Margrave George the Devout of Brandenburg-Ansbach

Margrave George the Devout of Brandenburg-Ansbach

Title

Margrave George the Devout of Brandenburg-Ansbach

[cda 2012]

Painting on limewood (Tilia sp.)

Medium

Painting on limewood (Tilia sp.)

[Exhib. Cat. Berlin 2009, 179, no. II.2]

In the painting Margrave Georg the Devout of Brandenburg-Ansbach is depicted as a half-length figure against a light background. He is turned slightly to the right, but he looks out at the viewer. He wears a black coat with a fur collar over his black gown and a black hat.

In the painting Margrave Georg the Devout of Brandenburg-Ansbach is depicted as a half-length figure against a light background. He is turned slightly to the right, but he looks out at the viewer. He wears a black coat with a fur collar over his black gown and a black hat. He has numerous chains around his neck and rings on the fingers of his left hand.

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Younger

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Younger

[Exhib. Cat. Berlin 2009, 179, No. II.2]

Production date
1571

Production date

1571

[dated]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 94.1 x 77 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 94.1 x 77 cm

  • [Exhib. Cat. Berlin 2009, 179, no. II.2]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia over his right shoulder: serpent (with dropped wings) and date '1571'

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia over his right shoulder: serpent (with dropped wings) and date '1571'

Owner
Hohenzoller dynasty, Georg Friedrich Prince of Prussia
Repository
Grunewald hunting lodge
Location
Grunewald
CDA ID
DE_SPSG_GKI1048
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_SPSG_GKI1048/

Provenance

  • probably commissioned by Margrave Georg Friedrich of Brandenburg, the son of Georg, for an ancestral portrait gallery in Plassenburg
  • 1786 Schloss Ansbach (Ansbach Castle), from where it was transferred to Berlin in 1811
    [Exhib. Cat. Berlin 2009, 179-180, no. II.3]

Exhibitions

Berlin 2009/10, no. II.2

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Exhib. Cat. Berlin 2009 A 179 No. II.2 Fig. II.2
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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Most, Wolf et al. 2009 91 Fig. 5
AuthorMechthild Most, Anja Wolf, Jens Bartoll, Peter Klein, Undine Köhler, Eva Wenders de Calisse
TitleZur Maltechnik der beiden Cranach und ihrer Werkstatt. Ergebnisse der technologischen Untersuchung der Bildtafeln der Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten
Publicationin Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg, Evangelische Kirchengemeinde St. Petri-St. Marien, eds., Cranach und die Kunst der Renaissance unter den Hohenzollern, Exhib. Cat. Berlin
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication2009
Pages86-97
Show Literature
Schade 1974 104
AuthorWerner Schade
TitleDie Malerfamilie Cranach
Place of PublicationDresden
Year of Publication1974
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/schade1974
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Börsch-Supan 1964 52-53 No. 35
AuthorHelmut Börsch-Supan
TitleDie Gemälde im Jagdschloss Grunewald
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1964
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Rumpf 1823 376 (?)
AuthorJohan Daniel Friedrich Rumpf
TitleNeuester Wegweiser durch die Königl. Preußischen Staaten. Ein Handbuch für Fremde und Einheimische. Beschreibung der aeussern und innern Merkwürdigkeiten der Königlichen Schlösser in Berlin, Charlottenburg, Schönhausen in und bey Potsdam.
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1823
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Research History / Discussion

‚The underdrawing suggests that a study portrait was executed before the death of the margrave in 1543 and kept in the Cranach workshop. This was then used by Lucas Cranach the younger for this later posthumous portrait.’

[Elke A. Werner, Exhib. Cat. Berlin 2009, 179, no. II.2]

  • Margrave George the Devout of Brandenburg-Ansbach, 1571

Images

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Technical studies

01. 2010Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared reflectography
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Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

Tools/Material:

- dry drawing material, dark chalk

Type/Ductus:

- economic and freehand underdrawing

- delicate, fine lines

Function:

- relatively binding for the final painted version; lines delineate the main contours and describe essential details and facial features; no representation of volume

Deviations:

- minor corrections were made to forms during the painting process

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- Lucas Cranach the Younger or his workshop

Comments:

- probably after a pre-existing design

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

  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
  • photographed by Ingo Sandner

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