The panel depicts the half-length figure of Albrecht of Brandenburg as St Martin, facing right against a red curtain, which is pulled back on the right side of the image to reveal a balustrade and a townscape. A beggar in the bottom right corner receives some coins from the saint
The panel depicts the half-length figure of Albrecht of Brandenburg as St Martin, facing right against a red curtain, which is pulled back on the right side of the image to reveal a balustrade and a townscape. A beggar in the bottom right corner receives some coins from the saint who is looking directly at him.
[Görres, cda 2014]
- Attributions
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Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder
Simon Franck
Attributions
| Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder | [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 182C] |
| Simon Franck | [Cat. Mainz 2008, No. 3][Emmendörfer 1998, 215] |
| Lucas Cranach the Elder | [Auct. Cat. Berlin 1924, 20, No. 132, Pl. VII] |
- Production date
- 1543
Production date
| 1543 | [dated] |
- Dimensions
- Dimension of support: 68 x 56.5 cm
Dimensions
Dimension of support: 68 x 56.5 cm
[Cat. Mainz 2008, No. 3]
- Signature / Dating
no artist's insignia; dated '1543'
Signature / Dating
no artist's insignia; dated '1543'
[Cat. Mainz 2008, No. 3]
- Owner
- Bischöfliches Dom- und Diözesanmuseum Mainz
- Repository
- Bischöfliches Dom- und Diözesanmuseum Mainz
- Location
- Mainz
- CDA ID
- DE_BDDM_M06065
- FR (1978) Nr.
- FR-none
- Persistent Link
- https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_BDDM_M06065/
