Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg

Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg

Title

Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg

[CDA 2012]

Painting on limewood (Tilia sp.)

Medium

Painting on limewood (Tilia sp.)

[Exhib. Cat. Berlin 2009, 165-166, I.8]

Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg is depicted as a half-length figure against a dark green curtain. He is turned slightly to the right and looks in the same direction. His opulent brocade coat is interwoven with gold and only his red biretta indicates his status as cardinal. He wears numerous rings

Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg is depicted as a half-length figure against a dark green curtain. He is turned slightly to the right and looks in the same direction. His opulent brocade coat is interwoven with gold and only his red biretta indicates his status as cardinal. He wears numerous rings on the fingers of his clasped hands.

[see Elke A. Werner, Exhib. Cat. Berlin 2009, 165-166, I.8]

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

Attributions

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

'Schule', Simon Franck (?)
[Exhib. Cat. Berlin 2009, 165-166, I.8][Hinz, Exhib. Cat. Halle 2006, 187]

Master of the Mass of St Gregory

[(Simon Frank?), cda 2024]

Production date
after 1529

Production date

after 1529

[Exhib. Cat. Berlin 2009, 165-166, I.8]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 53.4 x 40.2 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 53.4 x 40.2 cm

  • [Exhib. Cat. Berlin 2009, 165-166, I.8]

Signature / Dating

none

Owner
Stiftung Preussische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg
Repository
Grunewald hunting lodge
Location
Grunewald
CDA ID
DE_SPSG_GKI10219
FR (1978) Nr.
FR182B
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_SPSG_GKI10219/

Provenance

  • 1908 purchased by Kaiser Wilhelm II
    [Exhib. Cat. Berlin 2009, 165-166, I.8]

Exhibitions

Halle 2006, no. 90
Berlin 2009/10, Cat. no. I.8

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Exhib. Cat. Berlin 2009 A 165-166 No. I.8 Fig. I.8
EditorStiftung Preussische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg
TitleCranach und die Kunst der Renaissance unter den Hohenzollern. Kirche, Hof und Stadtkultur
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication2009
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Decot 2007 Fig. 9
AuthorRolf Decot
TitleEin Kirchenfürst in schwieriger Zeit: Albrecht von Brandenburg (1513/14-1545)
Publicationin Gerhard Ermischer, Andreas Tacke, eds., Cranach im Exil. Aschaffenburg um 1540. Zuflucht, Schatzkammer, Residenz, Exhib. Cat. Aschaffenburg
Place of PublicationRegensburg
Year of Publication2007
Pages55-75
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Exhib. Cat. Aschaffenburg 2007 327 No. 74 Fig. p. 327
EditorGerhard Ermischer, Andreas Tacke
TitleCranach im Exil. Aschaffenburg um 1540. Zuflucht - Schatzkammer - Residenz. Ausstellungskatalog Schloss Johannisburg und Kunsthalle Jesuitenkirche
Place of PublicationRegensburg
Year of Publication2007
Show Literature
Exhib. Cat. Halle 2006 187-189 090 Pl. p. 189
EditorThomas Schauerte
TitleDer Kardinal Albrecht von Brandenburg. Renaissancefürst und Mäzen. Bd. 1: Katalog
Place of PublicationRegensburg
Year of Publication2006
Show Literature
Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 106 No. 182B
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
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Research History / Discussion

‘The cardinal’s features are obviously aged and suggest that the portrait was executed after 1529. Cranach, his workshop and his circle generally employed – presumably with the assistance of a stencil – a prototype from about 1525 for the numerous portraits of Albrecht, which depicted the characteristic physiognomy with the large face, the small surly mouth, the eye bags and the long nose. However, despite this the ageing is still apparent.’

[Elke A. Werner, Exhib. Cat. Berlin 2009, 165-166, I.8]

  • Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg, after 1529

Images

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Technical studies

01. 2010Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared reflectography
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Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

Tools/Material:

- fluid, black medium, brush

Type/Ductus:

- traced or copied underdrawing

- thin lines

Function:

- binding for the final painted version; lines delineate the main contours and describe facial features; representation of volume with short strokes

Deviations:

- minor corrections were made to forms during the painting process

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- an apprentice from the Cranach workshop (Simon Franck?)

Comments:

- transferred from a pre-existing design

[Sandner, Smith-Contini, Heydenreich, cda 2019]

  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
  • photographed by Ingo Sandner

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