Princess Magdalena of Brandenburg

Title

[CDA 2012]

Painting on limewood (Tilia sp.)

Medium

Painting on limewood (Tilia sp.)

[Exhib. Cat. Berlin 2009, 175, I.25]

The painting depicts Princess Magdalena as a half-length figure turned slightly to the right and looking in this direction. She wears a rich reddish orange robe with a stiff collar. The sleeves are enhanced with parallel steps, which are made less monotonous with decorative slits. Her hair is pinned up under a bonnet decorated with pearls. Over this she wears a hat with a feather. Her jewellery consists of numerous chains and rings.

The background is dark green.

Attribution: Circle of Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Circle of Lucas Cranach the Elder

(School)
[Exhib. Cat. Berlin 2009, 175, I.25]

Production date: about 1530 - 1540

Production date

about 1530 - 1540

[Exhib. Cat. Berlin 2009, 175, I.25]

Dimensions: Dimensions of support: 51.3 x 37.9 cm

Dimensions

Dimensions of support: 51.3 x 37.9 cm
[Exhib. Cat. Berlin 2009, 175, I.25]

Signature / Dating: none

Owner: Hohenzoller dynasty, Georg Friedrich Prince of Prussia
Repository: Grunewald hunting lodge
Location: Grunewald

CDA ID: DE_SPSG_GKI2240
FR (1978) Nr.: FR-none
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_SPSG_GKI2240/

Provenance

1790 recorded in the Bildergalerie (picture gallery) of the Berliner Schloss (Berlin Palace) as a 'Portrait of a Lady' by Dürer
[Exhib. Cat. Berlin 2009, 175, I.25]

Exhibitions

Berlin 2009/10, Cat.-No. I.25

Literature

Reference on page

Catalogue Number

Figure / Plate

Exhib. Cat. Berlin 2009 A

175

No. I.25

Fig. I.25

Editor	Stiftung Preussische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg
Title	Cranach und die Kunst der Renaissance unter den Hohenzollern. Kirche, Hof und Stadtkultur
Place of Publication	Berlin
Year of Publication	2009

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Most, Wolf et al. 2009

Author	Mechthild Most, Anja Wolf, Peter Klein, Undine Köhler, Jens Bartoll, Eva Wenders de Calisse
Title	Zur Maltechnik der beiden Cranach und ihrer Werkstatt. Ergebnisse der technologischen Untersuchung der Bildtafeln der Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten
Publication	in Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg, Evangelische Kirchengemeinde St. Petri-St. Marien, eds., Cranach und die Kunst der Renaissance unter den Hohenzollern, Exhib. Cat. Berlin
Place of Publication	Berlin
Year of Publication	2009
Pages	86-97

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Börsch-Supan 1964

46-47

No. 49

Author	Helmut Börsch-Supan
Title	Die Gemälde im Jagdschloss Grunewald
Place of Publication	Berlin
Year of Publication	1964

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Puhlmann 1790

No. 56

Author	Johann Gottlieb Puhlmann
Title	Beschreibung der Gemählde welche sich in der Bildergallerie, den daranstossenden Zimmern, und dem weissen Saale im Königl. Schlosse zu Berlin befinden
Place of Publication	Berlin
Year of Publication	1790

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Research History / Discussion

‚This painting is probably a copy after a lost painting by Cranach from about 1530, and is quite different from the portrait of the Princess dated 1529 and now in Chicago, which depicts her with a plumper figure and softer features.’

[Elke A. Werner, Exhib. Cat. Berlin 2009, 175, I.25]

Princess Magdalena of Brandenburg, about 1530 - 1540

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