Portrait of a Young Man with a Beard and Red Beret

Portrait of a Young Man with a Beard and Red Beret

Title

Portrait of a Young Man with a Beard and Red Beret

[Cat. Schwerin 1990, 18]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[cda 2013]

Since the late gothic period this pictorial type of bust portrait with hands has been favoured, however here the sitter has been set very tightly within the pictorial space. The position of the right hand suggests that the young man once held a flower or a ring between his thumb

Since the late gothic period this pictorial type of bust portrait with hands has been favoured, however here the sitter has been set very tightly within the pictorial space. The position of the right hand suggests that the young man once held a flower or a ring between his thumb and index finger. The number 22 beneath the delicately written insignia is probably the age of the sitter. It has been attempted to identify him as Dr. Hieronymus Schurpf (Schaich-Klose), a lawyer from Wittenberg. More recently Konrad von Rabenau convincingly suggested physiognomic similarities with the later portrait of Caspar von Köckritz (Paris, Louvre).

[Cat. Schwerin 1990, 19]

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Cat. Schwerin 1990, 18]

Production date
1521

Production date

1521

[dated]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 30.5 x 23 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 30.5 x 23 cm

  • [Cat. Schwerin 1990, 18]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia next to the shoulder: winged serpent and '22' as well as date at top left '15' and right '21'

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia next to the shoulder: winged serpent and '22' as well as date at top left '15' and right '21'

  • [Cat. Schwerin 1990, 19]

Owner
Staatliches Museum Schwerin, Kunstsammlungen Schlösser, Gärten
Repository
Staatliches Museum Schwerin, Museum Schloss Güstrow
Location
Güstrow
CDA ID
DE_SMS_G2484
FR (1978) Nr.
FR144
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_SMS_G2484/

Provenance

  • acquired between 1792 and 1821
    [Cat. Schwerin 1990, 19]

Exhibitions

Rome 2010, No. 19

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Exhib. Cat. Rome 2010 188 - 190 No. 19 Pl. p. 189
EditorGalleria Borghese, Rome, Anna Coliva, Bernard Aikema
TitleCranach. L'altro rinascimento / a different renaissance, [Rome, Galleria Borghese 15 ottobre 2010 - 13 febbraio 2011]
Place of PublicationMilan
Year of Publication2010
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Cat. Schwerin 1990 19 005
AuthorKristina Hegner
TitleKunst der Renaissance
Place of PublicationSchwerin
Year of Publication1990
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 No. 144
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
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Schade 1974 54 No. 605
AuthorWerner Schade
TitleDie Malerfamilie Cranach
Place of PublicationDresden
Year of Publication1974
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/schade1974
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Exhib. Cat. Weimar 1972 B No. 21
EditorSchlossmuseum Weimar
TitleLucas Cranach 1472-1553. Ein großer Maler in bewegter Zeit
Place of PublicationWeimar
Year of Publication1972
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Lilienfein 1942 69 Fig. 95
AuthorHeinrich Lilienfein
TitleLukas Cranach und seine Zeit
Place of PublicationBielefeld
Year of Publication1942
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Exhib. Cat. Berlin 1937 24 046
EditorStaatliche Museen, Berlin
TitleLucas Cranach d. Ä. und Lucas Cranach d. J. Gemälde, Zeichnungen, Graphik
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1937
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932 122
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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Heyck 1908 65 Fig. 49, p. 82
AuthorEduard Heyck
TitleLukas Cranach
SeriesKünstlermonographien
Volume95
Place of PublicationBielefeld
Year of Publication1908
Link https://archive.org/details/lukascranach01heycgoog
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Flechsig 1900 A 12, 108, 253, 255, 256
AuthorEduard Flechsig
TitleCranachstudien
Volume1
Place of PublicationLeipzig
Year of Publication1900
Link page/n5/mode/2up
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Flechsig 1900 B Plate 75
AuthorEduard Flechsig
TitleTafelbilder Lucas Cranachs d. Ä. und seiner Werkstatt
Volume1, 2
Place of PublicationLeipzig
Year of Publication1900
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/flechsig1900tafeln
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Bode 1891 165
AuthorWilhelm Bode
TitleDie Grossherzogliche Gemälde-Galerie zu Schwerin
Place of PublicationVienna
Year of Publication1891
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Cat. Schwerin 1882 No. 156
AuthorFriedrich Schlie
TitleBeschriebendes Verzeichniss der Werke älterer Meister in Grossherzoglichen Gemälde-Gallerie zu Schwerin
Place of PublicationSchwerin
Year of Publication1882
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Schlie 1882 22
AuthorFriedrich Schlie
TitleKurzes Verzeichniss der Bilder in der Grossherzoglichen Gemälde-Gallerie zu Schwerin
Place of PublicationSchwerin
Year of Publication1882
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Schlie 1883 18
AuthorFriedrich Schlie
TitleKurzes Verzeichniss der Bilder in der Grossherzoglichen Gemälde-Gallerie zu Schwerin
Place of PublicationSchwerin
IssueSecond edition
Year of Publication1882
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Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

- an underdrawing is not readily visible

[Smith, Sandner, Heydenreich, cda 2013]

  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
  • photographed by Ingo Sandner
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