Portrait of Princess Agnes Gräfin von Barby

Title

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Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

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These portraits would most likely have originally formed the wings of a triptych, with a central devotional panel.

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Attribution: Lucas Cranach the Younger

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Younger

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Production date: about 1560

Production date

about 1560

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Dimensions: Dimensions of support: 22.5 x 14.5 cm

Dimensions

Dimensions of support: 22.5 x 14.5 cm
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Signature / Dating: none

Owner: Private Collection
Repository: Private Collection

CDA ID: PRIVATE_NONE-P274
FR (1978) Nr.: FR-none
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P274/

Connected Works

Provenance

B. Narischkine
his sale, Paris, Galerie George Petit, April 5, 1883, Lots 43 and 44 (as German School, 16th century)
27.01.2006 sold by Sotheby's. New York
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3.12.2014 sold at Bonhams, London, lot 47
[Bonhams online database; https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/21333/lot/47/; accessed 17 Jan 2020]

Research History / Discussion

Werner Schade speculates that they may have been painted at the time of the sitters' marriage on March 3, 1560. Cranach the Younger also painted full length standing portraits of the same sitters in 1563 (Halle, Staatliche Galerie Moritzburg).

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Portrait of Princess Agnes Gräfin von Barby, about 1560

Images

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