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 with a …
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/
