Portrait of a young lady holding a bunch of grapes

Portrait of a young lady holding a bunch of grapes

Title

Portrait of a young lady holding a bunch of grapes

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 297]

Painting on wood transferred to canvas

Medium

Painting on wood transferred to canvas

[Sotheby's Sold Lot Archive; http://www.sothebys.com/de/auctions/ecatalogue/2008/important-old-master-paintings-including-european-works-of-art-n08404/lot.30.html; accessed 11 Sept. 2017]

It is the splendor of the sitter's attire that is precisely the appeal of this female portrait. Her dress is made of red velvet with decorative slits on the sleeves, and exhibits a stiff collar with braid and a floral pattern beneath the neckline. It is complemented by a large

It is the splendor of the sitter's attire that is precisely the appeal of this female portrait. Her dress is made of red velvet with decorative slits on the sleeves, and exhibits a stiff collar with braid and a floral pattern beneath the neckline. It is complemented by a large linked chain and a neckband set with pearls and precious stones with a pendent worn over a transparent pleated fabric. A broad-rimmed hat with an ostrich feather fitted over a pearl snood makes her appear even more imposing. She holds holds a bunch of grapes and two apples in a white cloth, which covers her hands - for Cranach an unusual variant. The dark background is punctuated at the top right corner by a window that reveals a landscape with a view of a town and a castle.

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 297]

Production date
1528

Production date

1528

[dated]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 81.6 x 55 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 81.6 x 55 cm

  • [Sotheby's Sold Lot Archive; http://www.sothebys.com/de/auctions/ecatalogue/2008/important-old-master-paintings-including-european-works-of-art-n08404/lot.30.html; accessed 11 Sept. 2017]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia at the right: winged serpent with elevated wings and dated '1528'

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia at the right: winged serpent with elevated wings and dated '1528'

  • [cda 2017]

Owner
Private Collection
Repository
Private Collection
CDA ID
PRIVATE_NONE-P131
FR (1978) Nr.
FR297
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P131/

Provenance

  • Possibly the descendants of Sibilla Freiin von Schenck-Winterstein, with whom the sitter has been identified
  • Private collection, Munich, by 1929
  • Mr. Gifford A. Cochran, New York City and Lamoine, Maine, 1933
  • With Jacques Seligmann & Co., Inc., New York, by 1936
  • Sir Thomas Merton, Maidenhead, Berkshire, before 1950
  • By whom (anonymously) sold, London, Christie's, November 30, 1979, lot 28
  • With Harari & Johns, Ltd., London
  • From whom purchased by the present collector in November, 1989
  • Sotheby's, New York, Important Old Master Paintings Including European Works of Art, 24 - 25 Jan. 2008, lot 30
    [Sotheby's Sold Lot Archive; http://www.sothebys.com/de/auctions/ecatalogue/2008/important-old-master-paintings-including-european-works-of-art-n08404/lot.30.html; accessed 11 Sept. 2017]

Exhibitions

Cleveland 1936, No. 188

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 128 297
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
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Schade 1974 462
AuthorWerner Schade
TitleDie Malerfamilie Cranach
Place of PublicationDresden
Year of Publication1974
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/schade1974
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Seligmann 1960
AuthorGermain Seligmann
TitleMerchants of Art: 1880-1960. Eighty Years of Professional Collecting
Place of PublicationNew York
Year of Publication1960
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Scharf 1960 60 XXIV
AuthorA. Scharf
TitleA Catalogue of Pictures and Drawings from the Collection of Sir Thomas Merston, F.R.S. at Stubbings House, Maidenhead Thicket, England
Place of PublicationMaidenhead
Year of Publication1950
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Kuhn 1936 42 124
AuthorCharles L. Kuhn
TitleA Catalogue of German Paintings of the Middle Ages and Renaissance in American Collections
Place of PublicationCambridge Mass.
Year of Publication1936
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Millikin 1936 11 front page
AuthorW. M. Millikin
TitleSuperb Art Display Marks Cleveland Museum's 20th Anniversary
JournalThe Art Digest
Issue10 (July 1936
Year of Publication1936
Pages11
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932 238c
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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Berichte 1929 245 p. 243
Authorn. a.
TitleIllustrierte Berichte. München
JournalPantheon
Issue3 (1929)
Year of Publication1929
Pages243-246
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Research History / Discussion

According to A. Scharf the bottom left corner exhibits overpaint. Was this originally a Judith with the Head of Holofernes as the fact that the lady is holding a bunch of grapes is rather unusual?

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 297]

  • Portrait of a young lady holding a bunch of grapes, 1528

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