Portrait of a Young Man
1515, Artist: Hans Baldung, gen. Grien
Portrait of a Young Man
The Latin inscription states that the subject of the portrait is 25 years old. It also compares the artist, Baldung, with Apelles, the greatest painter of Greek antiquity, because both created portraits of unsurpassed realism.
Object data
Object Name
Painting
Culture
German
Dated
1515
Artist
Hans Baldung, gen. Grien (1484/85 Schwäbisch Gmünd - 1545 Straßburg) - GND
Material
Limewood
Dimensions
einschließlich zweier beiderseits angesetzter bemalter Leisten: Overall: 63,8 cm × 47,5 cm × 2,3 cm
Framed: 76,5 cm × 60,5 cm × 5,5 cm
Signed
Inscribed with the monogram on the upper right; below the inscription: 1515
Inscribed
oben die Inschrift in Distichen: TALIS. ERAM. LVSTRIS. OLIM. QVASI. QVINQVE. PERACTIS. / ARTE. VELVT. MAGNA. PICTA. TABELLA. TENET / SIC. ME. BALDVNGVS. DEPINXERAT. ALTER. APELLES / VT. VIVVM. QVI. ME. VIDERIT. ESSE. PVTET.
Image rights
Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Gemäldegalerie
Inv. No.
Gemäldegalerie, 864
Provenance
1783 documented in the gallery
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