The round format accommodates the three-quarter-length figure of a young woman. She wears a richly bejewelled contemporary costume in green and ochre also comprising a wide-rimmed beret of dark red velvet, which she wears at a tilt. Her curly reddish-blonde hair cascades down over her shoulders. The contrary directions of
The round format accommodates the three-quarter-length figure of a young woman. She wears a richly bejewelled contemporary costume in green and ochre also comprising a wide-rimmed beret of dark red velvet, which she wears at a tilt. Her curly reddish-blonde hair cascades down over her shoulders. The contrary directions of movement in the figural composition lend the sitter spatial presence and make her stand out strikingly against the neutral darkness of the background.
Although her broad face with its wide-set eyes conveys a look of individuality, this female figure is presumably not a portrait but an ideal portrait of a lady, possibly a kind of courtesan. Small roundels such as this, which were based on classical coins and Renaissance medals, were probably intended as gifts. The large number of surviving examples attests to their enormous popularity.
[Elsbeth Wiemann, http://onlinekatalog.staatsgalerie.de/detail.jsp?id=16D5CFF94A943DD79DCCAE8CFA2D7FAC&img=1; 22-07-2015]
- Attributions
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Lucas Cranach the Elder
Hans Cranach
Attributions
| Lucas Cranach the Elder | [http://onlinekatalog.staatsgalerie.de/detail.jsp?id=16D5CFF94A943DD79DCCAE8CFA2D7FAC&img=1; 22-07-2015] |
| Hans Cranach | [Flechsig 1900 B, 267] |
- Production dates
- 152[7]
about 1525 - 1527
Production dates
| 152[7] | [dated] |
| about 1525 - 1527 | [http://onlinekatalog.staatsgalerie.de/detail.jsp?id=624D66444019F423DA8F11A233296684&img=1; 22-07-2015] |
- Dimensions
- Diameter of support: 14.5 cm
Dimensions
Diameter of support: 14.5 cm
[http://onlinekatalog.staatsgalerie.de/detail.jsp?id=16D5CFF94A943DD79DCCAE8CFA2D7FAC&img=1; 22-07-2015]
- Signature / Dating
Artist's insignia at the centre right: winged serpent with elevated wings, facing left, and dated '152[7]', in yellow paint
Signature / Dating
Artist's insignia at the centre right: winged serpent with elevated wings, facing left, and dated '152[7]', in yellow paint
[Elsbeth Wiemann]
The date '1525' was later changed to '1527'
[Flechsig 1900 A, 267-268]
- Inscriptions and Labels
Inscribed on the reverseof the panel: 'on droit que ce portrait qui remonte à 1527 est celui de la …
Inscriptions and Labels
Stamps, Seals, Labels:
Inscribed on the reverseof the panel: 'on droit que ce portrait qui remonte à 1527 est celui de la pucelle d'Orléans'; Staatsgalerie Stuttgart inventory label
[Elsbeth Wiemann, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, revised 2015]
- Owner
- Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Stiftung Gemäldesammlung Kölle, Museum der Universität MUT
- Repository
- Staatsgalerie Stuttgart
- Location
- Stuttgart
- CDA ID
- DE_SGS_L796
- FR (1978) Nr.
- FR174
- Persistent Link
- https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_SGS_L796/
