Portrait of a Woman

Portrait of a Woman

Title

Portrait of a Woman

[Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, revised 2013]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, revised 2013]

Half-length portrait of an elderly lady turned slightly to the left and looking in the same direction: she wears a black robe and a white bonnet, and holds a white handkerchief in her hands; she is depicted against a light blue background

Attributions
Lucas Cranach the Younger
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Lucas Cranach the Younger

[Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, revised 2013]

Lucas Cranach the Elder

Sold by Ehrich Galleries in 1911 to the MFA for $20,000 [as a work by Lucas Cranach the Elder][see note 1].

NOTES:

[1] Accessioned as a work by Lucas Cranach the Elder (Accession Date: December 7, 1911).

[Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, revised 2013]

Production date
1549

Production date

1549

[dated]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 63.8 x 47 cm (25 1/8 x 18 1/2 in.)

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 63.8 x 47 cm (25 1/8 x 18 1/2 in.)

  • [Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, revised 2013]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia at the centre right: winged serpent and dated above '1549'; in black paint

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia at the centre right: winged serpent and dated above '1549'; in black paint

Owner
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Repository
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Location
Boston
CDA ID
US_MFA_11-3035
FR (1978) Nr.
FR424F
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/US_MFA_11-3035/

Provenance

  • Adolf Thiem, San Remo, Italy
  • 1911, Ehrich Galleries, New York
  • 1911, sold by Ehrich Galleries to the MFA for $20,000 [see note 1]. (Accession Date: December 7, 1911)

NOTES:

[1] Accessioned as a work by Lucas Cranach the Elder.

[Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, revised 2013]

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 No. 425F
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
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