Emperor Charles V

Title

Emperor Charles V

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Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood	[Exhib. Cat. Princeton 1969 A, no. 5]
Painting on oak wood	[Exhib. Cat. Dresden 1899, no. 124]

This portrait shows the Emperor Charles V as half-length figure against an olive-green background turned slightly to the left and looking upwards. He is wearing a gold-trimmed black cloak over a richly gold-woven undergarment, a black velvet cap with a badge. The depiction of the face is not idealised and reproduces Charles' distinctive features with his prominent jaw and bulging lower lip. The only element that refers to his royal status is the emblem of the Golden Fleece hanging from the chain that he wears.

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Attributions: Follower of Lucas Cranach the Elder
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Follower of Lucas Cranach the Elder	'most probably not by Cranach* [Letter from D. Koepplin to T. Hunter, Gurr Johns international, 23.03.2012; Koepplin Archive]
Lucas Cranach the Elder	[Exhib. Cat. Princeton 1969 A, no. 5]; with reference to an expertise by Friedländer from 1948 [Page from an auction catalogue, Parke Bernet, New York, 1953, lot 22; Koepplin Archive]
Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder	[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 345C]

Production dates: about 1550
before 1550

Production dates

about 1550	[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 345C] [Exhib. Cat. Princeton 1969 A, no. 5] [Page from an auction catalogue, Parke Bernet, New York, 1953, lot 22; Koepplin Archive]
before 1550	'hardly painted 1550' [D. Koepplin, handwritten on a page from an auction catalogue, Parke Bernet, New York, 1953, lot 22; Koepplin Archive]

Dimensions: Dimensions of support: 45.5 x 35 cm

Dimensions

Dimensions of support: 45.5 x 35 cm
[Exhib. Cat. Princeton 1969 A, no. 5]
Dimensions of support: 41 x 33 cm
[Exhib. Cat. Dresden 1899, no. 124]

Inscriptions and Labels

Reverse of the panel: - at the top centre: circular stamp

beneath this: two paper labels, one with a circular …

Inscriptions and Labels

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

Reverse of the panel: - at the top centre: circular stamp
- beneath this: two paper labels, one with a circular stamp
- at the bottom centre, handwritten in white/yellow: '55762-x'
- beside this, vertically, handwritten in black: 'X 314'
Reverse of the frame:
- top member, handwritten in black: 'X 314'
- bottom member, handwritten in yellow: '55762-x'
- righthand member, bottom, handwritten in black: '52'

Owner: Private Collection
Repository: Private Collection

CDA ID: PRIVATE_NONE-P502
FR (1978) Nr.: FR345C
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P502/

Provenance

1899, property of Mons. A. Joliet, conservator at the museum of Dijon
[Exhib. Cat. Dresden 1899, no. 124] [1]
sold at Parke Bernet, New York, 28.01.1953, lot 22
[Page from an auction catalogue, Parke Bernet, New York, 28.01.1953; Koepplin Archive]
1969, Collection G. Butler Sherwell, New York
[Exhib. Cat. Princeton 1969 A, no. 5]
2012, private collection, America
[Letter from T. Hunter, Gurr Johns international to D. Koepplin, 17.04.2012; Koepplin Archive]
[1] see also Interpretation / History / Discussion

Exhibitions

Dresden 1899, no. 124
Princeton 1969, no. 5

Literature

Reference on page

Catalogue Number

Figure / Plate

Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979

345C

Author	Max J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
Editor	G. Schwartz
Title	Die Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of Publication	Basel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication	1979

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Exhib. Cat. Princeton 1969 A

005

Author	Princeton University Art Museum
Title	A group of paintings by Lucas Cranach the Elder, in memory of Erwin Panofsky[Art Museum of Princeton University, March 16 through April 13, 1969]
Place of Publication	Princeton/ N.J.
Year of Publication	1969

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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932

279 (mentioned under)

Author	Max J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
Title	Die Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of Publication	Berlin
Year of Publication	1932
Link	http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/friedlaender1932

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Exhib. Cat. Dresden 1899

124

Editor	Karl Woermann
Title	Deutsche Kunstausstellung Dresden 1899. Abteilung Cranach-Ausstellung. Wissenschaftliches Verzeichnis der ausgestellten Werke
Place of Publication	Dresden
Year of Publication	1899
Link	http://resolver.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/SBB00002A2400000000

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Research History / Discussion

Koepplin associates this painting with a version shown in Dresden in 1899 [Exhib. Cat. Dresden 1899, no. 124], also cited by Friedländer [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 345C]. However the dimensions are slightly different (41 x 33 cm as opposed to 45,5 x 35 cm) which may or may not be the result of human error, nor do there appear to be any remnants of a inscription (possibly hiden by the frame) as is mentioned in the Dresden catalogue.

[D. Koepplin, handwritten on the photocopy of a page from the Princeton catalogue; Koepplin Archive]

Various versions of this portrait type of the Emperor Charles V exist. The original version is probably [ES_MTB_112-1933-7]. Another cropped and probably later version is [PL_MNP_Mo473].

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Emperor Charles V, about 1550

Images

Condition Reports

Date1899

The painting was originally larger and rectangular. It was cropped to fit in the present frame that has a rounded top.

[Exhib. Cat. Dresden 1899, no. 124]

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