Since the late gothic period this pictorial type of bust portrait with hands has been favoured, however here the sitter has been set very tightly within the pictorial space. The position of the right hand suggests that the young man once held a flower or a ring between his thumb
Since the late gothic period this pictorial type of bust portrait with hands has been favoured, however here the sitter has been set very tightly within the pictorial space. The position of the right hand suggests that the young man once held a flower or a ring between his thumb and index finger. The number 22 beneath the delicately written insignia is probably the age of the sitter. It has been attempted to identify him as Dr. Hieronymus Schurpf (Schaich-Klose), a lawyer from Wittenberg. More recently Konrad von Rabenau convincingly suggested physiognomic similarities with the later portrait of Caspar von Köckritz (Paris, Louvre).
[Cat. Schwerin 1990, 19]
- Attribution
- Lucas Cranach the Elder
Attribution
| Lucas Cranach the Elder | [Cat. Schwerin 1990, 18] |
- Production date
- 1521
Production date
| 1521 | [dated] |
- Dimensions
- Dimensions of support: 30.5 x 23 cm
Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 30.5 x 23 cm
[Cat. Schwerin 1990, 18]
- Signature / Dating
Artist's insignia next to the shoulder: winged serpent and '22' as well as date at top left '15' and right '21'
Signature / Dating
Artist's insignia next to the shoulder: winged serpent and '22' as well as date at top left '15' and right '21'
[Cat. Schwerin 1990, 19]
- Owner
- Staatliches Museum Schwerin, Kunstsammlungen Schlösser, Gärten
- Repository
- Staatliches Museum Schwerin, Museum Schloss Güstrow
- Location
- Güstrow
- CDA ID
- DE_SMS_G2484
- FR (1978) Nr.
- FR144
- Persistent Link
- https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_SMS_G2484/
