Bildnis eines behinderten Mannes
2. Hälfte 16. Jahrhundert | Deutsch
The portrait depicts a naked man wearing a red hat and a collar following the Spanish fashion, lying on a table. His disability can be diagnosed as congenital joint contractures (Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita). As over the right shoulder remnants have survived, previously a red sheet of paper hang over the painting to curtain the body. It could be lifted for viewing. In the background, a Kunstkammer furniture of the time can be seen. Thus, the man was already presented in the setting in which the picture
was intended to become an object of study.
The portrait depicts a naked man wearing a red hat and a collar following the Spanish fashion, lying on a table. His disability can be diagnosed as congenital joint contractures (Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita). As over the right shoulder remnants have survived, previously a red sheet of paper hang over the painting to curtain the body. It could be lifted for viewing. In the background, a Kunstkammer furniture of the time can be seen. Thus, the man was already presented in the setting in which the picture
was intended to become an object of study.
Attributed to:
Deutsch
Artist:
anonym
Depiction/Person:
Thomas Sohn d. Hans Schweicker (1540 Schwäbisch Hall - 1602 Schwäbisch Hall) DNB
Time:
2. Hälfte 16. Jahrhundert
Object Name
Gemälde, Porträt, Bildnis eines behinderten Mannes
Culture
Deutsch
Dimensions:
110 × 135 cm
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie
Invs.
Gemäldegalerie, 8344
Provenance
Ambras, im Inventar in der Kunstkammer 1663 nachweisbar
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