Portrait of a Young Girl

Portrait of a Young Girl

Titles

Portrait of a Young Girl

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, 101, No. 153]

Magdalena Luther

[http://www.culture.gouv.fr/documentation/joconde/fr/pres.htm; 09.07.2014]

Painting on beech wood

Medium

Painting on beech wood

[Klein report, 1997]

Half-length portrait of a girl with long blond hair with her arms folded. She is turned slightly to the left and shown against a dark background.

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[http://cartelen.louvre.fr/; 09.07.2014]
[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, 101, No. 153]

Production dates
about 1523 - 1528
about 1520

Production dates

about 1523 - 1528

[http://www.culture.gouv.fr/documentation/joconde/fr/pres.htm; 09.07.2014]

about 1520

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, 101, No. 153]

after 1524

[cda 2014]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 41 x 26 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 41 x 26 cm

  • [http://cartelen.louvre.fr/; 09.07.2014]

  • 39 x 25 cm

  • [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, 101, No. 153]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia at the right edge, centre: serpent (with elevated wings) facing left, in yellow paint

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia at the right edge, centre: serpent (with elevated wings) facing left, in yellow paint

Owner
Musée du Louvre, Paris
Repository
Musée du Louvre, Paris
Location
Paris
CDA ID
F_MdLP_RF1767
FR (1978) Nr.
FR153
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/F_MdLP_RF1767/

Provenance

  • 1910 acquired by the Musée du Louvre, Paris
    [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, 101, No. 153]
    [cartelen.louvre.fr/; 09.07.2014]

Exhibitions

Hamburg 1931
Berlin 1937, No. 118

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Cat. Coburg 2018 172 under no. 37
AuthorKlaus Weschenfelder
TitleCranach in Coburg. Gemälde von Lucas Cranach d.Ä., Lucas Cranach d.J., der Werkstatt und des Umkreises in den Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg
Place of PublicationRegensburg
Year of Publication2018
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Klein 1994 A 197-199 Tab. 7
AuthorPeter Klein
TitleLucas Cranach und seine Werkstatt. Holzarten und dendrochronologische Analyse
Publicationin Claus Grimm, Johannes Erichsen, Evamaria Brockhoff, eds.,Lucas Cranach. Ein Maler-Unternehmer aus Franken, Exhib. Cat. Kronach 1994
SeriesVeröffentlichungen zur bayerischen Geschichte und Kultur
Volume26
Place of PublicationAugsburg, Coburg
Year of Publication1994
Pages194-200
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 101 No. 153 Fig. 153
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
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Schade 1974 Fig. 143
AuthorWerner Schade
TitleDie Malerfamilie Cranach
Place of PublicationDresden
Year of Publication1974
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/schade1974
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Ruhmer 1963 Pl. 15
AuthorEberhard Ruhmer
TitleCranach
Place of PublicationCologne
Year of Publication1963
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Posse 1942 59
AuthorHans Posse
TitleLucas Cranach d. Ä.
Place of PublicationVienna
Year of Publication1942
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Exhib. Cat. Berlin 1937 42 118 Pl. 37
EditorStaatliche Museen, Berlin
TitleLucas Cranach d. Ä. und Lucas Cranach d. J. Gemälde, Zeichnungen, Graphik
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1937
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932 130
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1932
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/friedlaender1932
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Schuchardt 1871 158-160 58
AuthorChristian Schuchardt
TitleLucas Cranach des Aeltern Leben und Werke. Dritter Theil
Place of PublicationLeipzig
Year of Publication1871
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/schuchardt1871bd3
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  • Portrait of a Young Girl, about 1523 - 1528

Images

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Documents

Technical studies

1997 - Scientific analysis

  • Dendrochronology / identification of wood species

Support

- a single beech wood plank, 146 annual rings, 1519 - 1374

The planel is from the same tree as the linked panels; the youngest annual ring is from the year 1522; the earliest felling date is 1522; following a two year seasoning period the panel could have been used from 1524.

[Klein report, 04.06.1997]

  • analysed by Peter Klein

1981Scientific analysis

  • Dendrochronology / identification of wood species
  • analysis
  • analysis

Support

- single beech wood plank, youngest annual ring from 1522

[Report Peter Klein, 1981]

  • analysed by Peter Klein
  • UV-light photography
  • uv_light
  • photographed by Musée du Louvre, Paris
  • X-radiography
  • x_radiograph
  • created by Musée du Louvre, Paris

Conservation History

Date1966 -

Dépoussiérage et bichonnage du vernis

[Paris, C2RMF numéro de référence F1197]

  • conservation treatment by M. Aubert

Date1966 -

Bichonnage

[Paris, C2RMF numéro de référence F1197]

  • conservation treatment by M. Chudeau

Date1963 -

Vernissage des anciennes restaurations mates dans le fond près du bord supérieur.

[Paris, C2RMF numéro de référence F1197]

  • conservation treatment by M. Linard

Date1960 -

Nettoyage du verre de protection

[Paris, C2RMF numéro de référence F1197]

  • conservation treatment by M. Chudeau

Date1955 -

Rayures et écorchures en haut et à droite du tableau et sur le col du manteau. Restauré les accidents.

[Paris, C2RMF numéro de référence F1197]

  • conservation treatment by Michel

Before 1955: Reprises ponctuelles de resetaurations mates au maimeri, dans le noir et surtout juste au-dessus de la tete. Léger vernissage général à la bombe, au vernis Rembrandt à retoucher.

[Paris, C2RMF, numéro de référence: F1197]

  • conservation treatment by M. Sourzac

Versions

Portrait of a girl (Magdalena Luther)
  • Portrait of a girl (Magdalena Luther), about 1500 - 1599
  • DE_LHW_G12
  • Painting
  • Stiftung Luthergedenkstätten in Sachsen-Anhalt
Portrait of a Woman
  • Portrait of a Woman, 1913
  • SE_TG_TG79a
  • Painting
  • Thielska Galleriet, Stockholm

Support made from the same tree

Martin Luther, bust-length, facing right
  • Martin Luther, bust-length, facing right, 1528
  • DE_KSVC_M417
  • Painting
  • Oberfrankenstiftung
Roundel portrait of Martin Luther
  • Roundel portrait of Martin Luther, 1525
  • DE_LHW_G11
  • Painting
  • Stiftung Luthergedenkstätten in Sachsen-Anhalt
Portrait of Johannes the Steadfast, Elector of Saxony
  • Portrait of Johannes the Steadfast, Elector of Saxony, 1526
  • NL_KMMO_KM111-236
  • Painting
  • Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo
Portrait of a patrician
  • Portrait of a patrician, 1528
  • DE_smbGG_618
  • Painting
  • Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemäldegalerie
The Age of Silver
  • The Age of Silver, 1535
  • F_MdLP_RF1184
  • Painting
  • Musée du Louvre, Paris
Portrait of a young Lady at knee-length
  • Portrait of a young Lady at knee-length, 1525
  • FIN_FNG_AI316
  • Painting
  • Finnish National Gallery, Helsinki
Johann the Steadfast, Elector of Saxony
  • Johann the Steadfast, Elector of Saxony, about 1526
  • DE_KSW_G6
  • Painting
  • Klassik Stiftung Weimar, Museums
Portrait of Hans(?) Melber
  • Portrait of Hans(?) Melber, 1526
  • DE_BStGS_WAF169
  • Painting
  • Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen
Roundel portrait of Martin Luther
  • Roundel portrait of Martin Luther, 1525
  • PRIVATE_NONE-P276
  • Painting
  • Kulturstiftung Hansestadt Lübeck, die Lübecker Museen

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