Portrait of a Bearded Man

Portrait of a Bearded Man

Titles

Portrait of a Bearded Man

[Exhib. Cat. Tokyo, Nagoya 1994, No. 77]

Portrait of H. Burtenbach von Ravensburg

[Cat. Aachen 1932, Nr. 105]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Exhib. Cat. Tokyo, Nagoya 1994, No. 77]

The half-length portrait of a middle aged man is shown in three-quarters profile against a dark green curtain. He is wearing a dark cloak with a grey shiny organic pattern and a brown fur collar. Underneath this he is dressed in a white pleated shirt with a stiff undulated collar

The half-length portrait of a middle aged man is shown in three-quarters profile against a dark green curtain. He is wearing a dark cloak with a grey shiny organic pattern and a brown fur collar. Underneath this he is dressed in a white pleated shirt with a stiff undulated collar embroidered with gold thread. Some of his chest hair is visible through an open split in the shirt. A black bib completes this outfit. His short hair peeps out from under a broad-rimmed black hat. The striking features of his angular face are the clipped beard and eyes gazing upwards as well as his open questioning mouth are striking. His beard, his hairstyle and his clothing correspond with the contemporary fashion. His fleshy hands are shown imposingly clasped, but are cropped at the bottom edge of the painting. The signet ring on the index finger of his left hand, the electoral coat-of-arms and the inverted initials 'HR' confirm the sitter's aristocratic origins.

[Sylvia Böhmer, in Exhib. Cat. Tokyo, Nagoya 1994, No. 77]

Attributions
Circle of Lucas Cranach the Elder
Master of the Mass of St Gregory

Attributions

Circle of Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Exhib. Cat. Tokyo, Nagoya 1994, No. 77]

Master of the Mass of St Gregory

[cda 2015]

Production date
1526

Production date

1526

[dated]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 54.7 x 39.3 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 54.7 x 39.3 cm

  • [Exhib. Cat. Tokyo, Nagoya 1994, No. 77]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia at the top left: serpent (without wings)

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia at the top left: serpent (without wings)

  • [cda 2015]

Inscriptions and Labels

Top right: '. 1526 . IN 25. TAG SEPTE:
. MEIN ALTER 36
H. R.'
[cda 2015]

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

  • Top right:

  • '. 1526 . IN 25. TAG SEPTE:

  • . MEIN ALTER 36

  • H. R.'

  • [cda 2015]

Owner
Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum, Aachen
Repository
Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum, Aachen
Location
Aachen
CDA ID
DE_SLMA_GK0105
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_SLMA_GK0105/

Provenance

  • until 1862 in the collection of Weyer, Cologne, as Cranach: Portrait of Burtenbach von Ravensburg
  • Gift from Count Stroganoff
  • Franz Bock Collection
    [Exhib. Cat. Aachen 1993, No. 21]

Exhibitions

Tokyo, Nagoya 1994, No. 77

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Exhib. Cat. Tokyo, Nagoya 1994 178, 269 77
EditorThe National Museum of Modern Art Tokyo, Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Nagoya
TitleHeilige und Menschen. Eine Ausstellung des Suermondt-Ludwig-Museums/Museen der Stadt Aachen, Tokyo, National Museum of Western Art, 26 April - 26 June 1994; Nagoya, Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, 23 Sept. - 3 Nov. 1994
Place of PublicationTokyo
Year of Publication1994
Show Literature
Cat. Aachen 1932 38 105
AuthorIda M. Schmitz
EditorSuermondt-Ludwig-Museum, Aachen
TitleGemälde-Katalog. Suermondt-Museum, Aachen
Place of PublicationAachen
Year of Publication1932
Show Literature
  • Portrait of a Bearded Man, 1526

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Technical studies

06. 2015Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared reflectography
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Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

Tools/Material:

- dry, black drawing material; dark chalk

Type/Ductus:

- economic, relatively freehand underdrawing

- thin lines

Function:

- roughly binding for the final painted version; the facial features are indicated with a occasional double searching lines; not representation of volume with hatching-strokes

Deviations:

- isolated corrections were made to the forms during the painting process; no changes

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

Follower of Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Sandner, Smith-Contini, Heydenreich, cda 2016]

  • photographed by Ingo Sandner
  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich

Condition Reports

Date1994

  • the panel has been trimmed on all four sides, thinned and attached to an oak wood panel; the panel consists of four vertically aligned planks of different widths; there is a small indentation on the reverse at the top left.

  • large areas of retouching in the fur-trimming and the curtain on the right side of the image and the right ear; small retouches scattered across the entire surface.

  • yellowed varnish.

[Exhib. Cat. Tokyo, Nagoya 1994, No. 77]

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