Caption

Portrait of Queen Elizabeth of Austria, after a painting by Lucas Cranach the Younger; co-author Lucas Cranach the Younger 1515–1586; younger painter, draughtsman Alexander Lesser 1814–1884 author. Subject: Elizabeth of Austria Queen of Poland; 1526–1545. 16th century Polish portrait in the style of German painting; portrait of a woman. Medium and support: drawing on tracing paper glued over paper of similar dimensions, which is glued by the upper edge to cardboard; watercolor. Date: 1830–1884. Dimensions: card: height 20.8 cm, width 18.2 cm; cardboard: height 35.6 cm, width 25.9 cm., A portrait of a person shown from the waist up against a muted green background, wearing a richly decorated outfit with a red bodice and large puffed red sleeves adorned with white tufted details and gold trim, a high ornate gold collar with blue and red gem-like decorations, and a patterned gold head covering topped by a small dark cap; the person has a pale complexion, light brown hair visible at the temples, a neutral facial expression with slightly pursed lips, and holds a folded white cloth in both hands resting on a yellowish surface.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A32_469

License type

Rights managed

Available size

28.2Mb (2.0Mb) / 9.8in x 11.2in / 2950 x 3345 (300dpi)

Keywords

Portrait Queen Elizabeth Austria painting Lucas Cranach Younger co-author Lucas Cranach Younger 1515–1586 younger painter draughtsman Alexander Lesser 1814–1884 author Subject Elizabeth Austria Queen Poland 1526–1545 16th century Polish portrait style German painting portrait woman Medium support drawing tracing paper glued paper dimensions glued upper edge cardboard watercolor Date 1830–1884 Dimensions card height 20.8 cm width 18.2 cm 35.6 cm width 25.9 cm person shown waist up muted green background wearing richly decorated outfit red bodice large puffed red sleeves adorned white tufted details gold trim high ornate gold collar blue red gem- decorations patterned gold head covering topped small dark cap person pale complexion light brown hair visible temples neutral facial expression slightly pursed lips holds folded white cloth hands resting yellowish surface.