LUCAS CRANACH I (KRONACH 1472-1553 WEIMAR) Portrait of a lady, three-quarter-length
LUCAS CRANACH I (KRONACH 1472-1553 WEIMAR)
Portrait of a lady, three-quarter-length
signed with the artist's serpent device and dated '152[?]'
oil on panel
5 3/4 x 5 5/8 in. (14.6 x 14.4 cm.)
with inscription: 'AGNES DVCISSA/Otthonis Magni Conjunx/Mater Stematum/Vtriusq Serenissimae Dom/Electoralis/Bavaricae & Palatinae & c.' (on the reverse)
Provenance
(Possibly) brought from Saxony to Spain by Doña María Amalia of Saxony, wife of Charles III, King of Spain (1759-1789), and by descent to,
Don Gabriel de Borbón y Sajonia, Prince of Spain and Portugal, and by descent to his son,
Don Pedro Carlos de Borbón y Braganza, and by descent to his son,
Don Luis de Borbón y Borbón, and by descent to his son,
Don Manfredo de Borbón y Bernaldo de Quirós, Duke of Hernai (1889-1979), by whom gifted in 1968 to his nephew, and by whom sold,
Sotheby's private sales, where acquired circa 2009 by the present owner.
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LUCAS CRANACH I (KRONACH 1472-1553 WEIMAR)
Portrait of a lady, three-quarter-length
signed with the artist's serpent device and dated '152[?]'
oil on panel
5 3/4 x 5 5/8 in. (14.6 x 14.4 cm.)
with inscription: 'AGNES DVCISSA/Otthonis Magni Conjunx/Mater Stematum/Vtriusq Serenissimae Dom/Electoralis/Bavaricae & Palatinae & c.' (on the reverse)
Provenance
(Possibly) brought from Saxony to Spain by Doña María Amalia of Saxony, wife of Charles III, King of Spain (1759-1789), and by descent to,
Don Gabriel de Borbón y Sajonia, Prince of Spain and Portugal, and by descent to his son,
Don Pedro Carlos de Borbón y Braganza, and by descent to his son,
Don Luis de Borbón y Borbón, and by descent to his son,
Don Manfredo de Borbón y Bernaldo de Quirós, Duke of Hernai (1889-1979), by whom gifted in 1968 to his nephew, and by whom sold,
Sotheby's private sales, where acquired circa 2009 by the present owner.