Portrait of Hans(?) Melber

Portrait of Hans(?) Melber

Title

Portrait of Hans(?) Melber

[CDA 2011]

Painting on beech wood (Fagus sylvatica)

Medium

Painting on beech wood (Fagus sylvatica)

[Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, revised 2010]
[Klein, Report 1992]

The painting depicts the half-length figure of Hans (?) Melber turned slightly to the right and looking in the same direction. His hands are lowered and clasped. Over his simple, grey robe he wears a cloak and has a hat on his head There are two rings on the index

The painting depicts the half-length figure of Hans (?) Melber turned slightly to the right and looking in the same direction. His hands are lowered and clasped. Over his simple, grey robe he wears a cloak and has a hat on his head There are two rings on the index finger of his right hand.

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, revised 2011]
[Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011, 134, No. WAF169]
[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, 136, No. 332]

Production date
1526

Production date

1526

[dated]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 60.2 x 39.5 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 60.2 x 39.5 cm

  • [Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, revised 2011]

  • [Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011, 134, No. WAF169]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia on the top left: winged serpent (with elevated wings) and dated '1526'

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia on the top left: winged serpent (with elevated wings) and dated '1526'

  • [Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, revised 2011]

Owner
Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen
Repository
Alte Pinakothek, Munich
Location
Munich
CDA ID
DE_BStGS_WAF169
FR (1978) Nr.
FR332
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_BStGS_WAF169/

Provenance

  • 1828 acquired from the Oettingen-Wallerstein Collection
    [Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, revised 2011]
    [Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011, 134, No. WAF169]

Exhibitions

Munich 2011, No. 1

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Cat. Coburg 2018 172 under no. 37
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. Munich 2011 52-53, 134 Nos. 1, WAF 169 Figs. p. 52-53
AuthorMartin Schawe
EditorBayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen
TitleCranach in Bayern
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication2011
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Klein 1994 A 196, 198, 199 Tabs. 4, 7
AuthorPeter Klein
TitleLucas Cranach und seine Werkstatt. Holzarten und dendrochronologische Analyse
Publicationin Claus Grimm, Johannes Erichsen, Evamaria Brockhoff, eds.,Lucas Cranach. Ein Maler-Unternehmer aus Franken, Exhib. Cat. Kronach 1994
SeriesVeröffentlichungen zur bayerischen Geschichte und Kultur
Volume26
Place of PublicationAugsburg, Coburg
Year of Publication1994
Pages194-200
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 136 No. 332 Fig. 332
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
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Research History / Discussion

The painting is one of the most beautiful portraits by Cranach in the Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen and it catches our attention with its natural and lively presence.

[Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011, 134, No. WAF169]

  • Portrait of Hans(?) Melber, 1526

Images

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Documents

Technical studies

01.06.1992Scientific analysis

  • Dendrochronology / identification of wood species

Support

Identification of wood species: beech

Plank I: 146 annual rings, 1520-1375; plank II: 92 annual rings, 1518-1427

- the youngest annual ring (from all panels made of wood from the same tree) is from 1522.

- Earliest date felled: 1522; earliest date of production:1524

[Klein report, 01.06.1992]

[Martin Schawe, Alte Pinakothek München, 26.03.2010]

  • analysed by Peter Klein

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