The inscription on the portrait reveals that the depicted is 22-year-old Katarina Lukančič, daughter of the Ljubljana tin merchant Jurij Maissrembel and Katarina Röringer. At the age of 14, she was bewed to the lawyer and county official Gabrijel Lukančič. Their son Janez Gotard went on to become a renowned genealogist and member of the Noble Society of St Dismas. Katarina’s portrait decorated one of the Lukančič residences in Ljubljana, on what is today Gosposka Ulica. After her death, Gabrijel remarried and bought the castle in Stara Loka, moving there and apparently bringing with him the painting of his late wife, hanging it in the castle’s vast dining room, as indicated by the inventory from 1684.

The depicted’s attire and appearance also support this dating. Her kempt, slightly curly hair falls onto her bare shoulders, which are encompassed by a broad lace collar with a black ribbon and golden brooch. Parallels can be found in the black garb worn in Elizabeta Auersperg’s portrait (Brežice, Posavje Museum), as well as in the brighter, more colorful portraits of Ana Magdalena Herberstein and Šarlota Doroteja Herberstein (Ptuj – Ormož, Regional Museum).

The portrait is attributed to Janez Frančišek Gladič, a painter born in Rijeka and married in Ljubljana to the depicted’s cousin.