A half-length portrait of Sibylle of Cleve in three quarter profile, facing to her right with her arms folded in front of her. She presents herself in fashionably courtly attire: a black dress with decorative brocade, a stiff collar and puffed sleeves over a white pleated blouse with an embroidered
A half-length portrait of Sibylle of Cleve in three quarter profile, facing to her right with her arms folded in front of her. She presents herself in fashionably courtly attire: a black dress with decorative brocade, a stiff collar and puffed sleeves over a white pleated blouse with an embroidered high ruff collar. Her hair is tucked under an embroidered snood, and a black beret decorated with feathers and set at an angle completes her outfit. The embroidery on her collar and the band of the snood feature parts of her motto ‘Alles in Ehren’. Some additional accessories include a pendant with precious stones, two linked chains and various rings.
[cda 2022]
- Attributions
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Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder
Lucas Cranach the Elder
Attributions
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder | [cda 2022] |
Lucas Cranach the Elder | According to a photocertificate from Max Friedländer, 03.01.1929 [Christie's, Auct. Cat. New York 1999 A, lot 114] |
- Production date
- 1535
Production date
1535 | [dated] |
- Dimensions
- Dimensions of support: 20.3 x 14.6 cm
Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 20.3 x 14.6 cm
[Christie's, Auct. Cat. New York 1999 A, lot 114]
- Signature / Dating
Artist's insignia at the bottom right: serpent with elevated wings facing left and dated '1535'; in black paint
Signature / Dating
Artist's insignia at the bottom right: serpent with elevated wings facing left and dated '1535'; in black paint
- Inscriptions and Labels
- sewn in pearls on her collar (first and second register): 'ALS IN EHREN // IN EHREN' Recto:
- at the bottom …
Inscriptions and Labels
Inscriptions, Badges:
- sewn in pearls on her collar (first and second register):
'ALS IN EHREN // IN EHREN'
Stamps, Seals, Labels:
Recto: - at the bottom left: in paint: '1368'
[cda 2022]
Verso:
Count Löwendal's seal (Freiherren, in Saxony and Denmark from 1682)
[Christie's, Auct. Cat. New York 1999 A, lot. 114]
- Owner
- Private Collection
- Repository
- Private Collection
- CDA ID
- PRIVATE_NONE-P550
- FR (1978) Nr.
- FR-none
- Persistent Link
- https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P550/