Portrait of a Lady

Portrait of a Lady

Title

Portrait of a Lady

[cda 2020]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Lübbeke 1991, 64]

The panel shows a half-length portrait of a woman in courtly attire and a white bonnet, facing to her right. She has two elaborate linked chains around her neck and holds a bunch of flowers in her beringed hands. The curtain behind her has been drawn aside to reveal a

The panel shows a half-length portrait of a woman in courtly attire and a white bonnet, facing to her right. She has two elaborate linked chains around her neck and holds a bunch of flowers in her beringed hands. The curtain behind her has been drawn aside to reveal a landscape with a castle and men on horseback in the background at the left.

[cda 2020]

Attributions
Master of the Mass of St Gregory
Circle of Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Master of the Mass of St Gregory

[Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974, 696, under No. 617]
[Letter from D. Koepplin, 26.09.1975; Koepplin Archive]

Circle of Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Lübbeke 1991, 64]

Conrad Faber

[Letter from James Holloway, National Gallery of Scotland to D. Koepplin, 06.05.1975; Koepplin Archive]

Production date
1528

Production date

1528

[dated]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 54.6 x 40 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 54.6 x 40 cm

  • [Lübbeke 1991, 64]

Signature / Dating

Without signature, but dated at the top right: 'M. D. X XVIII.'

Signature / Dating

  • Without signature, but dated at the top right: 'M. D. X XVIII.'

Inscriptions and Labels
  • top right: 'M. D. X XVIII. // AETAS AM TAG DIONISY // X X II.'

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

    • top right:

  • 'M. D. X XVIII. // AETAS AM TAG DIONISY // X X II.'

Owner
Private Collection
Repository
Private Collection
CDA ID
PRIVATE_NONE-P396
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P396/

Provenance

  • British private collection
    [Letter from James Holloway, National Gallery of Scotland to D. Koepplin, 06.05.1975; Koepplin Archive]

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Lübbeke 1991 64, 65 Fig. 1, p. 65
AuthorSammlung Thyssen-Bornemisza, Isolde Lübbeke
TitleThe Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection. Early German painting 1350-1550
Place of PublicationLondon
Year of Publication1991
Show Literature
Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974/1976 696 617 (under)
AuthorDieter Koepplin, Tilman Falk
TitleLukas Cranach. Gemälde, Zeichnungen und Druckgraphik
Volume1, 2
Place of PublicationBasel, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1974
Link http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-diglit-104522
Show Literature
  • Portrait of a Lady, 1528

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