Portrait of a Young Lady

Portrait of a Young Lady

Title

Portrait of a Young Lady

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 300]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 300]

beech wood

[page of the Auct. Cat. Sotheby's London in the Archive D. Koepplin, 2000]

A portrait of a young lady in courtly attire against a dark backdrop. In addition to the sumptuously embellished dress she wears a neck band set with precious stones and a large linked chain, as well as a wide rimmed hat with a plume.

[Görres, cda 2014]

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 300]

Production date
about 1530

Production date

about 1530

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 300]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 84 x 55 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 84 x 55 cm

  • [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 300]

Signature / Dating

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

Signature / Dating

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

  • [cda 2014]

Owner
Private Collection
Repository
Private Collection
CDA ID
PRIVATE_NONE-P029
FR (1978) Nr.
FR300
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P029/

Provenance

  • A. von Grandry Collection, Castle Thal near Aachen
  • auction in Cologne (Lempertz), 11 Febr 1920, no. 631
    [Auct. Cat. Cologne 1920, no. 631]
  • Marczell von Nemès, Munich
  • with Ehrich Galleries, New York
  • private collection, New York, by 1932
    [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 300]
  • Anon. Sale on behalf of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Sotheby's, New York, 14 Jan. 1988, lot 73
  • Christie's London, 15.04.1992, lot 12
    [Christie’ online, accessed 22.11.2024]
  • 06.07.2000 Sotheby's London, Lot 19
    [page from Auct. Cat. Sotheby's London, 2000; Koepplin Archive]

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 300
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932 239
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
Der Cicerone 1930 33
Authorn. a.
TitleSammler und Markt
JournalDer Cicerone
Issue22, Heft 1
Year of Publication1930
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/cicerone1930/0057/image
Pages31-36
Hoover 1930 3-5 Fig. p. 4
AuthorHerbert Hoover
TitleExhibition of Old Masters
JournalThe Carnegie Magazine
IssueVol. IV, Nr. 1, April
Year of Publication1930
Link https://archive.org/details/sim_carnegie_1930-04_4_1/page/4/mode/2up?q=cranach
Pages3-5
The Art Digest 1929 5
Authorn. a.
TitleDid a Mona Lisa Also Inspire Cranach?
JournalThe Art Digest
IssueVol. IV, Nr. 5, 1.12
Year of Publication1929
Link https://archive.org/details/sim_arts-magazine_1929-12-01_4_5?q=cranach
Pages5
Donath 1921 85
AuthorAdolph Donath
TitleDer deutsche Kunstmarkt 1919/1920
JournalJahrbuch für Kunstsammler
Issue1.1921
Year of Publication1921
Link 0071
Pages67-108
Auct. Cat. Cologne 1920 31 631 pl. 14
EditorKunsthaus Lempertz, Cologne
TitleMath. Lempertz'sche Kunstversteigerung: Antiquitäten, Gobelins, Glasgemälde, Gemälde älterer Meister: Nachlass A. von Grand Ry, Rittergutbesitzer, Schloss Thal bei Aachen, und anderer Besitz ; Versteigerung: Mittwoch, den 11., Donnerstag, den 12. Februar, Freitag, den 13. [1920]
Place of PublicationCologne
Year of Publication1920
Link https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.15546
Der Cicerone 1920 91 Fig.
Authorn. a.
TitleBevorstehende Versteigerungen
JournalDer Cicerone
IssueXII, Heft 2
Year of Publication1920
Link https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/cicerone1920/0113
Pages91
Kunstmarkt 1920 455, 456
Authorn. a.
TitleKunstmarkt
JournalKunstchronik und Kunstmarkt : Wochenschrift für Kenner und Sammler
Issue22; 27 Feb.
Year of Publication1920
Link https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.29588.88
Pages455-456
Clemen, Reiners 1912 Fig. p. 205
AuthorHeribert Reiners
EditorPaul Clemen
TitleDie Kunstdenkmäler der Landkreise Aachen und Eupen
SeriesDie Kunstdenkmäler der Rheinprovinz
Volume9,2
Place of PublicationDüsseldorf
Year of Publication1912
Oidtman 1912 167
AuthorErnst von Oidtman
TitleClemen, Die Kunstdenkmäler der Rheinprovinz (Rezension)
JournalZeitschrift des Aachener Geschichtsvereins
IssueXXIV
Year of Publication1912
Pages160-167
  • Portrait of a Young Lady, about 1530

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Support

vertically aligned planks, cradled

[1992 seen by D. Koepplin, handwritten annotation in the Archive D. Koepplin]

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