Portrait of a Man

Portrait of a Man

Title

Portrait of a Man

[Emmendörffer 1997, 158]

Painting on oak

Medium

Painting on oak

[Emmendörffer 1997, 158]

The panel depicts a man (possibly a merchant called Carsten Timmermann from Lübeck) in three-quarter profile, facing to his left against a monochrome green backdrop. He is dressed like a contemporary merchant, wearing a rather sumptuous fur-lined gown over a simple black jacket with a finely decorated white shirt peeping

The panel depicts a man (possibly a merchant called Carsten Timmermann from Lübeck) in three-quarter profile, facing to his left against a monochrome green backdrop. He is dressed like a contemporary merchant, wearing a rather sumptuous fur-lined gown over a simple black jacket with a finely decorated white shirt peeping out at the neckline. His hair is cut in a bob and his face is cleanly shaven. A stone ledge separates him spatially from the viewer, while acting as a surface upon which he rests the book he is leafing through.

[cda 2021]

Attributions
Hans Kemmer
Jacob van Utrecht

Attributions

Hans Kemmer

[Exhib. Cat. Lübeck 2021, no. 10] [Emmendörffer 1997, 158] [Mesquita 1941, 62-63]

Jacob van Utrecht

[Friedländer 1941, 8, no. 12]

Hermann tom Ring

Note on the reverse of the panel [Emmendörffer 1997, 158]

Production date
about 1534

Production date

about 1534

[Emmendörffer 1997, 158]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 49 x 33,5 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 49 x 33,5 cm

  • [Emmendörffer 1997, 158]

Signature / Dating

Monogram at the bottom right: 'HK'

Signature / Dating

  • Monogram at the bottom right: 'HK'

Inscriptions and Labels

  • on the recto, top left corner, inscription added later: 'FRANCESCO PETRARCO // ANNO 1346 // AETATIS SVE 42'

  • on the …

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

    • on the recto, top left corner, inscription added later: 'FRANCESCO PETRARCO // ANNO 1346 // AETATIS SVE 42'
    • on the verso, handwritten on a paper label: 'Der Franz Petrarka, berühmter // italienischer Dichter, welcher in // Coln und am Rhein die Schönheit // der Frauen besang und der // erste Liebesdichter, der // an seine Laura die schönsten // Sonette dichtete.'
Owner
Private Collection
Repository
Private Collection
CDA ID
PRIVATE_NONE-P489
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P489/

Provenance

  • formerly in the Funke collection, Westfalen
  • private collection, Germany
    [Emmendörffer 1997, 158]

Exhibitions

Lübeck 2021, no. 10

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Exhib. Cat. Lübeck 2021 182 010 Fig. p. 182
EditorDagmar Täube
TitleLucas Cranach der Ältere und Hans Kemmer. Meistermaler zwischen Renaissance und Reformation [Lübeck, St. Annen-Museum]
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication2021
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Emmendörffer 1997 67, 158 020 Pl. 21
AuthorChristoph Emmendörffer
TitleHans Kemmer. Ein Lübecker Maler der Reformationszeit
Place of PublicationLeipzig
Year of Publication1997
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Friedländer 1941 8 012 Fig. 3
AuthorMax J. Friedländer
TitleNeues über Jacob van Utrecht
JournalOud Holland
Issue58 (1941)
Year of Publication1941
Pages6-17
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Mesquita 1941 62-63
AuthorJ. J. de Mesquita
TitleNog meer nieuw werk van Jacob van Utrecht
JournalOud Holland
Issue58 (1941)
Year of Publication1941
Pages59-75, 115-132
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