Portrait of a Man

Portrait of a Man

Title

Portrait of a Man

[CDA 2011]

Painting on beech wood

Medium

Painting on beech wood

[Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 498]
[Klein, Report 2003]

A half-length portrait of a man, facing left against a blue background. The sitter is wearing a black gown over a white shirt of which only the collar is visible. He has a black hat on his head. His brown beard is trimmed straight under his chin so that it

A half-length portrait of a man, facing left against a blue background. The sitter is wearing a black gown over a white shirt of which only the collar is visible. He has a black hat on his head. His brown beard is trimmed straight under his chin so that it appears bushy around the cheeks.

[Görres, cda 2016]

Attributions
Lucas Cranach the Younger
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Lucas Cranach the Younger

[Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 498]
[Marx 1998][1]
[Zimmermann 1947, 51][1]
[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932, No. 341][1]
[Flechsig 1900 A, 275, 276][1]

[1] [Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 500]

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 498]
[Friedländer 1917, No. 164][1]
[Woermann, Exhib. Cat. Dresden 1899, No. 69][1]

[1] [Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 500]

Production date
1544

Production date

1544

[dated]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 61.5 x 47.5 x 1 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 61.5 x 47.5 x 1 cm

  • [Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, revised 2011]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia top right: winged serpent with dropped wings and dated '1544'

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia top right: winged serpent with dropped wings and dated '1544'

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscription, top: 'AETATIS SVE . 50' Reverse of the panel:
[Gal.-Nr., repeatedly]; [Sammlungsnachweis Dresden, repeatedly]; in black …

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

  • Inscription, top:

  • 'AETATIS SVE . 50'

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

  • Reverse of the panel:

  • [Gal.-Nr., repeatedly]; [Sammlungsnachweis Dresden, repeatedly]; in black ink: '14 [or 17]'; in red chalk: '186'; in black paint: 'G 31 [?] L N'

  • [Schlegel 2003, 66][1]

  • [1][Schlegel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 498]

Owner
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
Repository
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
Location
Dresden
CDA ID
DE_SKD_GG1917A
FR (1978) Nr.
FR424
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_SKD_GG1917A/

Provenance

  • 1917 bought from the collection of Richard von Kaufmann, Berlin
  • 1920 first mention of the panel in the Galerie
    [Posse, Cat. Dresden 1920][1]
  • 1945 war loss
  • 1958 withdrawn from the auction at Christie's and returned to Dresden in 1959

[1][Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 500]
[Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 500]

Exhibitions

Dresden 1899, No. 69
Dresden 1937, 14
Zürich 1971, No. 15
Dresden 1998, 148, 149
Chemnitz 2005, No. 46

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Kolb 2015 A 211, Fn. 25-28; 212, Fn. 29-33; 214 Fig. 4
AuthorKarin Kolb
TitleZuschreibung im Cranach-Oeuvre. Neue Überlegungen zu einem alten Problem
Publicationin Elke A. Werner, Anne Eusterschulte, Gunnar Heydenreich, eds., Lucas Cranach der Jüngere und die Reformation der Bilder
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication2015
Pages206-215
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Maaz 2010 78, 79
AuthorBernhard Maaz
TitleCranach in der Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister Dresden
Place of PublicationBerlin, Munich
Year of Publication2010
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Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005 406, 498-501 46 Pl. p. 499
EditorHarald Marx, Karin Kolb, Ingrid Mössinger
TitleCranach Anlässlich der Ausstellung Cranach vom 13. November 2005 bis 12. März 2006 in den Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz. Eine Ausstellung in Kooperation mit der Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister der Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen Dresden
Place of PublicationCologne
Year of Publication2005
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Kolb 2005 A 159, 173 Fn. 236 46
AuthorKarin Kolb
TitleCranach - Die Gemälde in Dresden und ihre Geschichte
Publicationin Harald Marx, Ingrid Mössinger, Karin Kolb, eds., Cranach. Gemälde aus Dresden, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz
Place of PublicationCologne
Year of Publication2005
Pages112-173
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Kolb 2005 C 538, 555, 557, 558, 572 46
AuthorKarin Kolb
TitleDokumentation zum Dresdener Cranach-Bestand
Publicationin Harald Marx, Ingrid Mössinger, Karin Kolb, eds., Cranach. Gemälde aus Dresden, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz
Place of PublicationCologne
Year of Publication2005
Pages526-572
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Schölzel 2005 195 46
AuthorChristoph Schölzel
TitleZeichnungen unter der Farbschicht. Zu den Unterzeichnungen von Cranachs Gemälden in der Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister und in der Rüstkammer Dresden
Publicationin Harald Marx, Ingrid Mössinger, Karin Kolb, eds., Cranach. Gemälde aus Dresden, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz
Place of PublicationCologne
Year of Publication2005
Pages182-197
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Schlegel 2003 66-68
AuthorArmgard Schlegel
TitleTechnologische Untersuchungen an Holzbildträgern von Gemälden der Cranachwerkstatt in den Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen Dresden
Place of PublicationDresden
IssueSeminararbeit der Hochschule für Bildende Künste Dresden
Year of Publication2003
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Exhib. Cat. Dresden 1998 148, 149
EditorHarald Marx, Jutta Charlotte von Bloh
TitleZurück in Dresden. Eine Ausstellung ehemals vermißter Werke aus Dresdener Museen. Skulpturensammlung, Rüstkammer, Kupferstich-Kabinett, Gemäldegalerie Alte und Neue Meister, Kunstgewerbemuseum, Porzellansammlung
Place of PublicationEurasberg
Year of Publication1998
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 156 No. 424 Fig. 424
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
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Exhib. Cat. Zurich 1971 A No. 15
Authorn. a.
TitleKunstschätze aus Dresden
Place of PublicationZurich
Year of Publication1971
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Seydewitz 1969 199-222
AuthorRuth Seydewitz, Max Seydewitz
TitleDer verschenkte Herkules. Geschichten um Bilder
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1969
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Menz 1961 A 18
AuthorHenner Menz
TitleZwei wiedergewonnene Cranach-Gemälde
JournalBildende Kunst
Issue9
Year of Publication1961
Pages16-19
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Zimmermann E. H. 1947 51
AuthorErnst Heinrich Zimmermann
TitleÜber das Bildnis Lucas Cranachs des Älteren in den Uffizien zu Florenz
JournalZeitschrift für Kunstwissenschaft
Issue1
Year of Publication1947
Pages51-53
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Exhib. Cat. Dresden 1937 14
Authorn. a.
TitleLucas Cranach der Ältere und der Jüngere. Ausstellung von Werken aus dem Besitze der Staatlichen Gemäldegalerie und dem Staatlichen Kupferstichkabinet
Place of PublicationDresden
Year of Publication1937
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932 341
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1932
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/friedlaender1932
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Heyck 1927 96
AuthorEduard Heyck
TitleLucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBielefeld
Year of Publication1927
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Seidlitz 1921 184
AuthorWoldemar von Seidlitz
TitleDie Kunst in Dresden vom Mittelalter bis zur Neuzeit. Bd. I: 1464-1625
Volume1
Place of PublicationDresden
Year of Publication1921
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Cat. Dresden 1920
AuthorHans Posse
TitleKatalog der Staatlichen Gemäldegalerie zu Dresden. Kleine Ausgabe
Place of PublicationDresden
Year of Publication1920
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Friedländer 1917 No. 164
AuthorMax J. Friedländer
TitleDie Sammlung Richard von Kaufmann Berlin. Die niederländischen, französischen und deutschen Gemälde
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1917
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Flechsig 1900 A 275, 276
AuthorEduard Flechsig
TitleCranachstudien
Volume1
Place of PublicationLeipzig
Year of Publication1900
Link page/n5/mode/2up
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Flechsig 1900 B No. 129
AuthorEduard Flechsig
TitleTafelbilder Lucas Cranachs d. Ä. und seiner Werkstatt
Volume1, 2
Place of PublicationLeipzig
Year of Publication1900
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/flechsig1900tafeln
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Exhib. Cat. Dresden 1899 No. 69
EditorKarl Woermann
TitleDeutsche Kunstausstellung Dresden 1899. Abteilung Cranach-Ausstellung. Wissenschaftliches Verzeichnis der ausgestellten Werke
Place of PublicationDresden
Year of Publication1899
Link http://resolver.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/SBB00002A2400000000
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Technical studies

24.10.2012Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared reflectography
  • irr

Underdrawing

Results

Drawing material:

- possibly a dry material

Technique:

- isolated lines that deviate from the painted version are visible; the underdrawing on the bridge of the nose and the thumb of the left hand was carried out with a dry material [1]

- underdrawing desribing the shape of the nose is visible as well as in the area of the eyes (left eyebrow)

- Alterations: folded hands - the fingers of the left hand were originally somewhat shorter

- painting process on the right side of the face visible: the beard was originally smaller and then made broader during the painting process

- damage in the paint layers are clearly visible in the background

[1][Schölzel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 498]

[Böhme, Schölzel, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, 2012]

  • photographed by Alexandra Böhme
  • photographed by Christoph Schölzel

2005Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared reflectography

Underdrawing

Isolated lines that deviate from the painted version are visible; the underdrawing on the bridge of the nose and the thumb of the left hand was carried out with a dry material

Framing

- new frame: a dark stained profiled frame in the style of the German Renaissance, 20th century

[Schölzel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 498]

31.10.2003Scientific analysis

  • Identification of wood species / Dendrochronology

Support

  • analysed by Peter Klein

2003Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • reverse

Support

- beech wood

- two vertical planks

- marks from a toothed plane

[Schlegel 2003, 66-68][1]

[Schlegel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 498]

  • X-radiography
  • x_radiograph
  • created by Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden

Condition Reports

Date2003

Support:

  • 1 cm thick (thinned)

  • cradle with nine vertical battens and six cross-battens (pine wood)

  • wax coating on the cradle and the reverse of the panel

  • woodworm damage (open channels)

Painted surface:

  • retouches in the upper part of the panel as well as the forehead of the man, isolated retouches on the robe and hands

  • matt, thin varnish

[Schlegel 2003, 66][1]

[Schlegel, Schölzel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 498]

Conservation History

Date1968

[GGAM, Abt. Restaurierung, Meldung][1]

[1][Schölzel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 498]

see also pdf

Date1959

[GGAM, Abt. Restaurierung, Restaurierungsprotokoll][1]

[1][Schölzel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 498]

see also pdf

Date1918

[Sächs, HStADD, 13458 SKD, GG Nr. 8, Bd. 14, Bl. 247, 249; Bd. 15, Bl. 192][1]

[1][Schölzel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 498]

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