Portrait of Margaret of Austria

Title

[cda 2017]

Painting on paper, charcoal or black chalk, highlighted with red chalk; watermark: crown

Medium

Painting on paper, charcoal or black chalk, highlighted with red chalk; watermark: crown

[Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, revised 2017]

Attributions: Bernart van Orley
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Bernart van Orley	[Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, revised 2017] [Bock, Rosenberg, Cat. Berlin 1930, 46]
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder	Workshop or circle of Lucas Cranach [Messling, Exhib. Cat. Brussels 2010, 140, No. 64]
Circle of Lucas Cranach the Elder	Workshop or circle of Lucas Cranach the Elder [Messling, Exhib. Cat. Brussels 2010, 140, No. 64]

Production date: about 1520

Production date

about 1520

[Exhib. Cat. Brussels 2010, No. 64, 140]

Dimensions: Dimensions of support: 23.4 x 17.6 cm

Dimensions

Dimensions of support: 23.4 x 17.6 cm
[Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, revised 2017]

Inscriptions and Labels: On the reverse (hidden by the lining), written in brown ink: 'Fraw Margretta' (the name is illegible)

Inscriptions and Labels

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

On the reverse (hidden by the lining), written in brown ink: 'Fraw Margretta' (the name is illegible)

Owner: Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Preußischer Kulturbesitz
Repository: Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Preußischer Kulturbesitz
Location: Berlin

CDA ID: DE_SMBKSK_KdZ6829
FR (1978) Nr.: FR-none
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_SMBKSK_KdZ6829/

Provenance

acquired in 1835 with the Nagler collection
[Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, revised 2017]

Exhibitions

Mechelen 1958, No. 196
Brussels 2010, No. 64

Research History / Discussion

The watermark on the present sheet - a crown with internal half-arches - suggests a german draughtsman because a similar if not identical mark was identified on paper in circulation about 1519 in Coburg.

[Exhib. Cat. Brussels 2010, no. 64, 140]

Portrait of Margaret of Austria, about 1520

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