St Barbara seated before a green velvet drape

St Barbara seated before a green velvet drape

Title

St Barbara seated before a green velvet drape

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 167]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 167]

The saint sits clothed in a sumptuous courtly robe against a green velvet curtain. In her hands she holds an open book, but her gaze is directed at the viewer. Her attribute of a tower with three windows and a chalice is included in the background on the right.

[Görres,

The saint sits clothed in a sumptuous courtly robe against a green velvet curtain. In her hands she holds an open book, but her gaze is directed at the viewer. Her attribute of a tower with three windows and a chalice is included in the background on the right.

[Görres, cda 2014]

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 167]

Production date
about 1525

Production date

about 1525

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 167]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 55 x 38 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 55 x 38 cm

  • [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 167]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia on the tower, at the centre right: winged serpent with elevated wings, facing left

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia on the tower, at the centre right: winged serpent with elevated wings, facing left

  • [cda 2014]

Owner
Private Collection
Repository
Private Collection
CDA ID
PRIVATE_NONE-P013
FR (1978) Nr.
FR167
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P013/

Provenance

  • private collection, Braunschweig
  • 1932 J. Rosenbaum, Frankfurt
    [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 167]

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Exhib. Cat. Gotha, Kassel 2015 226
EditorJulia Carrasco, Justus Lange, Stiftung Schloss Friedenstein, Gotha, Benjamin D. Spira, Timo Trümper
TitleBild und Botschaft. Cranach im Dienst von Hof und Reformation, [Gotha, Herzogliches Museum; Kassel, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Schloss Wilhelmshöhe]
Place of PublicationHeidelberg
Year of Publication2015
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 167
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932 142
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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  • St Barbara seated before a green velvet drape, about 1525

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