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Portrait of Christina of Denmark

Portrait of Christina of Denmark

Artist/Maker (Flemish, 1499–1592)
Date1545
MediumOil on oak panel
DimensionsOverall: 27 15/16 × 21 7/8 in. (71 × 55.6 cm)
Frame: 34 1/8 × 28 1/8 × 2 3/4 in. (86.7 × 71.4 × 7 cm)
Credit LineMrs. F. F. Prentiss Fund
Object number1953.270
Status
On view
More Information
Christina of Denmark, Duchess of Milan and Lorraine (1522-1590) was the daughter of King Christian II of Denmark and Isabella of Aragon. In 1533 she was married by proxy to Francesco Maria Sforza, Duke of Milan, who died in 1535. She later married Francis, Duke of Lorraine, but was widowed again in 1545, the year of this portrait. Court painter to Mary of Hungary (the aunt of the sitter), and member of the guilds in Mechelen and Brussels, Coxcie was extremely prolific, producing history paintings, altarpieces, frescos and portraits, as well as designs for tapestries and stained glass.
ProvenanceCount Arco, Munich. (A.S. Drey, Munich, Germany, until 1925);¹ (M. Knoedler and Company, New York, as "Mary of Hungary," 1925-1928); (Paul Drey Gallery, New York, from 1928). Viscount Rothermere [1868-1940], by 1938; (for sale 1947 Christie's auction "Earl of Halifax and Other Collections Sale," London, December 12, lot no. 18); (Sabin Galleries, London, from 1947). (F. Kleinberger and Company, Inc., New York); purchased 1953 by Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH ¹Drey records in Munich were destroyed during World War II.Exhibition History
Exhibition of Selected Pictures from Lord Rothermere's Collection
  • Budapest Museum, Budapest, Hungary ( 1938 - 1938 )
Le Portrait dans les Anciens Pays-Bas
  • Musee Communal, Bruges (June 27, 1953 - August 31, 1953 )
Paintings and Drawings from Five Centuries: Collection Allen Memorial Art Museum
  • M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York (February 3, 1954 - February 21, 1954 )
An American University Collection: Works of Art from the Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, Ohio
  • Kenwood House, London (May 3, 1962 - October 30, 1962 )
Sixteenth-Century Paintings from American Collections
  • Vassar College Art Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY (October 16, 1964 - November 15, 1964 )
Seven Hundred Years of Western Art
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (August 26, 2001 - June 2, 2002 )
Religion, Ritual and Performance in the Renaissance
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (August 28, 2012 - June 30, 2013 )
Collections
  • European
  • On View
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