Portrait of Sigmund Kingsfelt

Portrait of Sigmund Kingsfelt

Title

Portrait of Sigmund Kingsfelt

[Compton Verney, revised 2012]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Compton Verney, revised 2012]

Lucas Cranach the Elder ran a large workshop in Vienna before he was appointed court painter by Duke Frederick the wise in Wittenberg, the capital of Saxony. He was granted his own coat-of-arms which included the winged serpent that became his signature, as can be seen on the left of

Lucas Cranach the Elder ran a large workshop in Vienna before he was appointed court painter by Duke Frederick the wise in Wittenberg, the capital of Saxony. He was granted his own coat-of-arms which included the winged serpent that became his signature, as can be seen on the left of this panel. The portrait shows the German knight, Riter, Sigmund Kingsfelt, He wears a simple dress adorned with a heavy gold chain.

[Compton Verney, revised 2012]

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Compton Verney, revised 2012]

Production date
about 1530

Production date

about 1530

[Compton Verney, revised 2012]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 37.5 x 25.6 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 37.5 x 25.6 cm

  • Dimensions including frame: 54.5 x 42.2 x 6.5 cm

  • [Compton Verney, revised 2012]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia at the bottom left: winged serpent

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia at the bottom left: winged serpent

  • [Compton Verney, revised 2012]

Inscriptions and Labels
  • upper edge, name of sitter:
    'SIGMUNT-KINGSFELT-RITER'

[Compton Verney, revised 2012]

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

    • upper edge, name of sitter:

  • 'SIGMUNT-KINGSFELT-RITER'

  • [Compton Verney, revised 2012]

Owner
Compton Verney, Warwickshire
Repository
Compton Verney, Warwickshire
Location
Warwickshire
CDA ID
UK_CVCSC_0191-N
FR (1978) Nr.
FR353
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/UK_CVCSC_0191-N/

Provenance

  • 25.10.1932 M Sternberg, F Muller, Amsterdam, lot 503
  • date unknown, W.H. Kramarsky
  • 1969 Rosenberg and Stiebel Galleries (New York)
  • 11.01.1995 Peter Moores Foundation, from Alice Tully (sale of estate following Tully's death), Christie's New York, lot 47

[Compton Verney, revised 2012]

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Roe 2009 14
EditorSonia Roe
TitleOil Paintings In Public Ownership in Warwickshire
Place of PublicationLondon
Year of Publication2009
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Cat. Compton Verney 2004 86
AuthorSusan Jenkins
TitleCompton Verney Handbook. Selected works
Place of Publication[Compton Verney]
Year of Publication2004
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Lübbeke 1991
AuthorSammlung Thyssen-Bornemisza, Isolde Lübbeke
TitleThe Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection. Early German painting 1350-1550
Place of PublicationLondon
Year of Publication1991
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 353 Fig.
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
Show Literature
  • Portrait of Sigmund Kingsfelt, about 1530

Images

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Technical studies

2001Technical Examination

Support

- vertical grained panel of three boards of varying widths butt-joined together and cradled on reverse

Framing

- frame is gilded wood with a butt veneer

  • written by Carol Willoughby

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