This unidentified sitter's likeness was executed in oil paint on paper and probably served as a preparatory sketch for a portrait painting. It is one of many such sketches known to have been produced by Cranach and his workshop. The nuanced contours and refined detail of the sitter's face contrast
This unidentified sitter's likeness was executed in oil paint on paper and probably served as a preparatory sketch for a portrait painting. It is one of many such sketches known to have been produced by Cranach and his workshop. The nuanced contours and refined detail of the sitter's face contrast with the brown ground and implied hat, enhancing his vitiality.
[cda 2020]
- Attribution
- Lucas Cranach the Elder
Attribution
| Lucas Cranach the Elder | [Getty online database: http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/393/lucas-cranach-the-elder-portrait-of-a-man-german-about-1530/; accessed 19.05.2020] |
- Production date
- about 1530
Production date
| about 1530 | [Getty online database: http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/393/lucas-cranach-the-elder-portrait-of-a-man-german-about-1530/; accessed 19.05.2020] |
- Dimensions
- Dimensions of support: 26.2 × 20 cm
Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 26.2 × 20 cm
[Getty online database: http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/393/lucas-cranach-the-elder-portrait-of-a-man-german-about-1530/; accessed 19.05.2020]
- Signature / Dating
none
- Inscriptions and Labels
- at lower right corner: marked (recto) with the collection mark of J. Pzn. Zoomer (L.1511)
- verso:
in brown ink between …Inscriptions and Labels
Stamps, Seals, Labels:
- at lower right corner: marked (recto) with the collection mark of J. Pzn. Zoomer (L.1511)
- verso:
in brown ink between the drawing and the lining: 'HH'
[Getty online database: http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/393/lucas-cranach-the-elder-portrait-of-a-man-german-about-1530/; accessed 19.05.2020]
- Owner
- The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
- Repository
- The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
- Location
- Los Angeles
- CDA ID
- US_JPGM_92-GG-91
- FR (1978) Nr.
- FR-none
- Persistent Link
- https://lucascranach.org/en/US_JPGM_92-GG-91/
