Portrait of a Man without a Beard

Portrait of a Man without a Beard

Title

Portrait of a Man without a Beard

[cda 2017]

Painting on paper with a brownish ground application; initial design with a quill and chalk; lined on canvas

Medium

Painting on paper with a brownish ground application; initial design with a quill and chalk; lined on canvas

[Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, revised 2017]

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]

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

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

Production dates
about 1520
about 1515

Production dates

about 1520

[Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, revised 2017]
[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
Dimensions of support: 22.3 x 16 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 22.3 x 16 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_KdZ4478
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_SMBKSK_KdZ4478/

Provenance

  • acquired before 1855
    [Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, revised 2017]

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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Hofbauer 2011 260, 261 119 Fig. p. 261
AuthorMichael Hofbauer
TitleCranach - die Zeichnungen
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication2011
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Exhib. Cat. Frankfurt 2007 284 81
EditorBodo Brinkmann
TitleCranach der Ältere, [Frankfurt, Städel Museum, 23 Nov 2007 - 17 Feb 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 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
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Exhib. Cat. Munich 1956 50
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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Girshausen 1937 38 42
AuthorTheo Ludwig Girshausen
TitleDie Handzeichnungen Lucas Cranachs d. Ä.
Place of PublicationFrankfurt a. M.
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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  • Portrait of a Man without a Beard, about 1520

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Technical studies

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  • Infrared reflectography
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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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