St Ursula

St Ursula

Title

St Ursula

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Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[cda 2022]

The letters in her golden halo identify this half-length figure as St Ursula. She is shown in courtly dress against a curtain, looking out at the viewer. Her hair is tightly bound under a hairnet decorated with pearls, and a large pendant hangs from a choker around her neck. A

The letters in her golden halo identify this half-length figure as St Ursula. She is shown in courtly dress against a curtain, looking out at the viewer. Her hair is tightly bound under a hairnet decorated with pearls, and a large pendant hangs from a choker around her neck. A reference to her martyrdom is made by the arrow she holds diagonally in front of her. The curtain is drawn back at the left to reveal a mountainous landscape with a river and a castle.

[cda 2022]

Attribution
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[cda 2022]

Production date
about 1525

Production date

about 1525

[cda 2022]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: no information available

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: no information available

Signature / Dating

none

Inscriptions and Labels
  • on the halo:
    'S. VSVLA'

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

    • on the halo:

  • 'S. VSVLA'

Owner
Private Collection
Repository
Private Collection
CDA ID
PRIVATE_NONE-P548
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P548/

Provenance

  • private collection
    [handwritten on the reverse of a b/w photograph, Koepplin Archive]

Research History / Discussion

The inscription and decorative elements on the halo resemble those found on a representation of Mary Magdalene in Wiesbaden [DE_MW_M28]. A stylistic correlation is also evident.

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  • St Ursula, about 1525

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