Portrait of a young woman. Princess Emilia of Saxony?

Title

[Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, revised 2011]

Painting on beech wood

Medium

Painting on beech wood

[Klein, Report 2013]
[Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, revised 2011]

The sitter is depicted as a half-length figure, facing left against a black background. Her red velvet robe is decorated with slits in the sleeves and brocade bands. She is wearing gloves with decorative slits on her hands. Around her neck is a ring decorated with pearls and a large

[Görres, cda 2016]

Attribution: Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, revised 2011]
[Exhib. Cat. Hamburg 2003, No. 27]

Production dates: about 1537
before 1537

Production dates

about 1537	[Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, revised 2011]
before 1537	[Exhib. Cat. Hamburg 2003, No. 27]

Dimensions: Dimensions of support: 41.6 x 29.8 x 0.61-1.42 cm

Dimensions

Dimensions of support: 41.6 x 29.8 x 0.61-1.42 cm
(original dimensions: 41.6 x c. 27.6 cm)
[Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, revised 2011]

Signature / Dating: Artist's insignia above the sitter's proper left shoulder: winged serpent with dropped wings facing left; in yellow paint

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia above the sitter's proper left shoulder: winged serpent with dropped wings facing left; in yellow paint

Inscriptions and Labels

Reverse of the panel: - top, right:
in black paint: 'Lucas Cranach'

right of the centre:
in black paint (with …

Inscriptions and Labels

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

Reverse of the panel: - top, right:
in black paint: 'Lucas Cranach'
- right of the centre:
in black paint (with a stencil ?): '200(H?)'
[CDA 2012]

Owner: Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen
Repository: Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen
Location: Copenhagen

CDA ID: DK_SMK_DEP4
FR (1978) Nr.: FR173
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/DK_SMK_DEP4/

Provenance

bought by Carl Jacobsen at the Oppenheim auction, Cologne 14/15 October 1878 for 530 Mark
1922 deposited by Carlsberg in the Glyptotek, Cat. No. 9

[DK_SMK_DEP4_FR173_1966-01_Document.pdf]
[DK_SMK_DEP4_FR173_unknown__index card_01.pdf]
[Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, revised 2011]

Exhibitions

Hamburg 2003, No. 27
Rome 2010, No. 17

Literature

Reference on page

Catalogue Number

Figure / Plate

Exhib. Cat. Rome 2010

182 - 184

No. 17

Pl. p. 183

Editor	Galleria Borghese, Rome, Anna Coliva, Bernard Aikema
Title	Cranach. L'altro rinascimento / a different renaissance, [Rome, Galleria Borghese 15 ottobre 2010 - 13 febbraio 2011]
Place of Publication	Milan
Year of Publication	2010

Show Literature

Exhib. Cat. Hamburg 2003

86, 171, 183

027

Pl. 27

Editor	Bucerius Kunst Forum, Werner Schade
Title	Lucas Cranach. Glaube, Mythologie und Moderne [Bucerius Kunst Forum, Hamburg]
Place of Publication	Ostfildern-Ruit
Year of Publication	2003

Show Literature

Portrait of a young woman. Princess Emilia of Saxony?, about 1537

Images

Documents

DK_SMK_DEP4_FR173_2013_analysis-report-001.pdf

Technical studies

29.11.2013Scientific analysis

Identification of wood species / Dendrochronology

DK_SMK_DEP4_FR173_2013_analysis-report-001.pdf

Support

analysed by Peter Klein

04.07.2009Scientific analysis

Identification of wood species / Dendrochronology

Support

- a single beech wood plank

- 81 annual rings (1492-1412)

- most recent annual ring: 1492

examined by Peter Klein

2009 - Technical examination / Scientific analysis

Support

Ground and Imprimatura

Underdrawing

Paint Layers and Gilding

written by Loa Ludvigsen

2009Scientific analysis

Micro-sampling / cross-sections
Instrumental material analysis

Cross-sections; incident and UV light microscopy; back-scattered electron imagery; SEM-EDX; ATR-FTIR

written by Loa Ludvigsen
analysed by Loa Ludvigsen
analysed by Jettie van Lanschot
analysed by Metter OED Øgaard

2009Technical examination / Scientific analysis

Infrared reflectography

Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

Tools/Materials:

- fluid, black medium and brush

Type/Ductus:

- freehand underdrawing

- thin lines

Function:

- relatively binding for the final painted version; lines delineate contours and describe essential details and the facial features; no representation of volume

Deviations:

- minor alterations made during the painting process to clearly define form

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- not possible

[Smith, Sandner, Heydenreich, cda 2013]

photographed by Loa Ludvigsen

01.07.1966Technical examination / Scientific analysis

X-radiography

created by Statens Museum for Kunst, Kopenhagen

Condition Reports

Date20.06.2010

written by Henrietta Havsteen-Mikkelsen

Conservation History

Date1966

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