Year 1526 Artist Dobromir People also search for Composition XX | Type fresco Created 1526 | |
Dimensions 223 cm × 87.9 cm (88 in × 34.6 in) Location National Museum of Art of Romania, Bucharest | ||
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.
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Description
The picture's dimensions are 223 x 87.9 centimeters. The mural is stored the National Museum of Art of Romania, in Bucharest.
In 1882, it was decided by the French restorers 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.
Analysis
Lady Roxandra was a princess, the youngest daughter of Neagoe Basarab, who was the ruler of Wallachia between 1512 and 1521, and his consort Despina Elena. 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.