Half-length portrait in three quarter profile, facing left against a grey (patchy) background. The sitter wears a black overcoat and a red doublet with a white collar, which is visible around the neck. He holds a closed book in his hands.
[Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel, revised 2011]
- Attributions
-
Lucas Cranach the Younger
Follower of Lucas Cranach the Elder
Attributions
| Lucas Cranach the Younger | [Heydenreich, CDA 2010] |
| Follower of Lucas Cranach the Elder | 'Lucas Cranach d. Ä (Schule)' |
- Production date
- about 1560 - 1580
Production date
| about 1560 - 1580 | [Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel, revised 2011] |
- Dimensions
- Dimensions of support: 73.3 x 56.5 cm
Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 73.3 x 56.5 cm
(trimmed along all four edges)
[Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel, revised 2011]
- Signature / Dating
None
- Inscriptions and Labels
On the stretcher: label with the city coat-of-arms (Baselstab)printed on it, on this 'Unbekannt 16. Jhdt 1015'
printed label …Inscriptions and Labels
Stamps, Seals, Labels:
On the stretcher: label with the city coat-of-arms (Baselstab)printed on it, on this 'Unbekannt 16. Jhdt 1015'
printed label with the coat-of-arms (Baselstab) and 'KUNSTMUSEUM BASEL [printed], 1943 Nr. 1015 (Herkunft?) Schweiz. Schule Bildnis des Melanchton[sic!] Halbfigur nach links. [handwritten]'
written in red chalk 'A'
Reverse of the canvas:
- bottom left:
printed paper label: '196'
[Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel, revised 2011]
- Owner
- Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel
- Repository
- Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel
- Location
- Basel
- CDA ID
- CH_KMB_1015
- FR (1978) Nr.
- FR-none
- Persistent Link
- https://lucascranach.org/en/CH_KMB_1015/
