Portrait of a Man with a Dark Brown Beard

Portrait of a Man with a Dark Brown Beard

Title

Portrait of a Man with a Dark Brown Beard

[cda 2017]

Painting on paper

Medium

Painting on paper

[Kupferstichkabinett, Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin, revised 2017]

The sitter is shown without hands in three-quarter profile, a close up bust representation.

[Buck 2015, 145]

Attributions
Lucas Cranach the Elder
Lucas Cranach the Younger

Attributions

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Girshausen 1937, 58, No. 85]
[Rosenberg 1934]
[Bock, Cat. Berlin 1921, 55, pl. 69]

Lucas Cranach the Younger

[Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, revised 2017]
[Buck 2015, 145]
[Hofbauer 2010, 456, No. 228]
[Schade 1974, pl. 223]
[Rosenberg 1960, 33, No. 92]
[Zimmermann 1942]

Hans Holbein the Younger

[Woltmann 1876, 119, 120, No. 122]

Production dates
about 1550
about 1530 - 1540

Production dates

about 1550

[Schade 1974, Pl. 223]

about 1530 - 1540

[Girshausen 1937, 58, No. 85]

about 1540 - 1545

[Rosenberg 1960, 33, No. 92]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 25.3 x 17.7 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 25.3 x 17.7 cm

  • [Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, revised 2017]

Signature / Dating

None

Owner
Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Preußischer Kulturbesitz
Repository
Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Preußischer Kulturbesitz
Location
Berlin
CDA ID
DE_SMBKSK_KdZ2378
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_SMBKSK_KdZ2378/

Exhibitions

Berlin 1937, No. 208
Berlin 1973, No. 55

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Buck 2015 144-147 Fig. 1
AuthorStephanie Buck
TitleAuf Papier. Zu Cranachs Bildnisstudien
Publicationin Elke A. Werner, Anne Eusterschulte, Gunnar Heydenreich, eds., Lucas Cranach der Jüngere und die Reformation der Bilder
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication2015
Pages142-153
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Hofbauer 2011 456 228
AuthorMichael Hofbauer
TitleCranach - die Zeichnungen
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication2011
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Schade 1974 Fig. 223
AuthorWerner Schade
TitleDie Malerfamilie Cranach
Place of PublicationDresden
Year of Publication1974
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/schade1974
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Exhib. Cat. Berlin 1973 48, 49 55 Fig. 30
AuthorWilhelm H. Köhler, Frank Steigerwald
TitleLucas Cranach. Gemälde, Zeichnungen, Druckgraphik
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1973
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Exhib. Cat. Berlin 1967 69
AuthorFedja Anzelewsky
TitleDürer und seine Zeit, Meisterzeichnungen aus dem Berliner Kupferstichkbinett [Berlin-Dahlem]
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1967
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Rosenberg 1960 33 92
AuthorJakob Rosenberg
TitleDie Zeichnungen Lucas Cranachs d.Ä.
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1960
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Zimmermann E. H. 1942 A
AuthorErnst Heinrich Zimmermann
TitleEin Bildnisentwurf Lucas Cranachs d. J.
JournalBerliner Museen
Issue63 (1942)
Year of Publication1942
Pages2-4
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Girshausen 1937 58 85
AuthorTheo Ludwig Girshausen
TitleDie Handzeichnungen Lucas Cranachs d. Ä.
Place of PublicationFrankfurt a. M.
Year of Publication1937
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Girshausen 1936
AuthorTheo Ludwig Girshausen
TitleDie Handzeichnungen Lukas Cranachs des Älteren
Place of PublicationFrankfurt/Main
Year of Publication1936
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Cat. Berlin 1921 55 Fig. 69
AuthorElfried Bock
TitleDie Zeichnungen alter Meister im Kupferstichkabinett. Die deutschen Meister. Beschreibendes Verzeichnis sämtlicher Zeichnungen, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1921
Link https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/bock1921ga
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  • Portrait of a Man with a Dark Brown Beard, about 1550

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Condition Reports

Date2015

The paper support was cropped at the edges, but not so significantly that an original 'Mise en page' can be assumed. The reverse of the sheet is for the most part blank excepting isolated paint splashes and an incidental sketch of a head penned with a quill with exaggerated lines. The paper is brown in colour, but neither a wash application of water colours nor a toned sheet of paper can be confirmed. It is more likely that the sheet was rubbed with oil before it was used. The binding medium has only penetrated through to the reverse of the sheet in the area of the head, suggesting that the sheet was not completely immersed in oil.

[Buck 2015, 145]

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