Ernst, Herzog von Braunschweig-Grubenhagen

Ernst, Herzog von Braunschweig-Grubenhagen

Titles

Ernst, Herzog von Braunschweig-Grubenhagen

[Lutherhaus Wittenberg, revised 2012]

Ernst IV, Herzog von Braunschweig-Grubenhagen

[Horký 2022, 21]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Lutherhaus Wittenberg, revised 2012]

A half-length portrait facing right. The sitter wears a black fur-trimmed coat, a black doublet, a white shirt with lace on the collar and the sleeves and has a heavy double chain around his neck. He is bare-headed and has curly reddish blond hair and a prominent beard. He holds

A half-length portrait facing right. The sitter wears a black fur-trimmed coat, a black doublet, a white shirt with lace on the collar and the sleeves and has a heavy double chain around his neck. He is bare-headed and has curly reddish blond hair and a prominent beard. He holds a german medaillion (Gnadenpfennig) in his left hand and does not look at the viewer. He is depicted against a light blue background.

[Lutherhaus Wittenberg, revised 2012]

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Younger

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Younger

[Lutherhaus Wittenberg, revised 2012]

Production date
about 1543

Production date

about 1543

[Lutherhaus Wittenberg, revised 2012]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 64 x 49.5 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 64 x 49.5 cm

  • Dimensions including frame: 75.5 x 61 cm

  • [Lutherhaus Wittenberg, revised 2012]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia left of sitter's head: winged serpent with elevated wings, facing left; in black paint

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia left of sitter's head: winged serpent with elevated wings, facing left; in black paint

  • [Görres, CDA 2012]

Owner
Stiftung Luthergedenkstätten in Sachsen-Anhalt
Repository
Lutherhaus Wittenberg
Location
Wittenberg
CDA ID
DE_LHW_G38
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_LHW_G38/

Provenance

Augustin Collection
[Lutherhaus Wittenberg, revised 2012]

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Horký 2022 21 Fig. 14
AuthorMila Horký
EditorThomas Richter, Silke Gatenbröcker
TitleDas Bildnis eines Ritters (1535) von Lucas Cranach: eine Spurensuche in Kursachsen
Publicationin Thomas Richter, Silke Gatenbröcker, eds.: Beiträge zur Kunst des 16. bis 19. Jahrhunderts
Volume7
JournalNiederdeutsche Beiträge zur Kunstgeschichte
Year of Publication2022
Pages8-31
  • Ernst, Herzog von Braunschweig-Grubenhagen, about 1543

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Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

- an underdrawing is not visible

[Smith, Sandner, Heydenreich cda 2014]

  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
  • photographed by Ingo Sandner
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Conservation History

Date01.05.2001

  • conservation treatment by Ateliergemeinschaft Reschke & Beck

Date16.06.1987

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  • conservation treatment by Werner Körber

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