Portrait of a Noble Man

Title

[cda 2017]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[cda 2017]

A bust-length portrait of a man in princely attire against a light background. His hair is grey and he is wearing a beret and a fur-trimmed coat.

Attribution: Lucas Cranach the Younger (and Workshop)

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Younger (and Workshop)

[cda 2017]

Production date: about 1550-1580

Production date

about 1550-1580

[cda 2017]

Dimensions: Dimensions of support: 51 x 41.4 cm

Dimensions

Dimensions of support: 51 x 41.4 cm
[Heydenreich, cda 2017]

Signature / Dating: None

Inscriptions and Labels: on the reverse: 'M16'

Inscriptions and Labels

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

on the reverse: 'M16'

Owner: Wartburg-Stiftung, Eisenach
Repository: Wartburg-Stiftung, Eisenach
Location: Eisenach

CDA ID: DE_WSE_M16
FR (1978) Nr.: FR-none
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_WSE_M16/

Portrait of a Noble Man, about 1550-1580

Images

Technical studies

03. 2016Technical examination / Scientific analysis

Infrared reflectography

Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION:

Tools/Material:

- dry, black drawing material, dark chalk

Type/Ductus:

- freehand underdrawing

A few delicate and relatively short lines

Function:

- relatively binding for the final painted version; fine lines delineate the main contours and describe the facial features; no representation of volume with hatching-strokes

Deviations:

- minor corrections were made to forms during the painting process

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- Lucas Cranach the Younger or workshop

[Sandner, Smith-Contini, Heydenreich, cda 2017]

photographed by Ingo Sandner
photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich

Infrared reflectography
X-radiography

Support

- wooden panel attached to another panel

- reverse covered with a coating of zinc white

Paint Layers and Gilding

- the blue background is painted with smalt

[Heydenreich, cda 2017]

Condition Reports

Date2016 -

retouches in the flesh paint

examined by Gunnar Heydenreich

Citing from the Cranach Digital Archive

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