Portrait of Barbara Duchess of Saxony

Portrait of Barbara Duchess of Saxony

Title

Portrait of Barbara Duchess of Saxony

[Christie's Online database, accessed 29.11.2017]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Christie's Online database, accessed 29.11.2017]

Painting on oak wood

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, 154, No. 414]

'Barbara, Duchess of Saxony (1478-1534) was the daughter of Casimir IV, King of Poland and Elisabeth of Austria. In 1496 she married George, Duke of Saxony (1471-1539), whose portrait was also painted by Cranach. Both appear as donors on two panels from an altarpiece in the Thyssen-Bornemisza collection (see FR

'Barbara, Duchess of Saxony (1478-1534) was the daughter of Casimir IV, King of Poland and Elisabeth of Austria. In 1496 she married George, Duke of Saxony (1471-1539), whose portrait was also painted by Cranach. Both appear as donors on two panels from an altarpiece in the Thyssen-Bornemisza collection (see FR 1978, no. 28, p. 74), probably dating from around 1508-10. The portrait of the Duchess in this work formed the basis of later depictions including the present work, which was executed by the workshop most probably after her death.'

[Christie's Online database; https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/paintings/studio-of-lucas-cranach-i-portrait-of-4942828-details.aspx; accessed 29 Nov 2017]

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, 154, No. 414]

Attributions
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Christie's Online database, accessed 29.11.2017]; [Letter from D. Koepplin to Christie's, 02.05.2007; Koepplin Archive]

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, 125, no. 277]

Production date
after 1537

Production date

after 1537

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, 154, no. 414]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 35 x 23 cm

Dimensions

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia at the right edge: serpent (with dropped wings)

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia at the right edge: serpent (with dropped wings)

Owner
Private Collection
Repository
Private Collection
CDA ID
PRIVATE_NONE-P172
FR (1978) Nr.
FR414
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P172/

Provenance

  • Professor Dr. Freiherr Friedrich Wilhelm von Bissing (1873-1956), Munich, circa 1910
  • Daniel George van Beuningen (1877-1955), Vierhouten, Rotterdam
  • with Jacques Goudstikker, Amsterdam
  • looted by the Nazi authorities, July 1940
  • recovered by the Allies, 1945
  • in the custody of the Dutch Government
  • restituted in February 2006 to the heir of Jacques Goudstikker
  • 5-6 July 2007 auctioned at Christie's London, lot 5
    [Christie's Online database, accessed 29.11.2017]

See also the entry in the DHM-database: Datenblatt RMG00467; https://www.dhm.de/datenbank/goering/dhm_goering.php?seite=5&fld_0=RMG00467 (accessed 17 Dec. 2019).

Exhibitions

  • Utrecht 1946, no. 27
  • Enschede, Rijksmuseum Twenthe, on loan (about 1974)

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 No. 414
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
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  • Portrait of Barbara Duchess of Saxony, after 1537

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