Portrait of Andreas Mußmann, Counsellor to the Ansbach family

Title

[cda 2024]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood	[Auct. Cat. Munich 1919, no. 346]
Painting on beech	[Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974/1976, 716, no. 644]

A half-length frontal portrait of Andreas Mußmann (1522 - 1589), counsellor to the Ansbach family [1], against a neutral background. He is wearing a black gown and hat. In his left hand he holds a letter.

[cda 2024]

[1] [deutsche-biographie, accessed 09.01.2024]

Attribution: Lucas Cranach the Younger

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Younger

[Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974/1976, 716, no. 644];
[Auct. Cat. Munich 1919, no. 346]

Production date: 1560

Production date

1560

[dated]

Dimensions: Dimensions of support: 82 x 60 cm

Dimensions

Dimensions of support: 82 x 60 cm
[Auct. Cat. Munich 1919, no. 346]
Dimensions of support: 84 x 64 cm
[Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974/1976, 716, no. 644]

Signature / Dating: Artist's insignia at the top right: serpent with dropped wings, facing right and dated '1560'

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia at the top right: serpent with dropped wings, facing right and dated '1560'

Inscriptions and Labels

on the letter held in the sitter's hand: 'ANDREAS MVSMAN | M.H.S.A.Z G | 15 K 60.'
at the top …

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

- on the letter held in the sitter's hand:
'ANDREAS MVSMAN | M.H.S.A.Z G | 15 K 60.'
- at the top right:
'AETATIS · SUAE · 35 | 1560.'

Owner: Private Collection
Repository: Private Collection

CDA ID: PRIVATE_NONE-P639
FR (1978) Nr.: FR-none
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P639/

Provenance

in the collection of J. F. Cramer (auction 09.02.1835)
[Heller 1854, 302]
in the collection of Baron zu Rhein, Würzburg
sold at Hugo Helbing, Munich, 4/5.11.1919, lot 346
Julius Böhler, Munich (1919-1920)
15.10.1920 acquired by Kunsthandel AG, Lucerne from Böhler
[Böhler archive, accessed 09.01.2024]
acquired 04.11.1920 by Dr. Brown, Montagnola from Kunsthandel AG
[Böhler archive, accessed 09.01.2024]
(http://boehler.zikg.eu/wisski/navigate/534/view)
private collection, Switzerland
[Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974/1976, 716, no. 644]

Exhibitions

Basel 1974, no. 644

Literature

Reference on page

Catalogue Number

Figure / Plate

Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974/1976

715, 716

644

Fig. 353b

Author	Dieter Koepplin, Tilman Falk
Title	Lukas Cranach. Gemälde, Zeichnungen und Druckgraphik
Volume	1, 2
Place of Publication	Basel, Stuttgart
Year of Publication	1974
Link	http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-diglit-104522

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Donath 1921

Author	Adolph Donath
Title	Der deutsche Kunstmarkt 1919/1920
Journal	Jahrbuch für Kunstsammler
Issue	1.1921
Year of Publication	1921
Link	0071
Pages	67-108

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Auct. Cat. Munich 1919

346

Pl. XV

Editor	Hugo Helbing
Title	Sammlungen Baron zu Rhein, Würzburg: Antiquitäten, alte Möbel, Miniaturen, Gemälde alter Meister, Bücher [Galerie Helbing, Munich, 4/5.11.1919]
Place of Publication	Munich
Year of Publication	1908
Link	https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.15712

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Heller 1854

302

Author	Joseph Heller
Title	Lucas Cranach's Leben und Werke
Place of Publication	Nuremberg
Year of Publication	1854
Link	http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015062799757

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Portrait of Andreas Mußmann, Counsellor to the Ansbach family, 1560

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