Head of a Female Saint (fragment)

Head of a Female Saint (fragment)

Title

Head of a Female Saint (fragment)

[cda 2020]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[cda 2020]

Fragment of a larger painting depicting a Virgin and Child with saints. It shows the face of a female saint, wearing a contemporary dress and facing left with a choker and a thick linked chain around her neck. She is probably engaging with the infant Christ. This is suggested

Fragment of a larger painting depicting a Virgin and Child with saints. It shows the face of a female saint, wearing a contemporary dress and facing left with a choker and a thick linked chain around her neck. She is probably engaging with the infant Christ. This is suggested by a truncated child's arm just visible at the left.

[cda 2020]

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder and workshop

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder and workshop

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, 116, No. 228L]

Production dates
about 1526 - 1537
about 1528

Production dates

about 1526 - 1537

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, 116, no. 228L]

about 1528

'Schade (1971): um 1528?' [Handwritten annotation on the reverse of a b/w photograph; Koepplin Archive]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: no record

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: no record

Signature / Dating

none

Owner
Private Collection
Repository
Private Collection
CDA ID
PRIVATE_NONE-P351
FR (1978) Nr.
FR228L
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P351/

Provenance

  • Dr. Paret Collection, Berlin 1932 [1]
  • Cassirer Collection, Berlin [2]
    [1] [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, 116, no. 228L]
    [2] [handwritten annotation on the reverse of a b/w photograph; Koepplin Archive]

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 228L
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932 189n
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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  • Head of a Female Saint (fragment), about 1526 - 1537

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