Portrait of a Saxon Princess

Portrait of a Saxon Princess

Painting on laid paper

Medium

Painting on laid paper

[cda 2026]

A portrait of a Saxon princess with a snood and link chain, facing slightly to her right. Her face has been modelled with body colour, whereas other features such as her head attire, necklace and dress remain only roughly sketched in.

[cda 2026]

Attributions
Lucas Cranach the Elder
Lucas Cranach the Younger

Attributions

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Museum Boijmans van Beuningen online, accessed 26.03.2025][Rosenberg 1960, no. 80] [Girshausen 1936, no. 84]

Lucas Cranach the Younger

classified as Cranach the Younger [Hofbauer 2010, no. 220]

Dating
about 1530 - 1540
about 1530 - 1535

Dating

about 1530 - 1540

[Museum Boijmans van Beuningen online, accessed 26.03.2025] [Rosenberg 1960, no. 80]

about 1530 - 1535

[Girshausen 1936, no. 84]

Dimensions
Sheet: 293 x 196 mm

Dimensions

  • Sheet: 293 x 196 mm

  • [Rosenberg 1960, no. 80]

Signature / Dating

none

Owner
Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfoged
Repository
Unknown
CDA ID
NL_RCE-MBBR-Lost_DI221-PK
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/NL_RCE-MBBR-Lost_DI221-PK/

Provenance

- J. W. Boehler collection
[Rosenberg 1960, no. 80]
- formerly in the Koenigs collection
- missing since World War II
[Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen online, accessed 26.03.2025]

Exhibitions

Berlin 1937, no. 207

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Hofbauer 2010 440, 441 220 Fig. p. 441
AuthorMichael Hofbauer
TitleCranach - die Zeichnungen
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication2010
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Elen 1989
AuthorAlbert J. Elen
TitleMissing old master drawings from the Franz Koenigs collection claimed by the State of The Netherlands
Place of PublicationThe Hague
Year of Publication1989
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Jahn, Bernhard 1972 146 Fig. p. 146
AuthorJohannes Jahn
EditorMarianne Bernhard
TitleLucas Cranach der Ältere: 1472 - 1553. Das gesamte graphische Werk. Mit Exempeln aus dem graphischen Werk Lucas Cranach des Jüngeren und der Cranachwerkstatt
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication1972
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Rosenberg 1960 30 080 pl. 80
AuthorJakob Rosenberg
TitleDie Zeichnungen Lucas Cranachs d.Ä.
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1960
Link https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.42777
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Exhib. Cat. Berlin 1937 207
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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Girshausen 1936 58, 80 084
AuthorTheo Ludwig Girshausen
TitleDie Handzeichnungen Lukas Cranachs des Älteren
Place of PublicationFrankfurt/Main
Year of Publication1936
Link https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.23708
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Rosenberg 1934 A 188
AuthorJakob Rosenberg
TitleDeutsche Bildzeichnungen des 16. Jhs. im Museum zu Reims
JournalJahrbuch der Preußischen Kunstsammlungen
Issue55
Year of Publication1934
Pages181-189
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Becker 1922 Fig. 3
AuthorFelix Becker
TitleHandzeichnungen alter Meister in Privatsammlungen. Fünfzig bisher nicht veröffentlichte Originalzeichnungen des XV. bis XVIII. Jahrhunderts
Place of PublicationLeipzig
Year of Publication1922
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Glaser 1922 Pl. XIV
AuthorCurt Glaser
TitleL. Cranach der Ältere. Handzeichnungen
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication1922
Link https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.53143
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Research History / Discussion

Rosenberg proposes that the drawing is related to the series of portraits in Reims and suggests the sitter is a Saxon princess.

[Rosenberg 1960, 30, no. 80]

  • Portrait of a Saxon Princess, about 1530 - 1540

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