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

  • auction in Cologne, 11 Febr 1920, No. 631

  • A. von Grandry Collection, Castle Thal near Aachen

  • von Nemes Collection, Munich

  • Ehrich Galleries, New York

  • private collection, New York
    [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 300]

  • 14.01.1988 Sotheby's, New York, Lot 73

  • 15.04.1992 Christie's, London, Lot 12

  • 06.07.2000 Sotheby's London, Lot 19
    [page of the Auct. Cat. Sotheby's London in the Archive D. Koepplin, 2000]

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
  • Portrait of a Young Lady, about 1530

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Technical studies

Support

vertically aligned planks, cradled

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

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