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Lady in an Elegant Dress
Hans Leonhard Schäufeleinc. 1507–09
Renaissance and Reformation. German Art in the Age of Dürer and Cranach
Delicate lines emphasize the woman’s striking garment; her eyes cannot be seen beneath her delicate veil. The elaborate drapery of her clothes and her rich jewelry point to her wealth but also her arrogance. Municipal dress regulations of the time prohibited such courtly costume. Because the veil is cut off by the right edge, it cannot be determined whether the woman is being pursued by the devil, as in a similar drawing by Dürer.
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- Title: Lady in an Elegant Dress
- Creator: Hans Schäufelein
- Date Created: c. 1507–09
- Physical Dimensions: 27.8 × 19.3 cm
- Technique and Material: Pen and black ink
- Provenance: Von Lanna Collection (Lugt 2733), acquired in 1910
- Museum: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett
- Inv.-No.: KdZ 4462
- ISIL-No.: DE-MUS-018511
- External Link: http://www.smb.museum/museen-und-einrichtungen/kupferstichkabinett/home.html
- Copyright: Photo © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett/ Jörg P. Anders; Text © Renaissance and Reformation: German Art in the Age of Dürer and Cranach, A Cooperation of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, and the Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen München, Catalogue of the Exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Nov 20, 2016 – March 26, 2017, Munich: Prestel, 2016; cat. no. 66 / Dorothee Wagner
- Catalogue: https://prestelpublishing.randomhouse.de/book/Renaissance-and-Reformation/Stephanie-Buck/Prestel-com/e504919.rhd
- Artist Dates: c. 1480–85–1539–40 Nördlingen
- Artist Biography: Schäufelein, who was active in Dürer’s workshop in Nuremberg from 1503 and in Hans Holbein the Elder’s in Augsburg from 1509, was involved in the design of several woodcut illustrations for the important book projects Theuerdanck and Weisskunig for Emperor Maximilian I. The oeuvre of the artist, who was appointed municipal painter of Nördlingen in 1515, includes more than fifty altarpieces, more than a thousand woodcuts, and numerous drawings.
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