Cleveland Museum of Art

Portrait of Maria Kitscher, Frau von Freyberg

Hans MielichLinkedCulture matchlcp-53b142d3cc1e

Date: 1545
Medium: oil on wood
Culture: Germany
Department: European Painting and Sculpture
Institution: Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID: 124086

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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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Credit line: The Elisabeth Severance Prentiss Collection
Provenance: Mrs. Francis F. Prentiss, Cleveland, by gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1944.

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18th-19th Century European Portrait Miniatures
These objects are predominantly portrait miniatures and small-scale portrait paintings from Central European and Russian courts, created between the 18th and 19th centuries using techniques such as watercolor on ivory, g
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