Portrait of a Young Gentleman (Herr Rava)

Titles

Portrait of a Young Gentleman (Herr Rava)	[Museu de Arte de São Paulo, online database, accessed 18.11.2021]
Portrait of a Young Male Member of the von Rava family attired as a Bridegroom	[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 418]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Museu de Arte de São Paulo, online database, accessed 18.11.2021]

A half-length portrait of a young man, facing right. The sitter is wearing a plaited wreath and a heart charm around his neck. His left hand grasps the hilt of his sword and bears a striking signet ring.

[Görres, cda 2016]

Attribution: Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Museu de Arte de São Paulo, online database, accessed 18.11.2021]

Production date: 1539

Production date

1539

[dated]

Dimensions: Dimensions of support: 61 x 43 cm

Dimensions

Dimensions of support: 61 x 43 cm
[Museu de Arte de São Paulo, online database, accessed 18.11.2021]
Dimensions of support: 58.5 x 41 cm
[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 418]

Signature / Dating: Artist's insignia above the sitter's proper right shoulder: winged serpent with elevated wings facing left and dated '1539'; in black paint

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia above the sitter's proper right shoulder: winged serpent with elevated wings facing left and dated '1539'; in black paint
[cda 2016]

Owner: Museu de Arte de São Paulo
Repository: Museu de Arte de São Paulo
Location: São Paulo

CDA ID: BR_MASP_181P
FR (1978) Nr.: FR418
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/BR_MASP_181P/

Provenance

1855 bought from the collection Bernal [1]
11.06.1931 London, sale North, lot No. 26 [1]
Galerie Matthiesen, Berlin [1]
Família Sotto Maior [2]
[1] [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 418]
[2] [Museu de Arte de São Paulo, online database, accessed 18.11.2021]

Literature

Reference on page

Catalogue Number

Figure / Plate

Molari, Appoloni 2019

Author	Rafael Molari, Carlos Roberto Appoloni
Title	A PXRF and TXRF study of The Portrait of a young gentleman (1539), by Lucas Cranach the Elder
Volume	165
Journal	Radiation, Physics and Chemistry
Year of Publication	2019

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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979

No. 418

Author	Max J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
Editor	G. Schwartz
Title	Die Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of Publication	Basel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication	1979

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Bardi 1956

170

No. 265

Author	Pietro Maria Bardi
Title	The Arts in Brazil. A New Musuem at Sao Paulo
Place of Publication	Sao Paulo
Year of Publication	1956

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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932

336

Author	Max J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
Title	Die Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of Publication	Berlin
Year of Publication	1932
Link	http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/friedlaender1932

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Portrait of a Young Gentleman (Herr Rava), 1539

Images

Technical studies

17.07.2019Technical examination / Scientific analysis

Instrumental material analysis

[ScienceDirect online database, accessed 18.11.2021]

examined by Rafael Molari
examined by Carlos Roberto Appoloni

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