Princess Emilia of Saxony

Princess Emilia of Saxony

Titles

Princess Emilia of Saxony

[ArtUK online database: https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/princess-emilia-of-saxony-15161581-99011/view_as/grid/search/makers:hans-krell-c1500c1586/page/1; accessed 23.06.2020]

Margaret Rauschen (?)

[Cat. Liverpool 1963, no. 1222]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[ArtUK online database: https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/princess-emilia-of-saxony-15161581-99011/view_as/grid/search/makers:hans-krell-c1500c1586/page/1; accessed 23.06.2020]

The panel shows a bust length portrait of Emilia of Saxony (?) with her face turned slightly to the right. She is wearing a yellowish orange dress with a motif of clasped hands, she has a choker and three chains around her neck and a wonderfully ornate hat with purple

The panel shows a bust length portrait of Emilia of Saxony (?) with her face turned slightly to the right. She is wearing a yellowish orange dress with a motif of clasped hands, she has a choker and three chains around her neck and a wonderfully ornate hat with purple plumes decorates her head.

[cda 2020]

Attributions
Follower of Lucas Cranach the Elder
Hans Krell

Attributions

Follower of Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Cat. Liverpool 1963, no. 1222]

Hans Krell

[Zimmermann E. H. 1969, 283] [ArtUK online database: https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/princess-emilia-of-saxony-15161581-99011/view_as/grid/search/makers:hans-krell-c1500c1586/page/1; accessed 23.06.2020]

Production dates
about 1531
1531 or later

Production dates

about 1531

[ArtUK online database: https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/princess-emilia-of-saxony-15161581-99011/view_as/grid/search/makers:hans-krell-c1500c1586/page/1; accessed 23.06.2020]

1531 or later

? [cda 2020]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 31.5 x 25.9 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 31.5 x 25.9 cm

  • [ArtUK online database: https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/princess-emilia-of-saxony-15161581-99011/view_as/grid/search/makers:hans-krell-c1500c1586/page/1; accessed 23.06.2020]

Inscriptions and Labels
  • inscription on the reverse: 'Effigies genuina // MARGARETAE RAUSCHEN A ZIGELBURG // Sponsae LUCAE CRANACH existentis // Pictorii Eximii …

Inscriptions and Labels

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

    • inscription on the reverse: 'Effigies genuina // MARGARETAE RAUSCHEN A ZIGELBURG // Sponsae LUCAE CRANACH existentis // Pictorii Eximii SAXONIAE DUCIS // per sponsum ipsum // MEMORIAE // AETERNAE // CONSECRATA'

  • [Cat. Liverpool 1963, no. 1222]

Owner
Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
Repository
Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
Location
Liverpool
CDA ID
UK_WAG_1222
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/UK_WAG_1222/

Provenance

  • J. Yates before 1812
  • acquired from the above by W. Roscoe 12.08.1812
  • sold 1816, lot 97
  • Joseph Brook Yates presented it to the Liverpool Royal Institution, 04.07.1842
  • deposited in the Walker Art Gallery 1893
    [Cat. Liverpool 1963, no. 1222]
  • gift from the Liverpool Royal Institution, 1948
  • Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
    [ArtUK online database: https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/princess-emilia-of-saxony-15161581-99011/view_as/grid/search/makers:hans-krell-c1500c1586/page/1; accessed 23.06.2020]

Exhibitions

Leeds 1868, no. 539

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Zimmermann E. H. 1969 283
AuthorErnst Heinrich Zimmermann
TitleZur Ikonographie von Damenbildnissen des älteren und des jüngeren Lucas Cranach
JournalPantheon
IssueXXVII, 4
Year of Publication1969
Pages283-293
Show Literature
Cat. Liverpool 1963
AuthorMichael Compton
EditorWalker Art Gallery, Liverpool
TitleForeign schools catalogue, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
Place of PublicationLiverpool
Year of Publication1963
Show Literature
  • Princess Emilia of Saxony, about 1531

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