Portrait of Christoph Ering

Portrait of Christoph Ering

Titles

Portrait of Christoph Ering

[Ahuis 2011]

Johannes Bugenhagen

[Bernd Moeller, Exhib. Cat. Nuremberg 1983, No. 453]

Portrait of a beardless man with rosary

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 340A]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Exhib. Cat. Hamburg 2003, No. 51]

The black gown worn by the cleric, who has since been identified as Christoph Ering, fills the entire lower half of the painting. Ering is shown with stubble on his face looking to the right, his brown curls are visible beneath the black beret he wears on his head. He

The black gown worn by the cleric, who has since been identified as Christoph Ering, fills the entire lower half of the painting. Ering is shown with stubble on his face looking to the right, his brown curls are visible beneath the black beret he wears on his head. He holds rosary beads in his hands and wears a signet ring on the index finger of his left hand. [Görres, cda 2017]

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Ahuis 2011]
[Exhib. Cat. Hamburg 2003, No. 51]

Production date
1532

Production date

1532

[dated]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 54 x 38.5 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 54 x 38.5 cm

  • [Exhib. Cat. Hamburg 2003, No. 51]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia centre left: winged serpent with elevated wings and date '1532'

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia centre left: winged serpent with elevated wings and date '1532'

  • [cda 2017]

Inscriptions and Labels
  • top right: 'ANNO AETATIS SVE 42'
    [cda 2017]

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

    • top right:

  • 'ANNO AETATIS SVE 42'

  • [cda 2017]

Owner
Kirchenkreis Hamburg-Ost
Repository
Hauptkirche St. Nikolai, Hamburg
Location
Hamburg
CDA ID
DE_KHO_NONE-001
FR (1978) Nr.
FR340A
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_KHO_NONE-001/

Provenance

  • H. O. Miethke, Vienna
    [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 340A]
  • Parish of (Kirchenkreis) Alt-Hamburg, that merged with the parish of Hamburg-Ost in 2009
    [cda 2017]

Differing data in the DHM database:

  • Kleinberger (Loebl, Allen), Paris (art market, France)
  • posted: Hans Wendland, Luzern, 19.04.1941 (art market, Switzerland)
  • whereabouts after 1945: Restitution France
    See the entry in the DHM-database: Datenblatt RMG00496; https://www.dhm.de/datenbank/goering/dhm_goering.php?seite=5&fld_0=RMG00496 (accessed 17 Dec. 2019).

Exhibitions

Nuremberg 1983, No. 432
Kronach 1994, No. 159
Hamburg 2003, No. 51

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Ahuis 2011
AuthorFerdinand Ahuis
TitleDas Porträt eines Reformators. Der Leipziger Theologe Christoph Ering und das vermeintliche Bugenhagenbild Lucas Cranachs d. Ä. aus dem Jahre 1532
SeriesVestigia Biblia
Place of PublicationBern
Year of Publication2011
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Exhib. Cat. Hamburg 2003 57, 175 051 Pl. 51
EditorBucerius Kunst Forum, Werner Schade
TitleLucas Cranach. Glaube, Mythologie und Moderne [Bucerius Kunst Forum, Hamburg]
Place of PublicationOstfildern-Ruit
Year of Publication2003
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Exhib. Cat. Kronach 1994 338-339 159
EditorClaus Grimm, Johannes Erichsen, Evamaria Brockhoff
TitleLucas Cranach. Ein Maler-Unternehmer aus Franken [Festung Rosenberg, Kronach 17.05 - 21.08.1994; Museum der Bildenden Künste, Leipzig 07.09 - 06.11.1994]
SeriesVeröffentlichungen zur bayerischen Geschichte und Kultur
Volume26
Place of PublicationAugsburg, Coburg
Year of Publication1994
Show Literature
Exhib. Cat. Nuremberg 1983 326 432
EditorGerhard Bott
TitleMartin Luther und die Reformation in Deutschland. Ausstellung zum 500. Geburtstag Martin Luthers
Place of PublicationFrankfurt a. M.
Year of Publication1983
Show Literature
Pause 1983
AuthorJochen Pause
TitleEin Gemälde Lucas Cranachs d. Ä. in Hamburg und die Bugenhagen-Ikonographie
JournalNordelbingen: Beiträge zur Kunst- und Kulturgeschichte Schleswig-Holsteins
Issue52 (1983)
Year of Publication1983
Pages21-30
Show Literature
Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 137 340A
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
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