Portrait of a Man without a Beard

Portrait of a Man without a Beard

Painting on laid paper

Medium

Painting on laid paper
brushes of varying width and oil containing paint, over dry, black drawing material, on paper prepared with oil

[Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz 2026]

The portrait depicts a middle aged man without a beard, which would have been in keeping with his age.

[Exhib. Cat. Frankfurt 2007, no. 81, 284]

See also German version

[cda 2026]

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, revised 2017]
[Exhib. Cat. Hamburg 2003, No. 12]

Dating
about 1510 - 1520
about 1515

Dating

about 1510 - 1520

[Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz 2026]
[Brinkmann, Exhib. Cat. Frankfurt 2007, 284, no. 81]

1510 - 1522

[Grimm, Exhib. Cat. Eisenach 1994, 341, 342, No. 163]

about 1510 - 1515

[Schade, Exhib. Cat. Hamburg 2003, No. 12]

about 1515

[Rosenberg 1960, 28, No. 73] [Schade 1974, pl. 64]

about 1515 - 1520

[Girshausen 1937, 38, No. 42]

Dimensions
Sheet: 223 x 160 mm

Dimensions

  • Sheet: 223 x 160 mm

  • [Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz 2026]

Signature / Dating

None

Labels

Verso, white chalk: '141'; bottom left, collection stamp in brown ink with addition in pencil: Königliches Kupferstichkabinett

Labels

later inscription, stamps, seals, labels:
Owner
Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz
Repository
Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz
Location
Berlin
CDA ID
DE_SMBKSK_KdZ4478
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_SMBKSK_KdZ4478/

Provenance

- acquired before 1855
[Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz 2026]

Exhibitions

Kronach 1994, No. 163
Hamburg 2003, No. 12
Frankfurt 2007, No. 81
Düsseldorf 2017, No. 166

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Exhib. Cat. Düsseldorf 2017 267-269 166
EditorGunnar Heydenreich, Daniel Görres, Beat Wismer
TitleLucas Cranach der Ältere. Meister - Marke - Moderne. [anlässlich der Ausstellung "Cranach. Meister - Marke - Moderne", Stiftung Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf, 08. April 2017 - 30. Juli 2017]
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication2017
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Exhib. Cat. Güstrow 2017 38 42
EditorTobias Pfeifer-Helke, Dirk Blübaum
TitleDie Cranachs. Die Werke des Staatlichen Museums Schwein
Place of PublicationBerlin, Munich
Year of Publication2017
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Hofbauer 2010 260, 261 119 Fig. p. 261
AuthorMichael Hofbauer
TitleCranach - die Zeichnungen
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication2010
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Exhib. Cat. Frankfurt 2007 284 81
EditorBodo Brinkmann
TitleCranach der Ältere, [Frankfurt, Städel Museum, 23.11.2007 - 17.02.2008]
Place of PublicationOstfildern
Year of Publication2007
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Exhib. Cat. Hamburg 2003 29, 168 012 Pl. 12
EditorBucerius Kunst Forum, Werner Schade
TitleLucas Cranach. Glaube, Mythologie und Moderne [Bucerius Kunst Forum, Hamburg]
Place of PublicationOstfildern-Ruit
Year of Publication2003
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Schade 2003 13 Fig. 1
AuthorWerner Schade
TitleBildhaftigkeit bei Cranach
Publicationin Heiz Spielmann, Werner Schade, eds., Lucas Cranach Glaube Mythologie und Maderne , Exhib. Cat. Hamburg 2003
Place of PublicationOstfildern-Ruit
Year of Publication2003
Pages12-21
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Exhib. Cat. Kronach 1994 341, 342 163
EditorClaus Grimm, Johannes Erichsen, Evamaria Brockhoff
TitleLucas Cranach. Ein Maler-Unternehmer aus Franken [Festung Rosenberg, Kronach 17.05 - 21.08.1994; Museum der Bildenden Künste, Leipzig 07.09 - 06.11.1994]
SeriesVeröffentlichungen zur bayerischen Geschichte und Kultur
Volume26
Place of PublicationAugsburg, Coburg
Year of Publication1994
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Schade 1974 Pl. 64
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 54 Fig. 29
AuthorWilhelm H. Köhler, Frank Steigerwald
TitleLucas Cranach. Gemälde, Zeichnungen, Druckgraphik
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1973
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Exhib. Cat. Berlin 1967 B 67
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 28 73
AuthorJakob Rosenberg
TitleDie Zeichnungen Lucas Cranachs d.Ä.
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1960
Link https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.42777
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Exhib. Cat. Munich 1956 050
Authorn. a.
TitleDeutsche Zeichnungen 1400 - 1900 [Munich, Berlin, Hamburg, before in Washington, Cleveland, Boston, San Francisco, New York]
Place of Publication[n.a.]
Year of Publication1956
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Winkler 1951 48 - 51
AuthorF. Winkler
TitleDie großen Zeichner
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1951
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Thöne 1939 B 18
AuthorFriedrich Thöne
TitleLukas Cranach d. Ä. Meisterzeichnungen
Place of PublicationBurg b. M.
Year of Publication1939
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Exhib. Cat. Berlin 1937 69 204 Pl. 138
EditorStaatliche Museen, Berlin
TitleLucas Cranach d. Ä. und Lucas Cranach d. J. Gemälde, Zeichnungen, Graphik
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1937
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Rosenberg 1934 A 181
AuthorJakob Rosenberg
TitleDeutsche Bildzeichnungen des 16. Jhs. im Museum zu Reims
JournalJahrbuch der Preußischen Kunstsammlungen
Issue55
Year of Publication1934
Pages181-189
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932 under No. 56
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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Cat. Berlin 1921 20 4478 Bd. II. pl. 26
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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Technical studies

2026Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Examination of paper / structural analysis

Support

Paper type: laid

Chain lines, orientation to image: -

Chain lines (intervals): not identifiable

Laid lines (density): not identifiable

Mould side: not identifiable

Formation: not identifiable

Paper defects: not identifiable

Shadow lines: not identifiable

Mould defects: not identifiable

[Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz 2026]

Process, Medium

See German version

[cda 2026]

2026Technical Examination

  • Watermark

Watermark: present

Watermark, motif: undecipherable

[Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz 2026]

25.07.2025Scientific analysis

  • Instrumental material analysis

X-ray fluorescence (XRF) (Thermo Scientific - Niton XL3t GOLDD+)

The following elements were detected using XRF and in conjunction with their optical characteristics the following fillers, drawing media and colourants could be identified:

M1 Brown (background): Pb, Ca, Fe, (Zn)

Pb: lead white / red lead (?); Ca: chalk / gypsum (?); Fe: iron oxide / ochre (?)

M2 Brown and black (neck): Pb, Ca, Fe, (Zn)

Pb: lead white / red lead (?); Ca: Chalk / gypsum (?); Fe: iron oxide / ochre (?)

M3 Red and brown (mouth): Pb, Ca, Hg, Fe, (Zn)

Pb: lead white / red lead (?); Ca: chalk / gypsum (?); Fe: iron oxide / ochre (?); Hg: vermillion

M4 White (eyeball): Pb, Ca, Cu, Fe, Hg (Zn)

Pb: lead white; Ca: chalk / gypsum (?); Cu: copper blue (?); Fe: iron oxide / ochre (?); Hg: vermillion

M5 Red (eyelid): Pb, Ca, Hg, Fe (Zn)

Pb: lead white / red lead (?); Ca: chalk / gypsum (?); Fe: iron oxide (?); Hg: vermillion

M6 Grey? (pupil): Pb, Ca, Cu, Hg, Fe, (Zn)

Pb: lead white / red lead (?); Ca: chalk / gypsum (?); Cu: copper-based green/ blue (?); Fe: iron oxide / ochre (?); Hg: vermillion

M7 Brown (hair): Pb, Ca, Fe, Hg, Cu, (Zn)

Pb: lead white/red lead (?); Ca: chalk/gypsum (?); Cu: copper-based green/blue (?); Fe: iron oxide/ochre (?); Hg: vermillion

[Gunnar Heydenreich, Sarah Critchley, unpublished analysis report, 25.07.2025]

  • examined by Gunnar Heydenreich
  • examined by Sarah Critchley

06. 2017Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared reflectography
  • irr

Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

The initial design was drawn with a stylus

[Sandner, Smith-Contini, Heydenreich, cda 2018]

  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
  • photographed by Ingo Sandner

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