Portrait of a Bearded Man

Portrait of a Bearded Man

Title

Portrait of a Bearded Man

[cda 2012]

Painting on limewood

Medium

Painting on limewood

[Cat. Warsaw 2000, 81, no. 17]

The portrait, which belongs to the civic portrait-type, depicts a 38 year old man as a half-length figure, turned slightly to the left. The gesture with which he holds his cloak is a sign of self-confidence.

The composition of the colours is based on a combination of the glossy grey and

The portrait, which belongs to the civic portrait-type, depicts a 38 year old man as a half-length figure, turned slightly to the left. The gesture with which he holds his cloak is a sign of self-confidence.

The composition of the colours is based on a combination of the glossy grey and matte black elements of the fine attire, which contrast with the warm tones of the reddish brown beard and the pale flesh paint of the face and hands.

[see Cat. Warsaw 2000, 81, no. 17]

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Younger

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Younger

[Exhib. Cat. Wrocław 2017, no. 39] [Cat. Warsaw 2000, 81, no. 17] [Exhib. Cat. Berlin 1937, no. 128] [Cat. Breslau 1926, 20, no. 1284]

Production date
1546

Production date

1546

[dated]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 64.5 x 49 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 64.5 x 49 cm

  • [Cat. Warsaw 2000, 81, no. 17]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia upper right: winged serpent (with dropped wings) and dated '1546'

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia upper right: winged serpent (with dropped wings) and dated '1546'

Inscriptions and Labels
  • top right:
    'ANNO AETATIS SVE XXXVIII'

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

    • top right:

  • 'ANNO AETATIS SVE XXXVIII'

Owner
Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie
Repository
Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie
Location
Warsaw
CDA ID
PL_MNW_MOb836
FR (1978) Nr.
FR426
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PL_MNW_MOb836/

Provenance

  • collection of Carl Bach (no. 21), the founder of the Breslau School of Drawing (died 1829), Breslau
  • given to the Silesian Society of National Culture (Schlesische Gesellschaft für Vaterländische Kultur)
  • from 1853 exhibited in the municipal gallery in the Assembly House (Ständehaus), Breslau
  • from 1879 in the Silesian Museum of Fine Arts Breslau (inv. no. 1284)
  • 1942 evacuated to the collecting point at Kamenz
  • in MNW since 1945
    [Cat. Warsaw 2000, 81, no. 17]

Exhibitions

Berlin 1937, no. 128
Wrocław 2017, no. 39

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Exhib. Cat. Wroclaw 2017 178-179 039 Fig. p. 179
EditorEwa Houszka, Marek Pierzchala
TitleModa na Cranacha, Muzeum Narodowe we Wroclawiu, 31.10.2017-30.12.2017
Place of PublicationWroclaw
Year of Publication2017
Show Literature
Cat. Warsaw 2000 79-81
AuthorBozena Steinborn, Antoni Ziemba
TitleMalarstwo Niemieckie Do 1600 Roku, Katalog Zbiorów. Deutsche Malerei bis 1600, Bestandskatalog
Place of PublicationWarsaw
Year of Publication2000
Show Literature
Exhib. Cat. Berlin 1937 47 128 Pl. 101
EditorStaatliche Museen, Berlin
TitleLucas Cranach d. Ä. und Lucas Cranach d. J. Gemälde, Zeichnungen, Graphik
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1937
Show Literature
Cat. Breslau 1926 20 1284
AuthorHeinz Braune, Erich Wiese
TitleKatalog der Gemälde und Skulpturen. Schlesisches Museum der Bildenden Künste Breslau. VI Auflage
Place of PublicationBreslau
Year of Publication1926
Show Literature

Research History / Discussion

The way the sitter holds his cloak is often repeated in portraits by Lucas Cranach the Younger. Although the painting technique in the dark background resembles that of his father, the delicate modelling of the face and the individualized expression are characteristic of portraits by Cranach the Younger. In Musée des Beaux-Arts in Reims there is a very similar portrait (Inv. no. 795.1.276)

[Cat. Warsaw 2000, 81, no. 17]

  • Portrait of a Bearded Man, 1546

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Technical studies

10. 2015Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared reflectography
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Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

An underdrawing is not visible

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

  • photographed by Ingo Sandner
  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich

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