The painting in Kassel shows the duke wearing simple, unembellished clothes. He wears a fur-lined robe with broad lapels and a beret with a brim covering his forehead and folded back at the sides. The main features of his face are recorded with a few distinctive lines. The light falling
The painting in Kassel shows the duke wearing simple, unembellished clothes. He wears a fur-lined robe with broad lapels and a beret with a brim covering his forehead and folded back at the sides. The main features of his face are recorded with a few distinctive lines. The light falling on the significant forms make them stand out clearly. [...] The face radiates energy and authority. The wrinkles between the eyebrows and the fixed gaze into the far distance contribute to this. The compact shape of the beret and the beard with their matching, diagonally ascending outlines make the head appear broader and more imposing. On the right side above the sitter's shoulder a mountain ridge is visible. Behind this is an expansive sky in which the hues characteristic of numerous other Cranach paintings are employed. These consist of yellow at the bottom which merges with pink and then blue.
[Cat. Kassel 1997, 79-80]
- Attributions
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Lucas Cranach the Elder and workshop
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder
Attributions
Lucas Cranach the Elder and workshop | [Cat. Kassel 1997, 77] |
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder | [Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 429] |
- Production date
- about 1528
Production date
about 1528 | [Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 429] [Cat. Kassel 1997, 77] |
- Dimensions
- Dimensions of support: 28.4 x 22.3/22.5 (bottom/top) x 1-1.2 cm
Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 28.4 x 22.3/22.5 (bottom/top) x 1-1.2 cm
(trimmed along all edges)
[Cat. Kassel 1997, 77]
- Signature / Dating
None
- Inscriptions and Labels
Verso: - bottom left:
in red paint '1223' (Inventory number from the ll. Supplement to inventory of 1749)Reverse of …
Inscriptions and Labels
Stamps, Seals, Labels:
Verso: - bottom left:
in red paint '1223' (Inventory number from the ll. Supplement to inventory of 1749)
Reverse of the panel:
- in red paint the inventory number of the II. Supplements '1223'
- a label from the Staatl. Museen Kassel, 20th century
- in white chalk, in part illegible inscription, among others '2. Supplement'
- at the right edge:
remnants of an english newspaper from 1876
[Cat. Kassel 1997, 77]
- Owner
- Museumslandschaft Hessen Kassel
- Repository
- Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Kassel
- Location
- Kassel
- CDA ID
- DE_MHK_GK15
- FR (1978) Nr.
- FR318
- Persistent Link
- https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_MHK_GK15/