Portrait of a Groom

Portrait of a Groom

Title

Portrait of a Groom

[Sandner, cda 2018]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Sandner, cda 2018]

The pendant depicting the bride is lost. The wreath of flowers, the embroidered shirt, and the small bouquet of flowers in his right hand identify the sitter as a bridegroom. The year of creation (1535) and the age of the sitter are stated in the inscription at the top '1.5.35.

The pendant depicting the bride is lost. The wreath of flowers, the embroidered shirt, and the small bouquet of flowers in his right hand identify the sitter as a bridegroom. The year of creation (1535) and the age of the sitter are stated in the inscription at the top '1.5.35. ANNORU (M).AETATIS.21'. Small dark clouds take some of the lightheartedness from the joyful occasion of a wedding. Here the type of wreath and the pleated shirt with an embroidered stiff collar found in the painting of a betrothed couple in Leipzig are repeated. One focal point of the painting is the black band with tiny tassels to fasten the collar. A black coat trimmed with braids lends the sitter dignity.

[Sandner, cda 2018]

Attribution
Antonius Heusler

Attribution

Antonius Heusler

[Kurt Löcher, Cat. Nuremberg 1997, 260-261]

Production date
1535

Production date

1535

[dated]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 60.8 x 38.9 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 60.8 x 38.9 cm

  • [Sandner, cda 2018]

Signature / Dating

None

Inscriptions and Labels

'1.5.35. ANNORV[M].AETATIS.21'
[Sandner, cda 2018]

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

  • '1.5.35. ANNORV[M].AETATIS.21'

  • [Sandner, cda 2018]

Owner
Private Collection
Repository
Private Collection
CDA ID
PRIVATE_NONE-P221
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P221/

Provenance

  • Oskar Berl Collection, Viennna
  • Dorotheum auction, Vienna, 1934
  • Art dealer A. S. Drey, Munich
  • Graupe auction, Berlin, 1936
  • aquired by the Germanische Nationalmuseum Nuremberg (Inv.-No. Gm 1462), 1947 in an exchange by Valentin Mayring, Hollfeld near Bayreuth
    [Kurt Löcher, Cat. Nuremberg 1997, 260-261]
  • private collection
    [Sandner, cda 2018]

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Cat. Nuremberg 1997 260-261
AuthorKurt Löcher
TitleDie Gemälde des 16. Jahrhunderts. Germanisches Nationalmuseum Nürnberg
Place of PublicationOstfildern-Ruit
Year of Publication1997
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  • Portrait of a Groom, 1535

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