Johann II of Anhalt

Johann II of Anhalt

Title

Johann II of Anhalt

[Kulturstiftung Dessau Wörlitz; http://museum-digital.de/san/index.php?t=objekt&oges=202; accessed 25 March 2015]

Painting on beech wood

Medium

Painting on beech wood

[cda 2015]

Prince Johann is shown as a bust portrait close to the picture plane and facing right. His face, framed by a beard and dark brown hair, is shown in three-quarter profile. At the top left edge there are remnants of the date (1532) and the sitter's age ([?]8). He is

Prince Johann is shown as a bust portrait close to the picture plane and facing right. His face, framed by a beard and dark brown hair, is shown in three-quarter profile. At the top left edge there are remnants of the date (1532) and the sitter's age ([?]8). He is wearing a particularly costly black coat. The collar and parts of the coat are decorated with golden brocade-like material, which Cranach hs executed employing a metallic glaze singular amongst his oeuvre. Beneath the coat the sitter wears a white shirt with a high collar decorated with golden embroidery and a neckband with pearls. There is a signet ring bearing the Anhalt coat-of-arms on his index finger and he wears a pearl necklace across his chest.

[Kulturstiftung Dessau Wörlitz; http://museum-digital.de/san/index.php?t=objekt&oges=202; accessed 25 March 2015]

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Kulturstiftung Dessau Wörlitz; http://museum-digital.de/san/index.php?t=objekt&oges=202; accessed 25 March 2015]

Production date
1532

Production date

1532

[Remains of a dating]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 52 x 36.4 x 0.5 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 52 x 36.4 x 0.5 cm

  • [cda 2015]

Signature / Dating
  • at the top centre, right: barely legible date '[15]32' as well as further numbers beneath '[...]8'. This probably refers to the age of the sitter who would have been 28 in 1532.

Signature / Dating

    • at the top centre, right: barely legible date '[15]32' as well as further numbers beneath '[...]8'. This probably refers to the age of the sitter who would have been 28 in 1532.

  • [cda 2015]

Inscriptions and Labels
  • beneath the date: remnants of a double-digit number: '[...]8' This probably refers to the age of the sitter …

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

    • beneath the date:

  • remnants of a double-digit number: '[...]8' This probably refers to the age of the sitter who would have been 28 in 1532.

  • [cda 2015]

Owner
Bundesland Sachsen-Anhalt
Repository
Kulturstiftung Dessau Wörlitz, Gotisches Haus (The Gothic House)
Location
Wörlitz
CDA ID
DE_SA-KsDW_M17-2006
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_SA-KsDW_M17-2006/

Connected Works

Joachim of Anhalt
  • Joachim of Anhalt, 1532
  • DE_SA-KsDW_M16-2006
  • Painting
  • Bundesland Sachsen-Anhalt

Provenance

  • on permanent loan from the Land Sachsen-Anhalt to the Gotische Haus Wörlitz

[Kulturstiftung Dessau Wörlitz; http://museum-digital.de/san/index.php?t=objekt&oges=202; accessed 25 March 2015]

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Exhib. Cat. Wörlitz 2015 136-137
EditorKulturstiftung Dessau Wörlitz
EditingWolfgang Savelsberg
TitleCranach im Gotischen Haus in Wörlitz, [Wörlitz, Gotisches Haus, 15 May - 4 Oct. 2015]
SeriesKataloge und Schriften der Kulturstiftung Dessau Wörlitz
Volume35
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication2015
Show Literature
Melzer 2015 B 153, 154 9
AuthorReinhard Melzer
TitleDer Cranach-Bestand des Gotischen Hauses
Publicationin Kulturstiftung Dessau-Wörlitz, ed., Cranach im Gotischen Haus in Wörlitz, Exhib. Cat. Wörlitz
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication2015
Pages149-162
Show Literature
Rode 1818
AuthorAugust Rode
TitleDas Gothische Haus zu Wörlitz, nebst anderen Ergänzungen der Beschreibung des Herzoglichen Landhauses und Gartens zu Wörlitz
Place of PublicationDessau
Year of Publication1818
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  • Johann II of Anhalt, 1532

Images

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  • overall
  • reverse
  • irr
  • uv_light

Technical studies

03. 2015Technical Examination

  • reverse

Support

- the support consists of two beech wood planks aligned horizontally

- the panel is 0.5 cm thick

- a batten c. 1.5 cm in width was attached to the bottom edge

- the bare wood is exposed on the reverse and tow has been applied along the join

[Heydenreich, cda 2015]

  • examined by Gunnar Heydenreich

03. 2015Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared reflectography
  • irr

Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

- an underdrawing is not readily visible; possibly transferred from a pre-existing design?

[Sandner, Smith-Contini, Heydenreich, cda 2015]

  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
  • photographed by Ingo Sandner

2006Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • UV-light photography
  • uv_light
  • photographed by Heinz Fräßdorf

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