With a solemn, almost somewhat embittered expression Lucas Cranach the Elder depicts the face of an old man: his wavy hair, thinning on the forehead has turned grey, the skin is withered and traversed by deep furrows, the eyebrows are drawn together morosely, while the lips are pressed together with
With a solemn, almost somewhat embittered expression Lucas Cranach the Elder depicts the face of an old man: his wavy hair, thinning on the forehead has turned grey, the skin is withered and traversed by deep furrows, the eyebrows are drawn together morosely, while the lips are pressed together with a surly expression. His gaze, in fact his whole face, is turned to the right in the direction of a hidden counterpart. The artist deliberately chose paper of an intense brown tonality to reinforce the vibrant complexion of the flesh paint. Cranach differentiates with an accomplished command of technique between the detailed rendering of the face and the sketchy, sparse brushwork of the doublet.
[Metzger, Exhib. Cat. Düsseldorf 2017, 270, No. 168]
- Attribution
- Lucas Cranach the Elder
Attribution
| Lucas Cranach the Elder | [Exhib. Cat. Düsseldorf 2017] |
- Production date
- about 1527
Production date
| about 1527 | [Exhib. Cat. Düsseldorf 2017, 270, No. 168] |
- Dimensions
- Dimensions of support: 21.8 x 18.3 cm
Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 21.8 x 18.3 cm
[Exhib. Cat. Düsseldorf 2017, 270, No. 168]
- Signature / Dating
None
- Inscriptions and Labels
None
Inscriptions and Labels
Inscriptions, Badges:
None
- Owner
- Albertina, Vienna
- Repository
- Albertina, Vienna
- Location
- Vienna
- CDA ID
- AT_AW_26156
- FR (1978) Nr.
- FR-none
- Persistent Link
- https://lucascranach.org/en/AT_AW_26156/
