Portrait of Lady Roxanda

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
ArtistDobromir
Year1526
Typefresco
Dimensions223 cm × 87.9 cm (88 in × 34.6 in)
LocationNational Museum of Art of Romania, Bucharest

Description

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The 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

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Lady 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.

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  1. ^ Bază de date întreţinută de Institutul Naţional al Patrimoniului, Direcția Patrimoniu Mobil, Imaterial și Digital (fost cIMeC), București - 2015
  2. ^ Muzeul Național de Artă al României — Secția de Artă Veche Românească; Expoziția Mărturii. Archived 2016-08-13 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ 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
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