Portrait of Lady Roxanda (Romanian: Doamna Roxanda) is a painting by Dobromir. Dobromir and his students finished the painting for the Curtea de Argeș Cathedral, in about 1526.
| Portrait of Lady Roxanda | |
|---|---|
| Romanian: Doamna Roxanda | |
 | |
| Artist | Dobromir |
| Year | 1526 |
| Type | fresco |
| Dimensions | 223 cm × 87.9 cm (88 in × 34.6 in) |
| Location | National Museum of Art of Romania, Bucharest |
Description
editThe picture measures 223 x 87.9 centimeters. The mural is stored the National Museum of Art of Romania, in Bucharest.[1]
In 1882, French restorers decided to dismantle the original work into 35 fragments - about 1/10 from the original amount: 29 are in the National Museum of Art of Romania, and National Museum of Romanian History, 4 belong to churches.[2][3]
Analysis
editLady Roxandra was a princess, the youngest daughter of Neagoe Basarab, who was the ruler of Wallachia between 1512 and 1521, and his consort Milica Despina. Roxandra is shown standing, holding a model of the monastery of Curtea de Arges, Wallachia's main church of the 16th century, the tomb of Romania's kings. On her head is a large crown.
References
edit- ^ Bază de date întreţinută de Institutul Naţional al Patrimoniului, Direcția Patrimoniu Mobil, Imaterial și Digital (fost cIMeC), București - 2015
- ^ Muzeul Național de Artă al României — Secția de Artă Veche Românească; Expoziția Mărturii. Archived 2016-08-13 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Ungureanu, Cosmin; Biserica Mănăstirii Argeșului — Re(in)staurare, muzeificare și mit național; Arhitectura — Revista Uniunii Arhitecților din România, Nr. 2/2013; pp. 154—159; accesat la 07 noiembrie 2015
External links
edit- https://web.archive.org/web/20151208201635/http://www.muzeulgolesti.ro/pdf/volIII_Muzeu.pdf Vol. III (L-R)]; Muzeul Județean Argeș; Pitești; 2012; p. 63
- Muzeul Național de Istorie a României — București; Tablou votiv al lui Radu cel Mare; europeana.cimec.ro
- Vasile Drăguț: Dicționar enciclopedic de artă medievală românească, București 2000, p. 166—169