Portrait of the Lord of Schleinitz

Portrait of the Lord of Schleinitz

Title

Portrait of the Lord of Schleinitz

[CDA 2011]

Painting on beech wood

Medium

Painting on beech wood

[Hoffmann, Cat. Weimar 1992, 35]

Lord Schleinitz is shown as a half-length figure, facing right against a dark background. His robe is decorated with a collar set with pearls and he had three rings on the fingers of his left hand.

[Herrschaft, cda 2015]

Attributions
Lucas Cranach the Elder and workshop
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Lucas Cranach the Elder and workshop

[CDA 2011]

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Hoffmann, Cat. Weimar 1992, 35]

Lucas Cranach the Younger

[Parthey 1863, Bd. I, 707, Nos. 77, 78][1]
[1][Hoffmann, Cat. Weimar 1992, 35]

Production date
1526

Production date

1526

[dated]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 58.3 x 39.2 cm (in frame)

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 58.3 x 39.2 cm (in frame)

  • [Hoffmann, Cat. Weimar 1992, 35]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia on the left next to the shoulder: winged serpent with elevated wings, facing right and dated '1526'

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia on the left next to the shoulder: winged serpent with elevated wings, facing right and dated '1526'

  • [cda 2010]

Owner
Schlossmuseum Sondershausen
Repository
Klassik Stiftung Weimar, Museums
Location
Weimar
CDA ID
DE_KSW_G1150
FR (1978) Nr.
FR176-177
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_KSW_G1150/

Overall view of the piece
Connected Works

Portrait of the Lady of Schleinitz (?)
  • Portrait of the Lady of Schleinitz (?), 1526
  • DE_KSW_G1151
  • Painting
  • Schlossmuseum Sondershausen

Provenance

  • in the possession of the Duke of Schwarzburg-Sonderhausen, formerly in the collection of the Neuer Palais zu Arnstadt [Inventar 1786, nos. 19, 20]
  • since about 1880 in the castle of Sonderhausen [Verzeichnis der in Fürstlichen Schlössern befindlichen Gemälde, aufgestellt von Hofrat O. Vater, Rudolstadt 1898, Bd. II, XVI, Nos. 107, 108]
  • entered the collection in Weimar during the Second World War

[Hoffmann, Cat. Weimar 1992, 35]

Exhibitions

Weimar 1972, no. 27, Fig. p. 55

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Heydenreich 1998 A 198 Fig. 21.20
AuthorGunnar Heydenreich
TitleHerstellung, Grundierung und Rahmung der Holzbildträger in den Werkstätten Lucas Cranachs d.Ä.
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
Pages181-200
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Cat. Weimar 1992 35-36 No. 10a Figs. pp. 35, 36
AuthorHelga Hoffmann
EditorKunstsammlungen zu Weimar
TitleKunstsammlungen zu Weimar. Die deutschen Gemälde des XVI. Jahrhunderts
Place of PublicationFulda
Year of Publication1992
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 105 No. 176 Fig. 176
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
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Ullmann 1974 Plate 15 (a)
AuthorErnst Ullmann
TitleLucas Cranach der Ältere. Maler und Werk
Place of PublicationDresden
Year of Publication1974
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Schade 1973 B 28
AuthorWerner Schade
TitleLucas Cranach. Seine Werke in den Sammlungen der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik
JournalNeue Museumskunde
Issue16 (1973)
Year of Publication1973
Pages20-30
Show Literature
Exhib. Cat. Weimar 1972 B No. 27 Figs. p. 55
EditorSchlossmuseum Weimar
TitleLucas Cranach 1472-1553. Ein großer Maler in bewegter Zeit
Place of PublicationWeimar
Year of Publication1972
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Exhib. Cat. Weimar, Wittenberg 1953 No. 29
AuthorWalther Scheidig
EditorDeutsche Lucas Cranach Komitee
TitleLucas Cranach Ausstellung. Weimar und Wittenberg
Place of PublicationWeimar, Wittenberg
Year of Publication1953
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Rudloff-Hille 1953 B 25 Fig. 17(b)
AuthorGertrude Rudloff-Hille
TitleLucas Cranach d. Ä. Eine Einführung in sein Leben und sein Werk.
Place of PublicationDresden
Year of Publication1953
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Scheidig 1947 105 f. Figs.
AuthorWalther Scheidig
TitleLucas Cranach d. Ältere, Bildnisse eines Ehepaares von 1526
JournalZeitschrift für Kunstwissenschaft
Issue1
Year of Publication1947
Pages105-106
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Parthey 1863-1864 707 (Bd. 1) Nos. 77, 78
AuthorGustav Parthey
TitleDeutscher Bildersaal. Verzeichnis der in Deutschland vorhandenen Oelbilder verstorbener Maler aller Schulen
Volume1, 2
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1864
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Technical studies

06.10.2014Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • X-radiography
  • x_radiograph

Equipment: ERESCO 42 MF 4 from the company GE.

Scanner: CRxFlex.

Parameters: 60 KV, 6mA, 20 seconds

Distance from objectt: 3m

[HfBK Dresden, Prof. I. Mohrmann, K. Risse, 06.10.2014]

  • created by I. Mohrmann
  • created by HfBK Dresden
  • created by K. Risse

04. 2010Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared reflectography
  • irr

Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

Tools/Materials:

- fluid black medium, brush

Type/Ductus:

- presumably thin traced lines; freehand underdrawing of the hands

Function:

- binding for the final painted version; lines delineate contours and describe essential features within forms, no representation of volume

Deviations:

- minor alterations during the painted version to clearly define form

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- not possible

Comments:

- possibly transferred from a preparatory drawing

[Smith, Sandner, Heydenreich, cda 2012]

  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
  • photographed by Ingo Sandner

1988Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared photography

Support

- two planks vertically aligned

Underdrawing

- the underdrawing is visible in some parts of the face

Infrared photograph: J. Fritz, IfD Berlin 1972

Paint Layers and Gilding

- the original edges of the painted surface have been preserved

Framing

- original

[Hoffmann, Cat. Weimar 1992, 35]

1972Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared photography
  • photographed by J. Fritz
  • photographed by Institut für Denkmalpflege, Berlin

Condition Reports

Date1990

  • retouching in the black background and in the face

  • the shadows are presumably overpainted as well as the mouth, the contour of the nose, the eye and the ears

[Hoffmann, Cat. Weimar 1992, 35]

Conservation History

Date1948

  • among other measures: new varnish

[Hoffmann, Cat. Weimar 1992, 35]

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