Portrait of a Bare-headed Gentleman before a Drape

Portrait of a Bare-headed Gentleman before a Drape

Title

Portrait of a Bare-headed Gentleman before a Drape

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. Sup. 18]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. Sup 18]

A half-length portrait of a man before a curtain that reveals a mountainous landscape with a castle on the right. The sitter's ring is decorated with his initials.

[cda 2016]

Attribution
Master of the Mass of St Gregory

Attribution

Master of the Mass of St Gregory

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. Sup 18]
[Auct. Cat. Munich 1984, No. 626]

Production date
1543

Production date

1543

[dated]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 55 x 40 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 55 x 40 cm

  • [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. Sup 18]

Signature / Dating

Dated at the top left: '1543'

Signature / Dating

  • Dated at the top left: '1543'

Inscriptions and Labels
  • top left: '1543 Got gestraw ich . mein alther . 41 . jar . N.K.'
    [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, …

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

    • top left:

  • '1543 Got gestraw ich . mein alther . 41 . jar . N.K.'

  • [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. Sup 18]

Owner
Private Collection
Repository
Private Collection
CDA ID
PRIVATE_NONE-P135
FR (1978) Nr.
FRSup018
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P135/

Provenance

  • Berlin, Galerie Van Diemen & Co. (1929)
    -1984, Neumeister, Munich

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Auct. Cat. Munich 1984 626
EditorAuktionshaus Neumeister, Munich
TitleNeumeister Auktionshaus, München 28. - 29. Nov. 1984
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication1984
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 Sup 18
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932 368
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1932
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/friedlaender1932
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  • Portrait of a Bare-headed Gentleman before a Drape, 1543

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Technical studies

10. 2019Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared reflectography
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Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

Tools/Material:

- dry, black drawing material, dark chalk; some lines may have been executed with a brush and fluid medium?

Type/Ductus:

- economical, relatively free underdrawing

- thin lines

Function:

- roughly binding for the final painted version; the facial features a described with a few searching double lines; no representation of volume with hatching strokes

Deviations:

- only minor corrections were made to forms during the painting process; small changes (e. g. size of the head)

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- circle of Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Sandner, Smith-Contini, Heydenreich, cda 2020]

  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
  • photographed by Ingo Sandner

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