Portrait of Desiderius Erasmus

Portrait of Desiderius Erasmus

Title

Portrait of Desiderius Erasmus

[http://www.boijmans.nl/en/10/press/pressitem/419; accessed 15 March 2015]

Painting on beech wood

Medium

Painting on beech wood

[Klein report, 29.11.2013]

The portrait depicts the humanist Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam as a half-length figure against a blue background, facing left. Erasmus wears the typical clothes of a scholar: a black gown with a high collar and a fur lining, visible on the lapels and the sleeves, and a black hat.

[Görres,

The portrait depicts the humanist Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam as a half-length figure against a blue background, facing left. Erasmus wears the typical clothes of a scholar: a black gown with a high collar and a fur lining, visible on the lapels and the sleeves, and a black hat.

[Görres, cda 2015]

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[http://www.boijmans.nl/en/10/press/pressitem/419; accessed 15 March 2015]

Production date
about 1530 - 1536

Production date

about 1530 - 1536

[http://www.boijmans.nl/en/10/press/pressitem/419; accessed 15 March 2015]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 19.2 x 15.5/15.4 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 19.2 x 15.5/15.4 cm

  • [Report Peter Klein, 29 Nov. 2013]

Signature / Dating

None

Owner
Erasmusstichting, Rotterdam (Erasmus Foundation, Rotterdam)
Repository
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam
Location
Rotterdam
CDA ID
NL_EF-MBBR_EF001
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/NL_EF-MBBR_EF001/

Provenance

  • April 2013 purchased by the Erasmus-Foundation, Rotterdam
  • since May 2013 on permanent loan to the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam
    [http://www.erasmusstichting.nl/nieuws2.html; accessed 15 March 2015]

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Cat. Coburg 2018 36, 142 under no. 2
AuthorKlaus Weschenfelder
TitleCranach 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 PublicationRegensburg
Year of Publication2018
Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974/1976 274, 293 No. 174 Fig. 135
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
Exhib. Cat. Rotterdam 1969
AuthorJ. Besse
EditorMuseum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam
TitleErasmus en zijn tijd[Rotterdam, Museum Boymans-van Beuningen]
Place of PublicationRotterdam
Year of Publication1969
  • Portrait of Desiderius Erasmus, about 1530 - 1536

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Technical studies

29.11.2013Scientific analysis

  • Dendrochronology / identification of wood species

Support

Identification of wood species: beech wood

Plank I: 70 annual rings; 1435 - 1365

TTha panel is from the same tree as planks used for the linked panels; therefore the youngest annual ring is from 1524; the earliest felling date is 152; followuing a two year seasoning period the panel could have been used from 1526.

[Klein report, 29.11.2013]

  • examined by Peter Klein
  • Infrared reflectography
  • irr

Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

Tools/Material:

- dry, black drawing material, dark chalk?

Type/Ductus:

- economic and presumably in part copied or traced underdrawing

- fine lines

Function:

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

Deviations:

- minor corrections were made to the forms during the painting process; no changes

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Sandner, Smith-Contini, Heydenreich, cda 2016]

Conservation History

Date2011

Removal of date '1532' (not authentic), next to the sitter's shoulder in conservation treatment after 2010.

[cda 2015]

Support made from the same tree

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