Portrait of Margrave Johann of Brandenburg-Ansbach

Portrait of Margrave Johann of Brandenburg-Ansbach

Title

Portrait of Margrave Johann of Brandenburg-Ansbach

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 142]

Painting on beech

Medium

Painting on beech

[Klein, Report 1992]
[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 142]

Bust portrait without hands turned to the right. The sitter wears a dark robe, a pleated white shirt is visible at the neckline. He has a black hat and a black band with the golden fleece hangs around his neck. [...] His face is framed by curly blond hair.

[Wartburg-Stiftung,

Bust portrait without hands turned to the right. The sitter wears a dark robe, a pleated white shirt is visible at the neckline. He has a black hat and a black band with the golden fleece hangs around his neck. [...] His face is framed by curly blond hair.

[Wartburg-Stiftung, revised 2013]

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Wartburg-Stiftung, revised 2013]
[Exhib. Cat. Hamburg 2003, 170, No. 23]

Production date
about 1520

Production date

about 1520

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 142] [Exhib. Cat. Düsseldorf 2017, 218, No. 121] [Exhib. Cat. Hamburg 2003, 170, No. 23]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 42.4 x 29.6 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 42.4 x 29.6 cm

  • [cda 2013]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia top left: winged serpent with elevated wings

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia top left: winged serpent with elevated wings

  • [Wartburg-Stiftung, revised 2013]

Inscriptions and Labels

Reverse of the panel: - top right:
label: 'No. 63'

  • centre:
    in white paint:
    'Markgraf Johann von Brandenburg-Ansbach
    1493-1526.'
  • bottom left:

Inscriptions and Labels

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

  • Reverse of the panel: - top right:

  • label: 'No. 63'

    • centre:

  • in white paint:

  • 'Markgraf Johann von Brandenburg-Ansbach

  • 1493-1526.'

    • bottom left:

  • label: '30 Kv 264 mAs, 20.11.53

  • Inst. f. Denkmalpflege

  • Halle'

    • beneath this:

  • printed label with biographical dates of the sitter:

  • 'Mittheilungen d. Verein f. d. Geschichte Berlins N. 8 August 1917' handwritten as source

    • bottom right:

  • white paint: 'L. von Cranach',

    • beneath this:

  • in blue paint: 'Wartburg'

    • beneath this:

  • in red paint: 'M13'

    • beneath this:

  • in light brown chalk '446'

  • [Görres, cda 2013]

Owner
Wartburg-Stiftung, Eisenach
Repository
Wartburg-Stiftung, Eisenach
Location
Eisenach
CDA ID
DE_WSE_M0013
FR (1978) Nr.
FR142
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_WSE_M0013/

Provenance

  • former property of Oberburghauptmann Hans Lukas von Cranach
  • 1930 acquired from his heirs

[Wartburg-Stiftung, revised 2013]

Exhibitions

Dresden 1899, no. 87
Erfurt 1903, no. 149
Weimar/Wittenberg 1953, no. 19
Weimar 1972, no. 18
Eisenach 1996, no. 128
Hamburg 2003, no. 23
Düsseldorf 2017, no. 121
Lübeck 2021, no. 6

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Exhib. Cat. Lübeck 2021 177 006 Fig. p. 177
EditorDagmar Täube
TitleLucas Cranach der Ältere und Hans Kemmer. Meistermaler zwischen Renaissance und Reformation [Lübeck, St. Annen-Museum]
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication2021
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Cat. Coburg 2018 133, fn. 4 under no. 23
AuthorKlaus Weschenfelder
TitleCranach in Coburg. Gemälde von Lucas Cranach d.Ä., Lucas Cranach d.J., der Werkstatt und des Umkreises in den Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg
Place of PublicationRegensburg
Year of Publication2018
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Exhib. Cat. Düsseldorf 2017 218 No. 121
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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Exhib. Cat. Hamburg 2003 34, 170 023 Pl. 23
EditorBucerius Kunst Forum, Werner Schade
TitleLucas Cranach. Glaube, Mythologie und Moderne [Bucerius Kunst Forum, Hamburg]
Place of PublicationOstfildern-Ruit
Year of Publication2003
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Exhib. Cat. Eisenach 1996 207-208 128
EditorWartburg-Stiftung, Eisenach, Jutta Krauß
TitleAller Knecht und Christi Untertan. Der Mensch Luther und sein Umfeld. Katalog der Ausstellungen zum 450. Todesjahr
Place of PublicationEisenach
Year of Publication1996
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1978 142
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
TitleThe Paintings of Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationNew York
Year of Publication1978
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Exhib. Cat. Weimar 1972 B 18
EditorSchlossmuseum Weimar
TitleLucas Cranach 1472-1553. Ein großer Maler in bewegter Zeit
Place of PublicationWeimar
Year of Publication1972
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Exhib. Cat. Weimar, Wittenberg 1953 19
AuthorWalther Scheidig
EditorDeutsche Lucas Cranach Komitee
TitleLucas Cranach Ausstellung. Weimar und Wittenberg
Place of PublicationWeimar, Wittenberg
Year of Publication1953
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Posse 1942 59ff.
AuthorHans Posse
TitleLucas Cranach d. Ä.
Place of PublicationVienna
Year of Publication1942
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932 120
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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Voss G. 1917 39-51
AuthorGeorg Voss
TitleEin Hohenzollernbildnis auf der Wartburg
JournalMitteilungen des Vereins für die Geschichte Berlins
Issue34
Year of Publication1917
Pages49-50
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Voss, Lehfeldt 1917 394
AuthorGeorg Voss, Paul Lehfeldt
TitleBau- und Kunstdenkmäler Thüringens. Amtsgerichtsbezirk Eisenach, Die Wartburg
Volume3.2
Place of PublicationJena
Year of Publication1917
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/voss1917
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Friedländer 1905 13
AuthorMax J. Friedländer
TitleDie Tafelmalerei des 15. und 16. Jahrhunderts
Publicationin Oscar Döring, Georg Voss, eds., Meisterwerke der Kunst aus Sachsen und Thüringen
Place of PublicationMagdeburg
Year of Publication1905
Pages3-18
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Exhib. Cat. Erfurt 1903 149
EditorOskar Doering
TitleKatalog der kunstgeschichtlichen Ausstellung zu Erfurt, September 1903
Place of PublicationMagdeburg
Year of Publication1903
Link https://archive.org/details/katalogderkunstg00ange/page/n1/mode/2up
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Flechsig 1900 A 279
AuthorEduard Flechsig
TitleCranachstudien
Volume1
Place of PublicationLeipzig
Year of Publication1900
Link page/n5/mode/2up
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Cat. Dresden 1899 87
AuthorKarl Woermann
TitleKatalog der Königlichen Gemäldegalerie zu Dresden. Grosse Ausgabe
Place of PublicationDresden
IssueFourth edition
Year of Publication1899
Link https://digital.slub-dresden.de/werkansicht/dlf/91887/7
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Research History / Discussion

The portrait was identified as the Margrave Johann von Brandenburg-Ansbach by the librarian of the Hofmuseum in Vienna, Dr. H. F. J. Zimmermann. A portrait of the Margrave Johann is also present on the margrave window in the chancel of the Sebalduskirche in Nuremberg from 1515.

[Wartburg-Stiftung, revised 2013]

The [...] Margrave Johann von Bradenburg-Ansbach (b. 1493, d. 1525) shown here, [was] the fifth son of Margrave Friedrich the Elder von Ansbach and Bayreuth and lived mostly in Spain, where he married the widow of Ferdinand the Catholic, Germaine de Foix. The young margrave probably received the order of the Golden fleece thanks to his relationship with Emperor Charles V. In 1520 he returned to Germany for the coronation of Charles. The portrait must have been created during this time, which is also confirmed by the style of the painting. The connection with Cranach was established by Johann's brothers Albrecht and Kasimir [...]. [see CDA.AT_KHM_GG883 and DE_HAUMB_GG22]

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 142]

  • Portrait of Margrave Johann of Brandenburg-Ansbach, about 1520

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Technical studies

02. 2013Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared reflectography
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Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

Tools/Materials:

- fluid, black medium and brush; and possibly dry drawing material, dark chalk

Type/Ductus:

- freehand underdrawing; in part possibly some copied lines

- thin lines; and in part delicate, fine lines (particularly in the face)

Function:

- binding for the final painted version; lines delineate contours and describe essential details and the facial features; no representation of volume

Deviations:

- minor alterations made during the painting process to clearly define form

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- not possible

[Smith, Sandner, Heydenreich, cda 2013]

  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
  • photographed by Ingo Sandner

14.05.1992Scientific analysis

  • Identification of wood species / Dendrochronology

Support

Identification of wood species: beech wood

Dendrochronology: 134 annual rings, between 1493 - 1360.

The youngest datable annual ring is from 1493.

[Klein report, 14.05.1992]

  • analysed by Peter Klein
  • X-radiography
  • x_radiograph

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