Portrait of Lady Roxanda

Portrait of Lady Roxanda is a painting by Dobromir. Dobromir and his students finished the painting for the Curtea de Argeș Cathedral, in about 1526.

Description

The picture measures 223 x 87.9 centimeters. The mural is stored the National Museum of Art of Romania, in Bucharest.
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.

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 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.