Portrait of a Lady in a black dress with a white lace collar

Portrait of a Lady in a black dress with a white lace collar

Title

Portrait of a Lady in a black dress with a white lace collar

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Painting on limewood

Medium

Painting on limewood

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This elegant portrait is characteristic of Lucas Cranach the Younger's mature style, with a light grey background and a concomitant predominance of white in the face and hands. The sitter is depicted in Cranach's favoured portrait format, three quarter length, turned to the left with the details of dress and

This elegant portrait is characteristic of Lucas Cranach the Younger's mature style, with a light grey background and a concomitant predominance of white in the face and hands. The sitter is depicted in Cranach's favoured portrait format, three quarter length, turned to the left with the details of dress and headdress carefully described against a pale background.

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Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Younger

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Younger

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Production date
1571

Production date

1571

[dated]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 90 x 61.5 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 90 x 61.5 cm

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Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia at lower right: serpent with dropped wings, facing left and dated '1571'; in black paint

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia at lower right: serpent with dropped wings, facing left and dated '1571'; in black paint

  • [cda 2019]

Inscriptions and Labels

on the reverse of the panel: - 'Dorothea Freÿin/ v. Dehren'

  • old label: 'Dorothea geb. v. Dehren/ verm 1570/ +1618'

Inscriptions and Labels

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

  • on the reverse of the panel: - 'Dorothea Freÿin/ v. Dehren'

    • old label: 'Dorothea geb. v. Dehren/ verm 1570/ +1618'

  • [Sotheby's online database; http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2013/old-master-british-paintings-day-sale-l13034/lot.111.html?locale=en; accessed 20-03-2019]

Owner
Private Collection
Repository
Private Collection
CDA ID
PRIVATE_NONE-P254
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P254/

Provenance

  • in the possession of the family of the present owner since circa 1880
  • 04.07.2013 Sotheby's, London
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  • Portrait of a Lady in a black dress with a white lace collar, 1571

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