The painting shows a half-length portrait of the Lübeck merchant Hans Sonnenschein against a pale background. He is wearing a fur-trimmed cloak over a black gown that contrast with the white collar and the gloves. Two coats of arms are represented above the sitter in the semi-circular top of the
The painting shows a half-length portrait of the Lübeck merchant Hans Sonnenschein against a pale background. He is wearing a fur-trimmed cloak over a black gown that contrast with the white collar and the gloves. Two coats of arms are represented above the sitter in the semi-circular top of the panel.
On the reverse death is represented as a skeleton holding an hourglass in his hand and there is a banner with text above him.
- Attribution
- Hans Kemmer
Attribution
| Hans Kemmer | [Heydenreich 2021 A, 55] [Exhib. Cat. Lübeck 2021, no. 9] [St. Annen-Museum, revised 2017] |
- Production date
- 1534
Production date
| 1534 | [dated] |
- Dimensions
- Dimensions of support: 54.6 x 39 cm
Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 54.6 x 39 cm
- Signature / Dating
Artist's insignia at the top right: 'HK' and dated '1534'
Signature / Dating
Artist's insignia at the top right: 'HK' and dated '1534'
- Inscriptions and Labels
Reverse: 'Dat bose vermijt unde acht de tijt' (Avoid evil and pay attention to time)
[Emmendörffer 1997, 155]'Dat …
Inscriptions and Labels
Inscriptions, Badges:
Reverse:
'Dat bose vermijt unde acht de tijt' (Avoid evil and pay attention to time)
[Emmendörffer 1997, 155]
'Dat bose vermijt unde acht de rijt'
Coat of arms: Sonnenschein: blue ground shown as water charged with a rising sun and two six pointed stars.
House mark on a red ground accompanied by the linked initials: ‘WV’ und ‘B’
- Owner
- Kulturstiftung Hansestadt Lübeck, die Lübecker Museen
- Repository
- St. Annen-Museum, Lübeck
- Location
- Lübeck
- CDA ID
- DE_SAML_1974-100
- FR (1978) Nr.
- FR-none
- Persistent Link
- https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_SAML_1974-100/
