Portrait of Leon Braunsberg

Portrait of Leon Braunsberg

Title

Portrait of Leon Braunsberg

[cda 2011]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[FABRITIUS, accessed 20.01.2011]

A half-length portriat of the doctor Leon Braunsberg, facing right against a green background. In his right hand he holds a ring.

[Herrschaft, cda 2015]

Attribution
Follower of Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Follower of Lucas Cranach the Elder

[FABRITIUS, accessed 20.01.2011]
Circle of Lucas Cranach the Elder (possibly an artist from Leipzig)
[Heydenreich, cda 2011]

Production date
1521

Production date

1521

[dated]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 63 x 40 cm

Dimensions

Signature / Dating

see inscriptions

Signature / Dating

  • see inscriptions

Inscriptions and Labels

  • top edge:
    'BRAVNSBERGI FACIES FVIT HAEC PICTVRA LEONIS: / DOCTOR QVI MEDICA CLARVIT ARTE PATRIS'

  • left of the sitter's head: …

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

    • top edge:

  • 'BRAVNSBERGI FACIES FVIT HAEC PICTVRA LEONIS: / DOCTOR QVI MEDICA CLARVIT ARTE PATRIS'

    • left of the sitter's head:

  • 'ANNO DNI MDXXI / OBIIT LVPSIAE AETATIS /SVAE XXVIII'

    • on the right:

  • the sitter's coat-of-arms

  • [FABRITIUS, accessed 20.01.2011]

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

  • Reverse of the panel:

    • top centre:

  • printed paper label: 'MUSEES ROYAUX DES BEAUX-ARTS DE BELGIQUE / Auteuer / Sujet / Inventaire No [printed], Cranach le Vieux /Portrait de Leon Braunsberg / 6251 [handwritten in black ink]'

    • centre:

  • printed paper label: Wappen... Inschrift auf demr Band ''NEC FAILLERENEC FALLI' / 'Collection della Faille de Liverghene / tableau par Porb[...]' [handwritten in black ink]

    • bottom centre:

  • printed paper label: 'COLLECTION / DELLA FAILLE.'

Owner
Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels
Repository
Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels
Location
Brussels
CDA ID
BE_MRBAB_6251
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/BE_MRBAB_6251/

Provenance

  • donated by Comte Georges della Faille de Leverghem, Brussels, 1942
  • Old Masters Museum, Collecties van de Koninklijke Musea voor Schone Kunsten van België
    [FABRITIUS, accessed 01.07.2025] search 'Cranach'
  • Portrait of Leon Braunsberg, 1521

Images

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Technical studies

04.04.2007Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared reflectography
  • irr

Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

Tools/Materials:

- fluid, black pigmented medium, brush

Type/Ductus:

- freehand underdrawing?; barely visible

- thin lines

Function:

- binding for the final painted version; lines delineate contours; no representation of volume

Deviations:

- no alterations made during the painting process

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- not possible

Comments:

- probably with reference to a preparatory drawing or may even have been transferred from a pre-existing design

[Smith, Sandner, Heydenreich, cda 2012]

Citing from the Cranach Digital Archive

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Entry with no author
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