Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg as St Martin

Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg as St Martin

Title

Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg as St Martin

[Cat. Mainz 2008, No. 3]

Painting on limewood

Medium

Painting on limewood

[Cat. Mainz 2008, No. 3]

The panel depicts the half-length figure of Albrecht of Brandenburg as St Martin, facing right against a red curtain, which is pulled back on the right side of the image to reveal a balustrade and a townscape. A beggar in the bottom right corner receives some coins from the saint

The panel depicts the half-length figure of Albrecht of Brandenburg as St Martin, facing right against a red curtain, which is pulled back on the right side of the image to reveal a balustrade and a townscape. A beggar in the bottom right corner receives some coins from the saint who is looking directly at him.

[Görres, cda 2014]

Attributions
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder
Simon Franck

Attributions

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 182C]

Simon Franck

[Cat. Mainz 2008, No. 3][Emmendörfer 1998, 215]

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Auct. Cat. Berlin 1924, 20, No. 132, Pl. VII]

Production date
1543

Production date

1543

[dated]

Dimensions
Dimension of support: 68 x 56.5 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimension of support: 68 x 56.5 cm

  • [Cat. Mainz 2008, No. 3]

Signature / Dating

no artist's insignia; dated '1543'

Signature / Dating

  • no artist's insignia; dated '1543'

  • [Cat. Mainz 2008, No. 3]

Owner
Bischöfliches Dom- und Diözesanmuseum Mainz
Repository
Bischöfliches Dom- und Diözesanmuseum Mainz
Location
Mainz
CDA ID
DE_BDDM_M06065
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_BDDM_M06065/

Provenance

27/28.11.1924 auction of Paul Davidsohn's collection. Berlin-Grunewald. 'Bildnisminiaturen. Gemälde. Porzellane. Manuskripte. Buchmalereien. Bibliothek.' at Max Perl, Berlin [Auct. Cat. Berlin 1924, 20, No. 132, Pl. VII]
[http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/perl1924_11_27]

  • private collection
    [Emmendörffer 1998, 215, Fn. 48]

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Cat. Mainz 2008 3
EditorHans-Jürgen Kotzur
TitleDommuseum Mainz. Führer durch die Sammlung
Place of PublicationMainz
Year of Publication2008
Show Literature
Emmendörffer 1998 215-217
AuthorChristoph Emmendörffer
TitleDie selbständigen Cranachschüler
Publicationin Ingo Sandner, Wartburg-Stiftung Eisenach and Fachhochschule Köln, eds., Unsichtbare Meisterzeichnungen auf dem Malgrund. Cranach und seine Zeitgenossen, Exhib. Cat. Eisenach
Place of PublicationRegensburg
Year of Publication1998
Pages203-228
Show Literature
Speyer 1991 166
AuthorWolfgang Speyer
TitleAlbrecht von Brandenburg als Heiliger Martin. Zu einem unbekannten Bild Simon Franck.
Publicationin Ernst Dassmann, Klaus Thraede, eds., Tessare. Festschrift für Josef Engemann
SeriesJahrbuch für Antike und Christentum
VolumeErgänzungsband. 18
Place of PublicationMünster
Year of Publication1991
Pages164-169
Show Literature
Auct. Cat. Berlin 1924 20 132 Pl. VII
EditorMax Perl
TitleVersteigerungskatalog der Sammlung Paul Davidsohn. Berlin-Grunewald. Bildnisminiaturen. Gemälde. Porzellane. Manuskripte. Buchmalerien. Bibliothek. 27/28 Nov. 1924 [Kunsthandel Max Perl, Berlin]
Volume92
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1924
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/perl1924_11_27
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DESCRIPTION

An underdrawing is not readily visible

[Sandner, Smith-Contini, Heydenreich, cda 2016]

  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
  • photographed by Ingo Sandner

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