Portrait of a Man

Portrait of a Man

Title

Portrait of a Man

[cda 2023]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[handwritten on the reverse of a b/w photograph, 1958; Friedländer Archive]

A half-length portrait of a man with a moustache and short beard in three-quarter profile, facing left against a neutral background. Dressed in fashionable contemporary attire he firmly grasps the hilt of his sword in his left hand, while placing the right hand confidently on his waist. A beret tilted

A half-length portrait of a man with a moustache and short beard in three-quarter profile, facing left against a neutral background. Dressed in fashionable contemporary attire he firmly grasps the hilt of his sword in his left hand, while placing the right hand confidently on his waist. A beret tilted to one side sits on his head and he displays a signet ring on the index finger of his left hand.

Archival description of colours: 'Green coat, red button (?); gray background." [see Frick Digital Collection, accessed 22-09-2023]

[cda 2023]

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

or workshop [cda 2023]

Production date
about 1535

Production date

about 1535

[cda 2023]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 22.5 x 17 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 22.5 x 17 cm

  • [handwritten on the reverse of a b/w photograph, 1958; Friedländer Archive]

Signature / Dating

None

Owner
Private Collection
Repository
Private Collection
CDA ID
PRIVATE_NONE-P588
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P588/

Provenance

Research History / Discussion

Reportedly expertise by Max J. Friedländer

[See Frick Digital Collection, accessed 22-09-2023]

  • Portrait of a Man, about 1535

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