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Portrait of Maria Kitscher, Frau von Freyberg

Hans Muelich1545

The Cleveland Museum of Art

The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States

Maria von Freyberg was in the court of Albert V, Duke of Bavaria. However, as Lutherans, the family eventually fell from favor as Catholic political interests consolidated power in Bavaria. Mielich’s work for the Munich court included illustrating an inventory of the duchess’s jewelry, seen in the meticulous attention here to the sitter’s brooches, necklaces, and rings. The diamond and ruby ring on her left index finger would have slid apart to reveal a private message or image underneath the gems.

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  • Title: Portrait of Maria Kitscher, Frau von Freyberg
  • Creator: Hans Mielich (German, 1516-1573)
  • Date Created: 1545
  • Physical Dimensions: Framed: 81 x 62.5 x 8.5 cm (31 7/8 x 24 5/8 x 3 3/8 in.); Unframed: 61.4 x 46 cm (24 3/16 x 18 1/8 in.)
  • Provenance: Mrs. Francis F. Prentiss, Cleveland, by gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1944.
  • Type: Painting
  • Rights: CC0
  • External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1944.88
  • Medium: oil on wood
  • Inscriptions: Signed upper left: "M.D. XXXXV. / AETATIS SUAE XXVII. / .H.M."
  • Department: European Painting and Sculpture
  • Culture: Germany, 16th century
  • Credit Line: The Elisabeth Severance Prentiss Collection
  • Collection: P - German before 1800
  • Accession Number: 1944.88
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