Nicholas de Backer

Title

Nicholas de Backer

[The Royal Collection, revised 2012]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[The Royal Collection, revised 2012]

'Half-length, facing slightly to the right; wearing a dark-brown, fur-lined robe over a long sleeved black jacket and a black cap with ear pieces. He holds a string of large beads in both hands. Long beard and moustache. Shield in top right.'

[The Royal Collection, revised 1993]

Attributions: Lucas Cranach the Elder
Lucas Cranach the Younger

Attributions

Lucas Cranach the Elder	[The Royal Collection, revised 2012]
Lucas Cranach the Younger	(?) [Heydenreich, unpublished 1993] [The Royal Collection, revised 1993]

Production dates: 1509 ?
after 1550

Production dates

1509 ?	[The Royal Collection, revised 2012]
after 1550	[cda 2013]

Dimensions: Dimensions of support: 76.2 x 63.2 cm

Dimensions

Dimensions of support: 76.2 x 63.2 cm
[The Royal Collection, revised 2012]
Dimensions including frame: 87.4 x 74.5 cm
[The Royal Collection, revised 1993]

Signature / Dating: Artist's insignia beneath the inscription: winged serpent with elevated wings facing right; in black paint

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia beneath the inscription: winged serpent with elevated wings facing right; in black paint

Inscriptions and Labels

top left: 'AETATIS LX / ANNO CHRISTI SALVATORIS MDIX'
top right:
Coat-of-arms
beneath this:
'NOB:D NICOLAUS DE BACKER (/) DNS DE …

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

- top left:
'AETATIS LX / ANNO CHRISTI SALVATORIS MDIX'
- top right:
Coat-of-arms
- beneath this:
'NOB:D NICOLAUS DE BACKER (/) DNS DE WATEREPPE I:CAR (/) V' A CONSILIIS NAT: EQVES'

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

Front of the frame: Printed label: 'LUCAS CRANACH the Younger (1515-1566) (/) Nicholas de Backer'
[The Royal Collection, revised 1993]
Reverse of the panel:
Label: 'Nic. De Backer (/) Life size (/) given to Prince Albert by Queen Victoria (/) August 16th 1846'
[Heydenreich, unpublished 1993]

Owner: Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, London
Repository: The Royal Collection, London
Location: London

CDA ID: UK_RCL_RCIN405736
FR (1978) Nr.: FR024A
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/UK_RCL_RCIN405736/

Provenance

acquired by Queen Victoria
[The Royal Collection, revised 2012]

Literature

Reference on page

Catalogue Number

Figure / Plate

Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979

No. 24A

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

Show Literature

Nicholas de Backer, 1509 ?

Images

Technical studies

1993Technical Examination

Support

- 3 vertical planks

Ground and Imprimatura

- ground and paint layers applied to the edge of the panel

Paint Layers and Gilding

- soft, blended application of the flesh paint - Cranach the Younger ?

[Heydenreich, unpublished 1993]

Condition Reports

Date1993

cradled

[The Royal Collection, revised 1993]

Date1993

thinned (0.6 cm) and cradled

[Heydenreich, unpublished 1993]

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