Portrait of a bearded man

Portrait of a bearded man

Titles

Portrait of a bearded man

[Exhib. Cat. Frankfurt 2007, no. 75]

Portrait of Balthasar Hoffner

[Exhib. Cat. Berlin 1937, no. 153C]

Painting on beech

Medium

Painting on beech

[Exhib. Cat. Frankfurt 2007, no. 47]

A bust-length portrait of a man against a dark background wearing a black gown and a white pleated shirt, visible at the collar. The striking features of the sitter are framed by his bushy, brown hair.

[Görres, cda 2015]

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Exhib. Cat. Frankfurt 2007, no. 75]

Production date
1527

Production date

1527

[dated]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 27.3 x 35.3 cm (trimmed)

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 27.3 x 35.3 cm (trimmed)

  • [Museum Allerheiligen, revised 2022]

  • [Exhib. Cat. Frankfurt 2007, no. 75]

  • [Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974/76, no. 616]

  • dimensins including frame: 45.7 x 53.5 x 7.5 cm

  • [Museum Allerheiligen, revised 2022]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia at centre left: winged serpent with elevated wings, facing left and dated '1527'

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia at centre left: winged serpent with elevated wings, facing left and dated '1527'

  • [cda 2013]

Owner
Peyersche Tobias Stimmer-Stiftung, Schaffhausen
Repository
Museum zu Allerheiligen Schaffhausen
Location
Schaffhausen
CDA ID
CH_PTSS-MAS_A653
FR (1978) Nr.
FR331A
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/CH_PTSS-MAS_A653/

Provenance

  • before 1931 until 20.12.1935 probably with the art dealer Julius H. Weitzner (1895 – 1986), New York City [1][2][3]
  • 20.12.1935 – 20.03.1937 with the art dealer Karl Haberstock (1878 – 1956), Munich [4][5][6]
  • 1937 purchased by the Württembergische Landeskunstsammlungen, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart [1][7][8][9]
  • transfer managed by Fischel, Buchauerstrasse 1 (?), München-Solln [4]
  • transfer managed by Walter Hugelshofer (1899 – 1987) [8]
  • 27.11.1950 purchased by Peyersche Tobias Stimmer-Stiftung [8][10][11]
  • since 16.05.1951 on permanent loan in the Museum Allerheiligen Schaffhausen

[1][Cat. Schaffhausen 2010, 102]
[2][Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932, 107, no. 266b]
[3][handwritten on the reverse of a b/w photograph; Friedländer Archive]
[4]Inventory, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart.
[5]Purchase ledger, Galerie Haberstock, entry 20.12.1935, in: Kunstsammlungen und Museen Augsburg, Haberstock.-Archiv, Ein- und Verkaufsbuch von Oktober 1930 bis Juni 1936, HA/XXIII/84.
[6]Inventory, art dealer Haberstock 1937–1941 in: Bundesarchiv der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, B323/76, Bd.2/1
[7] In 1937 the painting entered the collectionof the staatsgalerie Stuttgart in exchange for Pissarro's 'The Gardener'.
[8] Annual report PTSS 1950, in: StadtA SH, G 02.04/A-2546.
[9][Supplement, Cat. Stuttgart 1939, 11]
[10] Assets of the PTSS on the 31.12.1949, in: StadtA SH, G 02.04/A-2275.
[11] File note, 20.11.1950, in: StadtA SH, G 02.04/A-2275.
[Museum Allerheiligen, revised 2022]

Exhibitions

Berlin 1937, no. 153C
Gent 1955, no. 35
Basel 1974, no. 616

  • Frankfurt/London 2007/2008, No. 75
  • Düsseldorf 2017, No. 122

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Exhib. Cat. Düsseldorf 2017 219 No. 122
EditorGunnar Heydenreich, Daniel Görres, Beat Wismer
TitleLucas Cranach der Ältere. Meister - Marke - Moderne. [anlässlich der Ausstellung "Cranach. Meister - Marke - Moderne", Stiftung Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf, 08. April 2017 - 30. Juli 2017]
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication2017
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Müller 2015 276
AuthorMatthias Müller
TitleWiederkehr der Mimesis. Die höfische Porträtmalerei Lucas Cranachs des Jüngeren nach 1550 als paradigmatische Neuausrichtung des 'Cranach-Stils'
Publicationin Elke A. Werner, Anne Eusterschulte, Gunnar Heydenreich, eds., Lucas Cranach der Jüngere und die Reformation der Bilder
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication2015
Pages266-279
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Cat. Schaffhausen 2010 102
AuthorJuerg Albrecht, Michael Tomaschett
EditorSchweizerisches Institut für Kunstwissenschaft SIK
TitleMeisterwerke und Kleinode. Sammlung der Peyerschen Tobias-Stimmer-Stiftung, Museum zu Allerheiligen, Schaffhausen. Gesamtkatalog
SeriesKataloge Schweizer Museen und Sammlungen
Volume20
Place of PublicationZurich
Year of Publication2010
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Exhib. Cat. Frankfurt 2007 270-271 75 p. 271
EditorBodo Brinkmann
TitleCranach der Ältere, [Frankfurt, Städel Museum, 23 Nov 2007 - 17 Feb 2008]
Place of PublicationOstfildern
Year of Publication2007
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Cat. Schaffhausen 1989 58-59, 284 19
AuthorEwald Graber
TitleMuseum zu Allerheiligen Schaffhausen. Katalog der Gemälde und Skulpturen
Place of PublicationSchaffhausen
Year of Publication1989
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Lang, Rapp, Jezler 1985 11
AuthorPaul Lang, Anna Rapp, Peter Jezler
TitleDie Peyersche Tobias Stimmer-Stiftung im Museum zu Allerheiligen Schaffhausen
Place of PublicationSchaffhausen
Year of Publication1985
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 331A
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
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Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974/1976 693, 694 616 Fig. 343
AuthorDieter Koepplin, Tilman Falk
TitleLukas Cranach. Gemälde, Zeichnungen und Druckgraphik
Volume1, 2
Place of PublicationBasel, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1974
Link http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-diglit-104522
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Exhib. Cat. Gent 1955 A 35
Authorn. a.
TitleCharles-Quint et son temps [Gent, Musée des Beaux-Arts, 05 April - 30 June 1955]
Place of PublicationGhent
Year of Publication1955
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Cat. Stuttgart 1939 11
AuthorMax Schefold
TitleKatalog der Staatsgalerie zu Stuttgart. Nachtrag 1939
Place of PublicationStuttgart
Year of Publication1939
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932 266B
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1932
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/friedlaender1932
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Technical studies

2017Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared reflectography
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Underdrawing

  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich

Date2008

  • Infrared reflectography

Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

Tools/Materials:

- dry drawing material, dark chalk (?)

Type/Ductus:

- schematic reproduction

- delicate, fine lines

Function:

- binding for the final painted version; copied lines; no representation of volume

Deviations:

- no alterations made during the painting process

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- Lucas Cranach the Elder or workshop

Comments:

- possibly transferred from a pre-existing design

[Smith, Sandner, Heydenreich revised 2014]

  • photographed by Museum zu Allerheiligen Schaffhausen

1976Technical examination / Scientific analysis

Support

- beech wood support, trimmed along all edges, especially on bottom edge

[Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974/76, No. 616]

Conservation History

Date1971

  • 1971 conservation and restauration by Hans Harder, Schaffhausen

[Cat. Schaffhausen 2010, 30, 102]

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