Portrait of a clean-shaven young man in a cloak trimmed with light fur

Portrait of a clean-shaven young man in a cloak trimmed with light fur

Title

Portrait of a clean-shaven young man in a cloak trimmed with light fur

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 343]

Painting on beech wood

Medium

Painting on beech wood

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 343]

The portrait depicts a young man as a half-length figure facing left against a light blue background. His blond hair is visible beneath the black hat on his head. He wears a reddish-brown cloak with a light coloured fur lining and a dark brown undergarment with volumious sleeves. He holds

The portrait depicts a young man as a half-length figure facing left against a light blue background. His blond hair is visible beneath the black hat on his head. He wears a reddish-brown cloak with a light coloured fur lining and a dark brown undergarment with volumious sleeves. He holds the lapel with his left hand and in doing so shows the sinet ring on his index finger.

[Görres, CDA 2012]

Attributions
Lucas Cranach the Elder
Lucas Cranach the Younger

Attributions

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 343]

Lucas Cranach the Younger

'für den Vater Cranach jedenfalls zu unbeholfen im malerischen Detail (Hemdkragen z. B.) und in der Haltung'

[Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974, No. 624]

Production date
1533

Production date

1533

[dated]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 35.5 x 23 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 35.5 x 23 cm

  • [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 343]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia at the top centre: winged serpent with elevated wings, facing left and dated '1533'

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia at the top centre: winged serpent with elevated wings, facing left and dated '1533'

Owner
Musée des Beaux-Arts Strasbourg
Repository
Musée des Beaux-Arts Strasbourg
Location
Strasbourg
CDA ID
F_MBAS_1645
FR (1978) Nr.
FR343
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/F_MBAS_1645/

Provenance

  • Paris, J. Seligmann
  • Paris, Bourgeois Frères (1910)

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 343]

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 138 343
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
Show Literature
Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974/1976 699-701 No. 624 Fig. 346b
AuthorDieter Koepplin, Tilman Falk
TitleLukas Cranach. Gemälde, Zeichnungen und Druckgraphik
Volume1, 2
Place of PublicationBasel, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1974
Link http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-diglit-104522
Show Literature

Research History / Discussion

In the Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974, No. 624 Falk establishes a stylistic and physiognomic similarity with the worshiper in the painting 'Christ triumphing over Death and the Devil', 78.5 x 58.5 cm, private collection. This painting is 'with reasonable certainty' ('mit ziemlicher Sicherheit') attributed to Cranach the Younger and Falk therefore identifies this artist as the author of the Strasbourg portrait. An early work as he was only eighteen in 1533.

[Görres, cda 2012]

  • Portrait of a clean-shaven young man in a cloak trimmed with light fur, 1533

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03. 2010Technical examination / Scientific analysis

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Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

Tools/Materials:

- fluid, black medium and brush; possibly over traced lines?

Type/Ductus:

- freehand and copied lines

- thin lines

Function:

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

Deviations:

- minor alterations made during the painting process to clearly define form

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- not possible

Comments:

- the design may have been transferred

[Smith, Sandner, Heydenreich, cda 2013]

  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
  • photographed by Ingo Sandner

1974Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • X-radiography
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  • created by Musée des Beaux-Arts Strasbourg

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