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

Author	Max J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
Editor	G. Schwartz
Title	Die Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of Publication	Basel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication	1979

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Portrait of a Woman, 1549

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