Portrait of a Man
1564 | Lucas Cranach d. J.
Lucas Cranach the Younger took over the large workshop of his father, which continued to paint largely in the same style. However, the colouration in the son’s pictures is brighter and the compositions are a bit more planar. Linear expressive devices, such as the sharp contrast between the outlines and the background, have great visual importance. This is the companion piece to “Portrait of a Noblewoman” (Inv. No. GG 886).
Lucas Cranach the Younger took over the large workshop of his father, which continued to paint largely in the same style. However, the colouration in the son’s pictures is brighter and the compositions are a bit more planar. Linear expressive devices, such as the sharp contrast between the outlines and the background, have great visual importance. This is the companion piece to “Portrait of a Noblewoman” (Inv. No. GG 886).
Artist:
Lucas Cranach d. J. (1515 Wittenberg - 1586 Weimar) DNB
Time:
1564
Object Name
Painting
Culture
German
Material/technology:
Limewood
Dimensions:
Overall: 84,35 cm × 63,5 cm × 2,8 cm
Framed: 109 cm × 88,5 cm × 5 cm
Signed
Inscribed with the snake with curved wings at lower left, dat. 1564
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie
Invs.
Gemäldegalerie, 885
Provenance
Coll. Leopold Wilhelm