A portrait of Christoph Tiedemann, Canon of Lübeck identified by the coat of arms on the wall behind him. The sitter is shown in an interior, facing to his right in a fine costume of velvet and fur with a beard and a black velvet beret. He holds a handkerchief
A portrait of Christoph Tiedemann, Canon of Lübeck identified by the coat of arms on the wall behind him. The sitter is shown in an interior, facing to his right in a fine costume of velvet and fur with a beard and a black velvet beret. He holds a handkerchief with the initials ‘Y’ and ‘M’ embroidered on it in his clasped hands and has seven gold rings (one, a signet ring stamped with the same armorial shield as above). At the left two lizard engage on the sill of a window that reveals a view of a fortress in a landscape.
[cda 2021]
- Attributions
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Hans Kemmer
unknown
Attributions
| Hans Kemmer | [Exhib. Cat. Lübeck 2021, no. 18] [Kranz 2012] |
| unknown |
- Production date
- 1556
Production date
| 1556 | [dated] |
- Dimensions
- Dimensions of support: 58.7 x 37.7 cm
Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 58.7 x 37.7 cm
- Signature / Dating
Dated at the right above the coat of arms: '1556'
Signature / Dating
Dated at the right above the coat of arms: '1556'
- Inscriptions and Labels
- at the right beneath the coat of arms: 'AETATIS SVAE XL'
- embroidered on the handkerchief 'Y' 'M'
Coat of arms: Fess …
Inscriptions and Labels
Inscriptions, Badges:
- at the right beneath the coat of arms: 'AETATIS SVAE XL'
- embroidered on the handkerchief 'Y' 'M'
Coat of arms: Fess with a dark blue ground and a red horizontal stripe charged with two yellow castles; white lines on the blue ground.
- Owner
- Private Collection
- Repository
- Private Collection
- CDA ID
- PRIVATE_NONE-P491
- FR (1978) Nr.
- FR-none
- Persistent Link
- https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P491/
