Portrait of a Nobleman (Possibly a Member of the Solms Family)

Portrait of a Nobleman (Possibly a Member of the Solms Family)

Title

Portrait of a Nobleman (Possibly a Member of the Solms Family)

[Philadelphia Museum of Art, revised 2015]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Philadelphia Museum of Art, revised 2015]

Before settling in Wetzlar, Germany, about 1515, Hans Döring trained in the Wittenberg workshop of the German painter and printmaker Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472-1553). This work is reminiscent of Cranach's portrait style both in the general composition and in the treatment of the hands, facial features, and clothing.

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Attributions
Hans Döring
Hans Mielich

Attributions

Hans Döring

[Philadelphia Museum of Art, revised 2015]

Hans Mielich

(Johnson Paintings, 1914)
[Philadelphia Museum of Art, revised 2015]

Production dates
about 1520 - 1529
1549

Production dates

about 1520 - 1529

[Philadelphia Museum of Art, revised 2015]

1549

date previously 1549 [Philadelphia Museum of Art, revised 2015]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 47.6 x 38.4 cm (18 3/4 x 15 1/8 inches)

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 47.6 x 38.4 cm (18 3/4 x 15 1/8 inches)

  • [Philadelphia Museum of Art, revised 2015]

Signature / Dating

None

Inscriptions and Labels
  • across top (fragmentary): [...] / ALTERS . IM . [...]1 . IARE . 1549 . ([...] …

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

    • across top (fragmentary): [...] / ALTERS . IM . [...]1 . IARE . 1549 . ([...] aged [...]1 years, 1549; the date has been altered from 1520 or 1529, and a line above the present one, probably containing the sitter's name, has been removed.

  • [Philadelphia Museum of Art, revised 2015]

Owner
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Repository
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Location
Philadelphia
CDA ID
US_PMA_736
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/US_PMA_736/

Provenance

  • Laurentine-Françoise (Bernage) Lelong (d. 1902), Paris, until d. 1902
  • her estate sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, December 8-10, 1902, no. 4.
  • possibly with Eugène Fischoff, Paris, 1907 [1]
  • John G. Johnson (1841-1917), Philadelphia, possibly by 1907 and definitely by 1914, until d. 1917 [2]
  • bequest to City of Philadelphia, 1917 (John G. Johnson Collection)

[1] Transcription of letter from Eugène Fischoff, Paris, to John G. Johnson, June 21, 1907 (curatorial file), referring to a Hans Mielich that Fischoff is shipping to Johnson. Cat. 736 was attributed to Mielich when first catalogued in Johnson Collection.
[2] W[ilhelm]. R[einhold]. Valentiner, Catalogue of a Collection of Paintings and Some Art Objects, vol. 3: German, French, Spanish and English Paintings and Art Objects, Modern Paintings (Philadelphia: John G. Johnson, 1914), p. 12, no. 736, illus. p. 240.
[Philadelphia Museum of Art, revised 2015]

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Löcher 2002 239 No. 49 Fig. 92
AuthorKurt Löcher
TitleHans Mielich (1516-1573). Bildnismaler in München
SeriesKunstwissenschaftliche Studien
Volume100
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication2002
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Cat. Philadelphia 1994 165 (5)
EditorPhiladelphia Museum of Art
TitlePhiladelphia Museum of Art. Concise Catalogue.
Place of Publication[Philadelphia]
Year of Publication1994
Show Literature
Cat. Philadelphia 1941 45
Authorn. a.
TitleJohn G. Johnson Collection: Catalogue of Paintings
Place of Publication[Philadelphia]
Year of Publication1941
Show Literature
Exhib. Cat. Cambridge, Mass. 1936 70 299
AuthorCharles L. Kuhn
EditorGermanic Museum, Cambridge, Mass.
TitleCatalogue of the Germanic Museum exhibition of German paintings of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Lent from American collections
Place of PublicationCambridge Mass.
Year of Publication1936
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Röttger 1925 84 No. 4 Fig. p. 83
AuthorBernhard Hermann Röttger
TitleDer Maler Hans Mielich
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication1925
Show Literature
Cat. Philadelphia 1914 12 No. 736 Fig. p. 240
AuthorW[ilhelm]. R[einhold]. Valentiner
TitleCatalogue of a Collection of Paintings and Some Art Objects, vol. 3: German, French, Spanish and English Paintings and Art Objects, Modern Paintings (John G. Johnson Collection)
Place of Publication[Philadelphia]
Year of Publication1914
Show Literature
Auct. Cat. Paris 1902 13 No. 4 Fig.
EditorGalerie Georges Petit, Paris
TitleSale cat. (coll. Laurentine-Françoise Lelong), Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, December 8-10
Place of Publication[Paris]
Year of Publication1902
Show Literature
  • Portrait of a Nobleman (Possibly a Member of the Solms Family), about 1520 - 1529

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