Portrait of a patrician

Titles

Portrait of a patrician	'Since 1878' [Gemäldegalerie, revised 2010][CDA 2010]
Portrait of a Man	[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1978, 132, No. 322]
Portrait of Luther as Junker Georg	1830-1860: [Waagen, Cat. Berlin 1830, 144, No. 64]

Painting on beech wood (Fagus sylvatica)

Medium

Painting on beech wood (Fagus sylvatica)

[Gemäldegalerie, revised 2010]
[Klein, Report 1997]

Portrait of a young patrician facing to the right against a dark blue background. He wears a black beret, a black undergarment and a black overcoat with a fur collar.

Until 1878 this was thought to be a portrait of Luther as Junker Georg.

[Gemäldegalerie Berlin, Unsinn 2010]

Attribution: Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Gemäldegalerie, revised 2010]

Production date: 1528

Production date

1528

[dated]

Dimensions: Dimensions of support: 39.7 x 25.5 cm

Dimensions

Dimensions of support: 39.7 x 25.5 cm
Dimensions including frame: 47.5 x 33 cm
[Gemäldegalerie, revised 2010]

Signature / Dating: Artist's insignia: winged serpent with elevated wings and dated '1528'; in whitish yellow paint.

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia: winged serpent with elevated wings and dated '1528'; in whitish yellow paint.

Inscriptions and Labels: Reverse of the panel: - top centre (beneath a brown coating):
label (perhaps from before Solly) and a seal …

Inscriptions and Labels

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

Reverse of the panel: - top centre (beneath a brown coating):
label (perhaps from before Solly) and a seal with a coat-of-arms
- top left:
label: 'Kiste 7'
- centre:
in lead white paint and applied with a large brush: ' D 17'
- beneath:
in white chalk: '618'
- centre right:
seal: 'Koenigliche Museen Berlin'
- beneath:
black stamp: 'I.688'
- bottom right:
label: 'Staatliche Museen Berlin - Gemäldegalerie/ Katalog-Nr. 618/ Lucas Cranach d. Ä./ Bildnis eines Patriziers.'
[Gemäldegalerie, revised 2010]

Owner: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemäldegalerie
Repository: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemäldegalerie
Location: Berlin

CDA ID: DE_smbGG_618
FR (1978) Nr.: FR322
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_smbGG_618/

Provenance

1821 acquired with the Solly collection
[Gemäldegalerie, revised 2010]

Exhibitions

Berlin 1937, No. 71
Berlin 1973, No. 21

Literature

Reference on page

Catalogue Number

Figure / Plate

Cat. Coburg 2018

172

under no. 37

Author	Klaus Weschenfelder
Title	Cranach in Coburg. Gemälde von Lucas Cranach d.Ä., Lucas Cranach d.J., der Werkstatt und des Umkreises in den Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg
Place of Publication	Regensburg
Year of Publication	2018

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Cat. Berlin 1996

Fig. 69

Author	Rainald Grosshans, Henning Bock
Editor	Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemäldegalerie
Title	Gemäldegalerie Berlin. Gesamtverzeichnis
Place of Publication	Berlin
Year of Publication	1996

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Klein 1994 A

196, 198

Tabs. 4, 7

Author	Peter Klein
Title	Lucas Cranach und seine Werkstatt. Holzarten und dendrochronologische Analyse
Publication	in Claus Grimm, Johannes Erichsen, Evamaria Brockhoff, eds.,Lucas Cranach. Ein Maler-Unternehmer aus Franken, Exhib. Cat. Kronach 1994
Series	Veröffentlichungen zur bayerischen Geschichte und Kultur
Volume	26
Place of Publication	Augsburg, Coburg
Year of Publication	1994
Pages	194-200

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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979

133

No. 322

Fig. 322

Author	Max J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
Editor	G. Schwartz
Title	Die Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of Publication	Basel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication	1979

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Cat. Berlin 1975 A

119

No. 601

Editor	Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemäldegalerie
Title	Katalog der ausgestellten Gemälde des 13. - 18. Jahrhunderts
Place of Publication	Berlin
Year of Publication	1975

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Exhib. Cat. Berlin 1973

No. 21

Author	Wilhelm H. Köhler, Frank Steigerwald
Title	Lucas Cranach. Gemälde, Zeichnungen, Druckgraphik
Place of Publication	Berlin
Year of Publication	1973

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Lilienfein 1942

Fig. 96

Author	Heinrich Lilienfein
Title	Lukas Cranach und seine Zeit
Place of Publication	Bielefeld
Year of Publication	1942

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Exhib. Cat. Berlin 1937

071

Pl. 58

Editor	Staatliche Museen, Berlin
Title	Lucas Cranach d. Ä. und Lucas Cranach d. J. Gemälde, Zeichnungen, Graphik
Place of Publication	Berlin
Year of Publication	1937

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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932

259

Author	Max J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
Title	Die Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of Publication	Berlin
Year of Publication	1932
Link	http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/friedlaender1932

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Cat. Berlin 1830

144

No. 64

Author	Gustav Friedrich Waagen
Editor	Königliches Museum, Berlin
Title	Verzeichniß der Gemälde-Sammlung des Königlichen Museums zu Berlin
Place of Publication	Berlin
Year of Publication	1830

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Portrait of a patrician, 1528

Images

Documents

Technical studies

01. 2010Technical examination / Scientific analysis

Infrared reflectography

Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

Tools/Materials:

- dry drawing material, dark chalk

Type/Ductus:

- delicate and fine traced lines

Function:

- binding for the final painted version; lines delineate contours; no representation of volume

Deviations:

- hardly any alterations made during the painting process

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- not possible

Comments:

- possibly transferred from preparatory drawing (traced)

[Smith, Sandner, Heydenreich, cda 2012]

photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
photographed by Ingo Sandner

2010Technical examination / Scientific analysis

Light microscopy
Dendrochronology

Support

- beech wood

- the panel consists of one plank

According to the most recent examination carried out by Dr. Peter Klein the wood is from the same tree as that of the following panels:

Duke John of Saxony, OKM 67 (Brett I)

Portrait of a Young Woman, Helsinki Synebrichoff Museum 316

Portrait of Hans Melber, München Alte Pinakothek, WAF 169

Young Girl, Paris Louvre, R.F. 1767

The Age of Silver, Paris Louvre, R.F. 1184

Paint Layers and Gilding

- the beret was originally much larger - perhaps a hat?

- the rendition of the stomacher and the fur was originally different, perhaps broader as the 'hat' is considerably cropped on the left side

Framing

- black frame with gilded decorative elements, end of the 19th century

written by Christine Unsinn

17.02.1997Scientific analysis

Identification of wood species / Dendrochronology

DE_smbGG_618_FR322_1997_analysis-report-001.pdf

Support

Identification of wood species: beech wood

Youngest annual ring: 1522

[Klein Report, 17.02.1997]

analysed by Peter Klein

22.09.1989Scientific analysis

Identification of wood species / Dendrochronology

Support

written by Peter Klein

09. 1982Technical examination / Scientific analysis

Infrared photography

photographed by Fotowerkstatt, Gemäldegalerie, Berlin

Support made from the same tree

Citing from the Cranach Digital Archive

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