Portrait of Pietro Bembo

Portrait of Pietro Bembo

Title

Portrait of Pietro Bembo

[cda 2020]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[cda 2020]

A small format half-length portrait of the Italian scholar, poet and literary theorist Pietro Bembo. He is shown facing to his right against a neutral background and wearing the dress of a Knight of Malta.

[cda 2020]

Attributions
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

or Cranach the Elder? [unpublished examination report, Art Access & Research, London 2011]

Lucas Cranach the Elder

or workshop? [unpublished examination report, Art Access & Research, London 2011]

Production date
before 1537

Production date

before 1537

[cda 2020]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 19.4 x 14.5 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 19.4 x 14.5 cm

  • [unpublished examinatioin report, Art Access & Research, London 2011]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia above the sitter's proper left shoulder: serpent with elevated wings, facing left (abraded)

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia above the sitter's proper left shoulder: serpent with elevated wings, facing left (abraded)

Inscriptions and Labels
  • top edge: 'PETRI BEMBI'

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

    • top edge:

  • 'PETRI BEMBI'

Owner
Private Collection
Repository
Private Collection
CDA ID
PRIVATE_NONE-P367
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P367/

Provenance

  • Colnaghi, London 09. 2011
  • Portrait of Pietro Bembo, before 1537

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