Veit Dietrich on his Deathbed

Titles

Veit Dietrich on his Deathbed	[Kokoska 1994, 196f., 287, Fig. Typ V, 3]
Philipp Melanchthon on his Deathbed	[Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte Oldenburg, revised 2014]
Caspar Cruciger on his Deathbed	? [cda 2022]

Painting on beech

Medium

Painting on beech

[Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte Oldenburg, revised 2014]

Bust portrait of a man in a white shirt on his deathbed. Facing left.

[Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte Oldenburg, revised 2014]

Attribution: Workshop of Lucas Cranach the Younger

Attribution

Workshop of Lucas Cranach the Younger

[Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte Oldenburg, revised 2014]

Production dates: after 1549
after 1560

Production dates

after 1549	[Kokoska 1994, 196f., 287, Fig. Typ V, 3]
after 1560	[Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte Oldenburg 2014]

Dimensions: Dimensions of support: 36 x 23 cm

Dimensions

Dimensions of support: 36 x 23 cm
Dimensions including frame: 47.3 x 34 x 2 cm
[Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte Oldenburg, revised 2014]

Signature / Dating: Artist's insignia at the right at head-height: winged serpent with dropped wings, beneath the letter 'L'

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia at the right at head-height: winged serpent with dropped wings, beneath the letter 'L'
[Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte Oldenburg, revised 2014]

Inscriptions and Labels

beneath the winged serpent: the letter 'L'
[Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte Oldenburg, revised 2014]

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

- beneath the winged serpent:
the letter 'L'
[Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte Oldenburg, revised 2014]

Owner: Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte Oldenburg
Repository: Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte Oldenburg
Location: Oldenburg

CDA ID: DE_LmKKO_15-575
FR (1978) Nr.: FR-none
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_LmKKO_15-575/

Provenance

in 1804 acquired by Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein
recorded in the museum from 1805, No. 39
[Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte Oldenburg, revised 2014]

Exhibitions

Bremen 2009

Literature

Reference on page

Catalogue Number

Figure / Plate

Exhib. Cat. Bremen 2009

No. 20

Editor	Rainer Stamm
Title	Lucas Cranach der Schnellste
Place of Publication	Bremen
Year of Publication	2009

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Cat. Oldenburg 1967

Fig.

Author	Herbert Wolfgang Keiser
Title	Gemäldegalerie Oldenburg
Volume	1, 2
Place of Publication	Munich
Year of Publication	1967

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Cat. Oldenburg 1868

No. 187

Author	Baron A. von Alten
Title	Verzeichniß der Gemälde und Gypsabgüsse in der Grossherzoglichen Sammlung zu Oldenburg
Place of Publication	Oldenburg
Year of Publication	1868

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Research History / Discussion

A similar signature has been identified on a further three panels, one in Oldenburg: a Portrait of Erasmus [DE_LmKKO_15-574], a Portrait of Philipp Melanchthon now in the Mauritshuis in The Hague [NL_RM_SK-A-2561] and a Portrait of Caspar Cruciger now in a private collection [PRIVATE_NONE-P516] All four panels are also of approximately the same dimensions.

[cda 2022]

Veit Dietrich on his Deathbed, after 1549

Images

Documents

DE_LmKKO_15-575_FR-none_1994_Analysis-report.pdf

Technical studies

14.05.1992Scientific analysis

Dendrochronology / identification of wood species

DE_LmKKO_15-575_FR-none_1994_Analysis-report.pdf

Support

Identification of wood species: beech wood

Youngest annual ring: 1531

[Klein Report, 14.05.1992]

analysed by Peter Klein

Similar Motifs

Support made from the same tree

Citing from the Cranach Digital Archive

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