Portrait of a Man

Portrait of a Man

Title

Portrait of a Man

[cda 2022]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[cda 2022]

This half-length portrait shows a man in three-quarter profile against a curtain, facing to his left. He is wearing a smock and a shirt with an embroidered high-necked collar beneath a fur cloak and is cleanly shaven. His broad brimmed hat is embroidered with the letters F A W G

This half-length portrait shows a man in three-quarter profile against a curtain, facing to his left. He is wearing a smock and a shirt with an embroidered high-necked collar beneath a fur cloak and is cleanly shaven. His broad brimmed hat is embroidered with the letters F A W G and decorated with numerous feathers. He firmly clasps the hilt of his sword with both hands, displaying the ring on the middle finger of his left hand.

[cda 2022]

Attribution
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

or circle of ? [cda 2022]

Production date
about 1525 - 1530

Production date

about 1525 - 1530

[cda 2022]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 38 x 27 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 38 x 27 cm

  • [handwritten on the reverse of a b/w photograph, Friedländer Archive]

Signature / Dating

none

Inscriptions and Labels
  • the initials: 'F A W G' embroidered around on the rim of the sitter's hat

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

    • the initials: 'F A W G' embroidered around on the rim of the sitter's hat
Owner
Private Collection
Repository
Private Collection
CDA ID
PRIVATE_NONE-P556
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P556/

Provenance

  • Paris (?) art market (before 1958)
    [handwritten on the reverse of a b/w photograph, Friedländer Archive]
  • possibly sold at Christie's, London, 10. Juli 1998, lot 198
    (not verified)
  • present whereabouts unknown
    [cda 2022]
  • Portrait of a Man, about 1525 - 1530

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Entry with no author
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