Electress Anna

Portrait of Electress Anna

Title

Portrait of Electress Anna

[cda 2017]

Painting on canvas

Medium

Painting on canvas

[Stadt- und Bergbaumuseum Freiberg, revised 2017]

Electress Anna (1548 - 1585), wife of Elector August. Life-size, full-length figure. The embroidery of her costume corresponds with that in the portrait of Elector August [DE_SBMF_01]. Her hands are clasped together holding her gloves and a laced handkerchief. She is positioned in front of a perspectival representation of an

Electress Anna (1548 - 1585), wife of Elector August. Life-size, full-length figure. The embroidery of her costume corresponds with that in the portrait of Elector August [DE_SBMF_01]. Her hands are clasped together holding her gloves and a laced handkerchief. She is positioned in front of a perspectival representation of an arcade. She wears a feathered bonnet on her head and her neck and sleeves are decorated with frills, a pendant with precious stone hangs around her neck on a a double chain.

[http://www.museum-digital.de/sachsen/index.php?t=objekt&suinin=54&oges=1155] (accessed 17.02.2017)

Attributions
Lucas Cranach the Younger
Lucas Cranach the Younger (and Workshop)

Attributions

Lucas Cranach the Younger

[Stadt- und Bergbaumuseum Freiberg, revised 2017]
[Manuscript, Stadtarchiv Freiberg] [Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 520]

Lucas Cranach the Younger (and Workshop)

[Heydenreich, cda 2017]

Production date
1572

Production date

1572

[Manuscript, Stadtarchiv Freiberg]

Dimensions
Dimensions including frame: 248 x 132 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions including frame: 248 x 132 cm

  • [Cat. Freiberg 2005, 126]

  • Dimensions of visible painted surface: 222.5 x 107.8 cm

  • [Heydenreich, cda 2017]

Owner
Stadt- und Bergbaumuseum Freiberg
Repository
Stadt- und Bergbaumuseum Freiberg
Location
Freiberg
CDA ID
DE_SBMF_02
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_SBMF_02/

Connected Works

Portrait of Elector August
  • Portrait of Elector August, 1572
  • DE_SBMF_01
  • Painting
  • Stadt- und Bergbaumuseum Freiberg

Provenance

  • handed over personally by Lucas Cranach the Younger in 1572 to the council (recorded in a document held in the Stadtarchiv Freiberg)
    [Cat. Freiberg 2005, 126]

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Cat. Freiberg 2005 126, 127 Fig. p. 127
AuthorUlrich Thiel
TitleStadt- und Bergbaumuseum Freiberg
SeriesSächsische Museen
Volume17
Place of PublicationAltenburg; Chemnitz
Year of Publication2005
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CDA.Bloh 2005 180
AuthorJutta Charlotte von Bloh
TitleKleidung und Waffen in den Fürstenbildnissen der Cranachs
Publicationin Harald Marx, Ingrid Mössinger, Karin Kolb, eds., Cranach, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005
Place of PublicationCologne
Year of Publication2005
Pages174-181
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Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005 520, 521 under No. 49 Fig. 225
EditorHarald Marx, Karin Kolb, Ingrid Mössinger
TitleCranach Anlässlich der Ausstellung Cranach vom 13. November 2005 bis 12. März 2006 in den Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz. Eine Ausstellung in Kooperation mit der Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister der Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen Dresden
Place of PublicationCologne
Year of Publication2005
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Beese 1986
AuthorMartina Beese
TitleDokumentation der Konservierungs- und Restaurierungsmaßnahmen an dem Leinwandbild "Bildnis der Kurfürstin Anna von Sachsen" von Lucas Cranach dem Jüngeren (aus dem Bestand des Stadt- und Bergbaumuseum in Freiberg)
PublicationTeil I, unveröffentlichte Diplomarbeit Hochschule der Bildenden Künste, Dresden
Year of Publication1986
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Knebel 1899 25
EditorKonrad Knebel
Titlen. t.
JournalMitteilung der Freiberger Altertumsvereins
Place of PublicationFreiberg
IssueHeft 36
Year of Publication1899
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Research History / Discussion

The two paintings depict the saxon ruler and his wife [DE_SBMF_01] aged about 40, wearing the spanish courtly dress that was popular at the time. Despite the black base tones the viewer easily recognizes the subtle splendour of their clothing, an expression of the Wettin family's great wealth [...]

[The paintings] also document Elector august's close relationship with Freiberg.

[Cat. Freiberg 2005, 126]

  • Portrait of Electress Anna, 1572

Images

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Technical studies

08. 2016Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared reflectography
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Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

Tools/Material:

- dry, dark drawing material, stylus

Type/Ductus:

- freehand, schematic underdrawing (visible in the face: outlines, eyes, lips and ears)

- delicate lines

Function:

- binding for the final painted version; (where visible) the lines define the contours of the figure and describe the facial features; no representation of volume

Deviations:

- only very minor corrections to the forms during the painting process

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- Lucas Cranach the Younger

[Sandner, Heydenreich, Smith-Contini, cda 2017]

  • photographed by Ingo Sandner
  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich

Framing

the frame is probably original, new finish

[Heydenreich, cda 2017]

Citing from the Cranach Digital Archive

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Entry with no author
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