Sibylla, Emilia and Sidonia von Sachsen Princesses of Saxony
around 1535 | Lucas der Ältere Cranach
Whether Cranach was placing a biblical figure in the courtly milieu of his own time, as in “Judith” (Inv. No. GG 858), or painting a portrait of the three daughters of Duke Henry the Pious to a great extent the style remains the same. Independent of the subject, these are characteristic examples of Cranach’s unmistakable personal style, which uses planar compositions and colouration to decorative effect.
Whether Cranach was placing a biblical figure in the courtly milieu of his own time, as in “Judith” (Inv. No. GG 858), or painting a portrait of the three daughters of Duke Henry the Pious to a great extent the style remains the same. Independent of the subject, these are characteristic examples of Cranach’s unmistakable personal style, which uses planar compositions and colouration to decorative effect.
Artist:
Lucas der Ältere Cranach (1472 Kronach - 1553 Weimar) DNB
Time:
around 1535
Object Name
Painting
Culture
German
Material/technology:
Limewood
Dimensions:
62 cm × 89 cm
Framed: 82,7 cm × 110,2 cm × 6,5 cm
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie
Invs.
Gemäldegalerie, 877
Provenance
ca. 1610-1619 imperial collection Vienna