Portrait of a Duke of Anhalt (Johann IV of Anhalt, 1504-1551)

Portrait of a Duke of Anhalt (Johann IV of Anhalt, 1504-1551)

Titles

Portrait of a Duke of Anhalt (Johann IV of Anhalt, 1504-1551)

[CDA 2011]

Portrait of Wolfgang of Anhalt (1492-1566)

[Schade 1993, 26-31, Figs. 27, 29]

Portrait of Duke Johann of Anhalt

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, 101]

Male Portrait

[Hosäus 1883, 42, No. 1363]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Klingen, Cat. Dessau 1996, 28]

The spatial frame of the portrait is tightly cropped. It depicts the half-length figure of a young man in a bright yellow doublet against a landscape. He wears a ring bearing a coat-of-arms with a black and silver chequered pattern.

[Klingen, Cat. Dessau 1996, 28]

Attributions
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, 101]
[Exhib. Cat. Bucarest 1973, 55, No. 83][1]

[1][Klingen, Cat. Dessau 1996, 28]

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Klingen, Cat. Dessau 1996, 28]
[Schade 1993, 26-31, Figs. 27, 29]

Follower of Lucas Cranach the Elder

'Schule'
[Cat. Dessau 1929, 17, No. 257][1]

[1][Klingen, Cat. Dessau 1996, 28]

Production dates
after 1513
1520

Production dates

after 1513

[Klingen, Cat. Dessau 1996, 28]

1520

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, 101]

1525

[Cat. Dessau 1929, 17, No. 257]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 40.2 x 28.6 x 0.4 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 40.2 x 28.6 x 0.4 cm

  • Dimensions including frame: 45.7 x 33.9 x 3.3 cm

  • [Anhaltische Gemälde-Galerie, revised 2011]

Signature / Dating

Date not visible

Signature / Dating

  • Date not visible

  • [Anhaltische Gemälde-Galerie, revised 2011]

  • 'Datiert 1520 (?)'

  • [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, 101]

Inscriptions and Labels

Reverse on the cradle: - second vertical batten from the left, top left:
paper label 'Gemäldegalerie Dessau / Werkstatt-Tagebuch …

Inscriptions and Labels

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

  • Reverse on the cradle: - second vertical batten from the left, top left:

  • paper label 'Gemäldegalerie Dessau / Werkstatt-Tagebuch Nr. [stamp-printed] 3/4a [handwritten with a feather in brown black ink]'

    • bottom right on the bottom cross-batton:

  • cyrillic script no., brush in black '3K 622' (framed with painted black line)

  • Reverse of the frame:

    • bottom right:

  • paper label with an inscription, handwritten in blue ink 'Cranach, Lukas-Schule / 257 Brustbild eines Mannes mit / landschaftl. Hintergrund / Jst 1363'

  • [Anhaltische Gemälde-Galerie, revised 2011]

Owner
Anhaltische Gemälde-Galerie, Dessau
Repository
Anhaltische Gemälde-Galerie, Dessau
Location
Dessau
CDA ID
DE_AGGD_257
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_AGGD_257/

Provenance

  • old ducal Inv. No. 1363, Joachim-Ernst-Stiftung
    [Anhaltische Gemälde-Galerie, revised 2011]

  • origin unknown

  • since 1883 recorded in the Gotisches Haus in Wörlitz (living-room)
    [Klingen, Cat. Dessau 1996, 28]

  • kept in safety during the second world war and taken by the sowiet army in April 1946
    [Anhaltische Gemälde-Galerie, revised 2011]

Exhibitions

Bucarest 1973, 55, No. 83

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Cat. Dessau 1996 28 No. 257 Plate 7
AuthorStephan Klingen
TitleDie deutschen Gemälde des 16. und 17. Jahrhunderts, Kritischer Bestandskatalog
Volume1
Place of PublicationWeimar
Year of Publication1996
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Schade 1993 B 26-31 Figs. p. 27, 29
AuthorWerner Schade
TitleLucas Cranach Gemälde zwischen 1510 und 1530
Place of PublicationDessau
Year of Publication1993
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 99 No. 143B
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
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Exhib. Cat. Bucarest 1973 B 55 No. 83
EditorWerner Schade, Hans-Joachim Gronau
TitleLucas Cranach cel Batrîn (1472-1553) Lucas Cranach cel Tînar (1515-1586) Jocob Lucius cel Batrîn (1530-1597) ranach cel Tînar (1515-1586) Jocob Lucius cel Batrîn (1530-1597)
Year of Publication1973
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932 69 210a
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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Cat. Dessau 1929 17 No. 257
AuthorLudwig Grote
TitleFührer durch die Anhaltische Gemälde-Galerie
Place of PublicationDessau
Year of Publication1929
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Hartmann 1913 80 No. 1363
AuthorAdolph Hartmann
TitleDer Wörlitzer Park und seine Kunstschätze
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1913
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Hosäus 1883 42 No. 1363
AuthorWilhelm Hosäus
TitleWorlitz. Ein Handbuch für die Besucher des Wörlitzer Gartens und der Wörlitzer Kunstsammlungen
Place of PublicationDessau
Year of Publication1883
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