The lady in the portrait is wearing a luxurious, décolleté court dress in deep red typical of the fashions of the 1520s. She has a bronze, large-linked collar of status wound several times around her neck, underneath which can be seen a Saxon neck-band. Her hair has been tucked into
The lady in the portrait is wearing a luxurious, décolleté court dress in deep red typical of the fashions of the 1520s. She has a bronze, large-linked collar of status wound several times around her neck, underneath which can be seen a Saxon neck-band. Her hair has been tucked into a hairnet and a wide-brimmed hat. She has gloves with narrow slits on the fingers.
The woman's painted mouth has the suggestion of a smile. No rings or emblematic reveal the identity of the sitter.
[cf. Exhib. Cat. Helsinki 1988]
- Attribution
- Lucas Cranach the Elder
Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder | [Finnish National Gallery, revised 2013] |
- Production dates
- 1525
about 1530
Production dates
1525 | [ dated] |
about 1530 | [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, 128, No. 299] |
- Dimensions
- Dimensions of support:
Dimensions
Dimensions of support:
41 x 27 cm
[Finnish National Gallery, revised 2013]
[Tuurnala et al. 1991, 63-72]
- Signature / Dating
- Artist's insignia bottom right corner: winged serpent with elevated wings and date '1525'
Signature / Dating
Artist's insignia bottom right corner: winged serpent with elevated wings and date '1525'
- Owner
- Finnish National Gallery, Helsinki
- Repository
- Sinebrychoffin Taidemuseo, Helsinki
- Location
- Helsinki
- CDA ID
- FIN_FNG_AI316
- FR (1978) Nr.
- FR299
- Persistent Link
- https://lucascranach.org/en/FIN_FNG_AI316/