Double Portrait of a Lady and her Son

Double Portrait of a Lady and her Son

Titles

Double Portrait of a Lady and her Son

[cda 2018]

Portrait of Sophie of Saxony with her Son Johann Georg

[Muzeum Narodowe w Poznaniu, revised 2018]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Muzeum Narodowe w Poznaniu, revised 2018]

The female sitter and her son have been variously identified: as Duchess Catherine of Saxony with her son Moritz, as Duchess Sophie of Saxony with her son Johann Friedrich I and as Electress Sibylle with her son Johann Friedrich II, the Middle. Rohrich created numerous versions of this double portrait

The female sitter and her son have been variously identified: as Duchess Catherine of Saxony with her son Moritz, as Duchess Sophie of Saxony with her son Johann Friedrich I and as Electress Sibylle with her son Johann Friedrich II, the Middle. Rohrich created numerous versions of this double portrait after the original version by Cranach now in the Royal Collection, London.

Attribution
Franz Wolfgang Rohrich

Attribution

Franz Wolfgang Rohrich

[Muzeum Narodowe w Poznaniu, revised 2018]

Production date
about 1815 - 1820

Production date

about 1815 - 1820

[Muzeum Narodowe w Poznaniu, revised 2018]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 55 x 40.5 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 55 x 40.5 cm

  • [Muzeum Narodowe w Poznaniu, revised 2018]

Signature / Dating

None

Owner
Fundacja im. Raczynskich przy Muzeum Narodowym w Poznaniu
Repository
Muzeum Zamek w Goluchowie
Location
Goluchów
CDA ID
PL_MNP_FR517
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PL_MNP_FR517/

Provenance

  • from the collection of Count Athanase Raczynski, purchased in Nuremberg in 1820
  • from 1853 in the Athanase Raczynski Gallery in Berlin
  • 1884-1903 deposited and exhibited in the National Galerie in Berlin
  • in 1903 transferred from Berlin as the property of Raczynski Family to the Kaiser Friedrich-Museum in Posen (Poznan).
  • from 1919 in the collection of the Muzeum Wielkopolskie then the Muzeum Narodowe in Poznan.
  • since 1996 held as property of the Raczynski Foundation in the National Museum in Poznan.
    [Muzeum Narodowe w Poznaniu, revised 2018]

Exhibitions

Poznan 1981, no. 31

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Heydenreich 2017 A 77
AuthorGunnar Heydenreich
TitleCranach? Fragen der Zuschreibung im Lichte kunsttechnologischer Untersuchungen
Publicationin Gunnar Heydenreich, Daniel Görres, Beat Wismer, eds., Lucas Cranach der Ältere. Meister - Marke - Moderne. [Exhib. Cat. Düsseldorf 2017]
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication2017
Link https://lucascranach.org/application/files/7316/7870/1704/Heydenreich_2017_Cranach_Fragen_der_Zuschreibung.pdf
Pages72-81
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Cat. Posen 1924 14 058 pl. 58
AuthorMarjan Gumowski
TitleMuzeum Wielkopolskie w Poznaniu. wybór i opis celniejszych zabytkow
Place of PublicationKrakow
Year of Publication1924
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Kalinka 1852 34
AuthorWalerian Kalinka
TitleZbiory starożytności polskich w Paryżu
JournalPrzegląd Poznański
Place of PublicationPoznań
Issue15
Year of Publication1852
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  • Double Portrait of a Lady and her Son, about 1815 - 1820

Images

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Versions

Electoress Margarete of Saxony and Prince Johann
  • Electoress Margarete of Saxony and Prince Johann, about 1800
  • DE_KsDW_I-50
  • Painting
  • Kulturstiftung Dessau Wörlitz
Portrait of a Lady and her Son
  • Portrait of a Lady and her Son, about 1515 - 1525
  • UK_RCL_403373
  • Painting
  • Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, London

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