Georg the Pious, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach

Georg the Pious, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach

Title

Georg the Pious, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach

[cda 2014]

Painting on wood (probably)

Medium

Painting on wood (probably)

[cda 2014]

A half-length portrait of Georg the Pious, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1484-1543), facing right against a light background; he is wearing a fur-trimmed cloak and his hat is also trimmed with fur; he has two rings on his left hand.

[Herrschaft, cda 2015]

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder and Workshop

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder and Workshop

[cda 2014]

Production date
1536

Production date

1536

[dated]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support:

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support:

  • 53 x 36 cm

  • [Handwritten annotation D. Koepplin on the reverse of a photograph in the Archive D. Koepplin]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia at the left edge: serpent (with dropped wings) and dated '1536'

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia at the left edge: serpent (with dropped wings) and dated '1536'

Owner
Private Collection
Repository
Private Collection
CDA ID
PRIVATE_NONE-P076
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P076/

Provenance

  • Private Collection, Paris
  • Private Collection, New York
  • 19.04.1967 Sotheby's, Cat.-No. 105
  • before 1974 Julius Weitzner, London
    [Handwritten annotations on the reverse of a photograph in the Archive D. Koepplin]

Data in the DHM database:

  • Georges Wildenstein Collection, Paris W 86 (Private Collection, France)
  • confiscated in France
  • posted: Reich leader (Einsatzstab Reichsleiter) Rosenberg, Paris, 08.02.1941
  • whereabouts after 1945: Restitution France
    See the entry in the DHM-database: Datenblatt RMG00489; https://www.dhm.de/datenbank/goering/dhm_goering.php?seite=5&fld_0=RMG00489 (accessed 17 Dec. 2019).
  • Georg the Pious, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, 1536

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Citing from the Cranach Digital Archive

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