Cleopatra

Cleopatra

Title

Cleopatra

[Christie's online catalogue, accessed 09.08.2023]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Christie's online catalogue, accessed 09.08.2023]

The painting shows Cleopatra sitting on a bench in a neutral interior. She is depicted naked with only a transparent veil discretely draped over her lap. Her hair is pinned up in a pearl snood. Stretching out she holds the poisonous snake aloft in her left hand.

[cda 2023]

Attributions
Antonius Heusler
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Antonius Heusler

[Ludwig Meyer, Christie's online catalogue, accessed 09.08.2023]

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Christie's online catalogue, accessed 09.08.2023]

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Max Friedländer, handwritten on the reverse of a b/w photograph, 13.03.1953; Koepplin Archive]

Production date
about 1550 - 1555

Production date

about 1550 - 1555

[cda 2023]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 34.9 x 25.7 cm

Dimensions

Signature / Dating

None

Inscriptions and Labels
  • top left: 'CLEOPATRA'

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

    • top left:

  • 'CLEOPATRA'

Owner
Private Collection
Repository
Private Collection
CDA ID
PRIVATE_NONE-P590
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P590/

Provenance

  • I. Pffer.
  • the Counts Festetics von Tolna, Helikon Castle, Budapest, Hungary, and by inheritance to
  • Mary Victoria, Princess Festetics von Tolna, née Lady Mary Victoria Hamilton (1850-1922), wife of Tassilo, Count and later Prince Festetics von Tolna (1850-1933) and formerly wife of Prince Albert I of Monaco, and by descent to her son from her first marriage
  • Prince Louis II of Monaco (1870-1949)
  • Mme. de Villeneuve Bridge
  • M. Lemonnier, Paris
  • Dr. Gaydos, Paris
  • the Property of the late Professor René Küss
  • sold at Christie's, London, 08.12.2006, lot 138
    [Christie's online catalogue, accessed 09.08.2023]

Exhibitions

Budapest 1902

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Guth 1953 illustrated on front cover
AuthorPaul Guth
TitleLucas Cranach
JournalConnaissance des Art - Le Guide
Issue4/15/1953
Year of Publication1953
Pages38-45
Show Literature
  • Cleopatra, about 1550 - 1555

Images

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