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Object Type
print
Museum number
1928,0417.27
Description
Portrait of Sibylla of Cleves; half-length; three-quarter face to right, holding a book; her hands rest on a ledge Woodcut with hand-colouring
Producer name
After:
Lucas Cranach the Younger
(or by?)
School/style
German
Production date
1551-1559
(c.)
Materials
paper
Technique
woodcut
hand-coloured
Dimensions
Height:
165 millimetres
(borderlines)
Height:
266 millimetres
(sheet)
Width:
114 millimetres
Width:
139 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Copied after Hollstein 54. It needs to be confirmed whether this is a copy or a variant by Cranach. Cf. Dodgson' s notes II.338.2 and II.344.21 The copy was included in Saxony, Illustrissimorum Ducum Saxoniae ..., G. Schnellboltz, Wittenberg 1563.
Bibliographic references
Hollstein / German engravings, etchings and woodcuts c.1400-1700
(54)
(Copy)
Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur
(VII.296.137)
Location
Not on display
Associated names
Representation of:
Sybilla of Cleves, Duchess of Saxony
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Jacques Rosenthal
Acquisition date
1928
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1928,0417.27