Portrait of the Margrave Georg of Brandenburg

Portrait of the Margrave Georg of Brandenburg

Title

Portrait of the Margrave Georg of Brandenburg

[CDA 2011]

Painting on softwood

Medium

Painting on softwood

[Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel, revised 2011]

A half-length portrait of the bearded, and bare headed Duke depicted in three-quarters profile, facing right against a grey background. He wears a dark overcoat trimmed with fur over a black tunic. He has a double chain around his neck.

[Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel, revised 2011]

Attribution
Follower of Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Follower of Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel, revised 2011]

Production date
about 1600 - 1800?

Production date

about 1600 - 1800?

[Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel, revised 2011]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 21.5 x 15.5 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 21.5 x 15.5 cm

  • [Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel, revised 2011]

Signature / Dating

None

Inscriptions and Labels

Reverse of the panel:
printed label with the city coat-of-arms (Baselstab) and 'KUNSTMUSEUM BASEL [printed], 1941 Nr. 182 …

Inscriptions and Labels

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

  • Reverse of the panel:

  • printed label with the city coat-of-arms (Baselstab) and 'KUNSTMUSEUM BASEL [printed], 1941 Nr. 182 (Museum Fäsch) Schule des Lukas Cranach. Bildnis des Markgrafen Georg von Brandenburg. [handwritten]'

  • Written in ink on the panel 'N 412'

    • left:
  • masking tape with 'Depotwand Nr. 15'

  • On the frame:

  • in red chalk 'A'

  • [Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel, revised 2011]

Owner
Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel
Repository
Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel
Location
Basel
CDA ID
CH_KMB_182
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/CH_KMB_182/

Provenance

  • 1823 Museum Faesch
    [Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel, revised 2011]
  • Portrait of the Margrave Georg of Brandenburg, about 1600 - 1800?

Images

Compare images
  • overall
  • overall
  • reverse
  • uv_light

Technical studies

18.05.2011 - Technical Examination

  • overall

Framing

- black frame, the inner frame section is gilded

[Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel, revised 2011]

03. 2010Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • UV-light photography
  • uv_light
  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich

Citing from the Cranach Digital Archive

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