Princess Magdalena of Brandenburg

Princess Magdalena of Brandenburg

Title

Princess Magdalena of Brandenburg

[CDA 2012]

Painting on limewood (Tilia sp.)

Medium

Painting on limewood (Tilia sp.)

[Exhib. Cat. Berlin 2009, 175, I.25]

The painting depicts Princess Magdalena as a half-length figure turned slightly to the right and looking in this direction. She wears a rich reddish orange robe with a stiff collar. The sleeves are enhanced with parallel steps, which are made less monotonous with decorative slits. Her hair is pinned up

The painting depicts Princess Magdalena as a half-length figure turned slightly to the right and looking in this direction. She wears a rich reddish orange robe with a stiff collar. The sleeves are enhanced with parallel steps, which are made less monotonous with decorative slits. Her hair is pinned up under a bonnet decorated with pearls. Over this she wears a hat with a feather. Her jewellery consists of numerous chains and rings.

The background is dark green.

Attribution
Circle of Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Circle of Lucas Cranach the Elder

(School)
[Exhib. Cat. Berlin 2009, 175, I.25]

Production date
about 1530 - 1540

Production date

about 1530 - 1540

[Exhib. Cat. Berlin 2009, 175, I.25]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 51.3 x 37.9 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 51.3 x 37.9 cm

  • [Exhib. Cat. Berlin 2009, 175, I.25]

Signature / Dating

none

Owner
Hohenzoller dynasty, Georg Friedrich Prince of Prussia
Repository
Grunewald hunting lodge
Location
Grunewald
CDA ID
DE_SPSG_GKI2240
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_SPSG_GKI2240/

Provenance

  • 1790 recorded in the Bildergalerie (picture gallery) of the Berliner Schloss (Berlin Palace) as a 'Portrait of a Lady' by Dürer
    [Exhib. Cat. Berlin 2009, 175, I.25]

Exhibitions

Berlin 2009/10, Cat.-No. I.25

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Exhib. Cat. Berlin 2009 A 175 No. I.25 Fig. I.25
EditorStiftung Preussische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg
TitleCranach und die Kunst der Renaissance unter den Hohenzollern. Kirche, Hof und Stadtkultur
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication2009
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Most, Wolf et al. 2009 97
AuthorMechthild Most, Anja Wolf, Peter Klein, Undine Köhler, Jens Bartoll, Eva Wenders de Calisse
TitleZur Maltechnik der beiden Cranach und ihrer Werkstatt. Ergebnisse der technologischen Untersuchung der Bildtafeln der Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten
Publicationin Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg, Evangelische Kirchengemeinde St. Petri-St. Marien, eds., Cranach und die Kunst der Renaissance unter den Hohenzollern, Exhib. Cat. Berlin
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication2009
Pages86-97
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Börsch-Supan 1964 46-47 No. 49
AuthorHelmut Börsch-Supan
TitleDie Gemälde im Jagdschloss Grunewald
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1964
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Puhlmann 1790 65 No. 56
AuthorJohann Gottlieb Puhlmann
TitleBeschreibung der Gemählde welche sich in der Bildergallerie, den daranstossenden Zimmern, und dem weissen Saale im Königl. Schlosse zu Berlin befinden
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1790
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Research History / Discussion

‚This painting is probably a copy after a lost painting by Cranach from about 1530, and is quite different from the portrait of the Princess dated 1529 and now in Chicago, which depicts her with a plumper figure and softer features.’

[Elke A. Werner, Exhib. Cat. Berlin 2009, 175, I.25]

  • Princess Magdalena of Brandenburg, about 1530 - 1540

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