Ernst, Herzog von Braunschweig-Grubenhagen

Titles

Ernst, Herzog von Braunschweig-Grubenhagen	[Lutherhaus Wittenberg, revised 2012]
Ernst IV, Herzog von Braunschweig-Grubenhagen	[Horký 2022, 21]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Lutherhaus Wittenberg, revised 2012]

A half-length portrait facing right. The sitter wears a black fur-trimmed coat, a black doublet, a white shirt with lace on the collar and the sleeves and has a heavy double chain around his neck. He is bare-headed and has curly reddish blond hair and a prominent beard. He holds a german medaillion (Gnadenpfennig) in his left hand and does not look at the viewer. He is depicted against a light blue background.

[Lutherhaus Wittenberg, revised 2012]

Attribution: Lucas Cranach the Younger

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Younger

[Lutherhaus Wittenberg, revised 2012]

Production date: about 1543

Production date

about 1543

[Lutherhaus Wittenberg, revised 2012]

Dimensions: Dimensions of support: 64 x 49.5 cm

Dimensions

Dimensions of support: 64 x 49.5 cm
Dimensions including frame: 75.5 x 61 cm
[Lutherhaus Wittenberg, revised 2012]

Signature / Dating: Artist's insignia left of sitter's head: winged serpent with elevated wings, facing left; in black paint

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia left of sitter's head: winged serpent with elevated wings, facing left; in black paint
[Görres, CDA 2012]

Owner: Stiftung Luthergedenkstätten in Sachsen-Anhalt
Repository: Lutherhaus Wittenberg
Location: Wittenberg

CDA ID: DE_LHW_G38
FR (1978) Nr.: FR-none
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_LHW_G38/

Provenance

Augustin Collection
[Lutherhaus Wittenberg, revised 2012]

Literature

Reference on page

Catalogue Number

Figure / Plate

Horký 2022

Fig. 14

Author	Mila Horký
Editor	Thomas Richter, Silke Gatenbröcker
Title	Das Bildnis eines Ritters (1535) von Lucas Cranach: eine Spurensuche in Kursachsen
Publication	in Thomas Richter, Silke Gatenbröcker, eds.: Beiträge zur Kunst des 16. bis 19. Jahrhunderts
Volume	7
Journal	Niederdeutsche Beiträge zur Kunstgeschichte
Year of Publication	2022
Pages	8-31

Show Literature

Ernst, Herzog von Braunschweig-Grubenhagen, about 1543

Images

Documents

DE_LHW_G38_FR-none_2001-05-01_Treatment-report-002.pdf

Technical studies

06. 2010Technical examination / Scientific analysis

Infrared reflectography

Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

- an underdrawing is not visible

[Smith, Sandner, Heydenreich cda 2014]

photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
photographed by Ingo Sandner

X-radiography

Conservation History

Date01.05.2001

DE_LHW_G38_FR-none_2001-05-01_Treatment-report-002.pdf

conservation treatment by Ateliergemeinschaft Reschke & Beck

Date16.06.1987

conservation treatment by Werner Körber

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