Portrait of a Man in a Black Cap

Portrait of a Man in a Black Cap

Painting on paper

Medium

Painting on paper

[cda 2015]

Oil on paper, possibly over black chalk

[http://corsair.themorgan.org/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=247060; accessed 10 Aug 2015]

Study of a male head with dark, curly hair under a black cap, facing right. The shadow of a beard is present around the mouth and the cheeks. The collar of a white shirt is also indicated, likewise the shoulders are only indicated with a few cursory lines.

[Görres, cda

Study of a male head with dark, curly hair under a black cap, facing right. The shadow of a beard is present around the mouth and the cheeks. The collar of a white shirt is also indicated, likewise the shoulders are only indicated with a few cursory lines.

[Görres, cda 2015]

Attributions
Lucas Cranach the Elder
Lucas Cranach the Younger

Attributions

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[The Morgan online; accessed 05 Dec 2025]
[Rosenberg 1960, No. 91]

Lucas Cranach the Younger

[Hofbauer 2011, 448-449]

Dating
about 1535
1500 - 1599

Dating

about 1535

[Rosenberg 1960, No. 91]

1500 - 1599

'16th century' [The Morgan online; accessed 05 Dec 2025]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 25 x 19.5 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 25 x 19.5 cm

  • [http://corsair.themorgan.org/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=247060; accessed 10 Aug 2015]

Signature / Dating

None

Labels

Inscribed on the verso in an old, possibly sixteenth century hand, "H. HOLBEEN" and "2."
[The …

Labels

later inscription, stamps, seals, labels:
Owner
The Morgan Library & Museum, New York
Repository
The Morgan Library & Museum, New York
Location
New York
CDA ID
US_MLMNY_B3-FS-032-05
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/US_MLMNY_B3-FS-032-05/

Provenance

- since ca. 1900 in the family of Michael Bluett Winch
- his sale, London, Sotheby's, Old Master Paintings, 11 December 1991, lot 45
- Bob P. Haboldt & Co. Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw, New York
[The Morgan online; accessed 05 Dec 2025]

Exhibitions

Munich 2008, no. 66

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Zorzin 2015 10-11
AuthorAlejandro Zorzin
TitleEine unbeachtete Identifizierung: Das Cranach-Porträt des Justus Jonas
JournalNordhäuser Nachrichten. Südharzer Heimatblätter
Issue24/4 (1 Dec 2015)
Year of Publication2015
Pages10-11
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Hofbauer 2010 448-449
AuthorMichael Hofbauer
TitleCranach - die Zeichnungen
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication2010
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Exhib. Cat. Munich 2008 A 66
AuthorSibylle Weber am Bach
Title100 Master drawings from the Morgan Library & Museum
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication2008
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Cat. New York 2006 114-115 53
AuthorRhoda Eitel-Porter
TitleFrom Leonardo to Pollock: master drawings from the Morgan Library
Place of PublicationNew York
Year of Publication2006
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Denison 1994 5
EditorCara D. Denison
TitleThe Thaw Collection: Master Drawings and New Acquisitions
Place of PublicationNew York
Year of Publication1994
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Rosenberg 1960 33 91
AuthorJakob Rosenberg
TitleDie Zeichnungen Lucas Cranachs d.Ä.
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1960
Link https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.42777
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Technical studies

Support

Watermark: most probably a high crown (possibly Gerhard Piccard, Die Kronenwasserzeichen, Stuttgart, 1961, VI, no. 7, which is documented between 1511 and 1516 in Thuringia, Saxony, and elsewhere).

[http://corsair.themorgan.org/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=247060; accessed 10 Aug 2015]

Condition Reports

Support

Watermark: most probably a high crown (possibly Gerhard Piccard, Die Kronenwasserzeichen, Stuttgart, 1961, VI, no. 7, which is documented between 1511 and 1516 in Thuringia, Saxony, and elsewhere).

Upper corners are repaired; some wrinkles and tears

[http://corsair.themorgan.org/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=247060; accessed 10 Aug 2015]

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