Emperor Charles V.

Emperor Charles V.

Title

Emperor Charles V.

[Exhib. Cat. Eisenach 1996, No. 127]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[transferred to oak wood, cda 2023]

Painting on oak wood

[Klein, Report 1994]

The half-length figure is shown in three-quarter profile facing right against a blue background. His hands are folded in front of his body. The emperor wears a black robe over a white shirt and a black hat. The only piece of jewellery he wears is a necklace with the emblem

The half-length figure is shown in three-quarter profile facing right against a blue background. His hands are folded in front of his body. The emperor wears a black robe over a white shirt and a black hat. The only piece of jewellery he wears is a necklace with the emblem of the order of the golden fleece.

[Görres, cda 2013]

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Exhib. Cat. Eisenach 1996, No. 127]
[Exhib. Cat. Hamburg 2003, 178, No. 58]
[Exhib. Cat. Weimar 2015, 28]

Production dates
about 1550
1550

Production dates

about 1550

[Exhib. Cat. Eisenach 1996, No. 127]

1550

[Exhib. Cat. Hamburg 2003, 178, No. 58]

1550 - 1551

[Exhib. Cat. Weimar 2015, 28]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 21.1 x 17.8 x 1.1 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 21.1 x 17.8 x 1.1 cm

  • [cda 2013]

Signature / Dating

None

Inscriptions and Labels

Reverse of the panel: - in the upper section:
a piece of paper attached to the back with a …

Inscriptions and Labels

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

  • Reverse of the panel: - in the upper section:

  • a piece of paper attached to the back with a handwritten annotation:

  • 'Provenienz: Sammlung des Fürsten Ernst

  • Wolrad zu Schaumburg-Lippe, in dessem alten

  • Inventur-Verzeichnis das Bild nach Angabe

  • des Konservators des Grenzland Museums in

  • Flensburg ([.]ido Schliep) als Holbein geführt

  • wurde - wofür ich es nicht halte. R.R.'

  • in blue paint on the paper: '4-52'

    • in the lower section on the right:
  • in blue paint: '4-52'

    • at the bottom left:
  • in red paint: 'M74'

  • [Görres, cda 2013]

Owner
Wartburg-Stiftung, Eisenach
Repository
Wartburg-Stiftung, Eisenach
Location
Eisenach
CDA ID
DE_WSE_M0074
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_WSE_M0074/

Provenance

from the collection of Prince Ernst Wolrad of Schaumburg-Lippe
[information on verso, cda 2013]

Exhibitions

Basel 1974, No. 200
Eisenach 1996, No. 127
Hamburg 2003, No. 58

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Exhib. Cat. Weimar 2015 28 6 Fig. 6
EditorWolfgang Holler, Karin Kolb
TitleCranach in Weimar, [Weimar, Schiller-Museum, 3 April - 14 June 2015]
Place of PublicationDresden
Year of Publication2015
Messling 2010 14 5
AuthorGuido Messling
TitleBlicke auf Cranach
Publicationin Guido Messling, ed., Die Welt des Lucas Cranach. Ein Künstler im Zeitalter von Dürer, Tizian und Metsys, Exhib. Cat. Brussels
Place of PublicationBrussels
Year of Publication2010
Pages12-25
Exhib. Cat. Hamburg 2003 37, 178, 182 058 Pl. 58
EditorBucerius Kunst Forum, Werner Schade
TitleLucas Cranach. Glaube, Mythologie und Moderne [Bucerius Kunst Forum, Hamburg]
Place of PublicationOstfildern-Ruit
Year of Publication2003
Exhib. Cat. Eisenach 1996 207 127
EditorWartburg-Stiftung, Eisenach, Jutta Krauß
TitleAller Knecht und Christi Untertan. Der Mensch Luther und sein Umfeld. Katalog der Ausstellungen zum 450. Todesjahr
Place of PublicationEisenach
Year of Publication1996
Exhib. Cat. Gotha 1994 215
EditorStiftung Schloss Friedenstein, Gotha
TitleGotteswort und Menschenbild. Werke von Cranach und seinen Zeitgenossen
Place of PublicationGotha
Year of Publication1994
Exhib. Cat. Berlin 1983 42-43
EditorAltes Museum, Berlin
TitleKunst der Reformationzeit
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1983
Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974/1976 285-286, 304, 420, 422, 443 No. 200 Fig. 165
AuthorDieter Koepplin, Tilman Falk
TitleLukas Cranach. Gemälde, Zeichnungen und Druckgraphik
Volume1, 2
Place of PublicationBasel, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1974
Link http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-diglit-104522
Schade 1974 86 pl. 213
AuthorWerner Schade
TitleDie Malerfamilie Cranach
Place of PublicationDresden
Year of Publication1974
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/schade1974
Asche 1957 160
AuthorSiegfried Asche
TitleDie Wartburg
Place of PublicationDresden
Issuesecond edition
Year of Publication1957
  • Emperor Charles V., about 1550

Images

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  • overall
  • overall
  • reverse
  • irr
  • x_radiograph
  • detail

Technical studies

02. 2013Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared reflectography
  • irr

Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

Tools/Materials:

- fluid, black medium?

Type/Ductus:

- copied lines (in the face)

- thin lines

Function:

- binding for the final painted version; lines delineate contours and describe essential details and the facial features; no representation of volume

Deviations:

- minor alterations made during the painting process to clearly define form; changes for example to the shape of the hat

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- not possible

Comments:

- probably transferred from a pre-existing design

- the painting is in rather bad condition with large areas of overpaint, which makes any interpretation of the underdrawing difficult

[Smith, Sandner, Heydenreich, cda 2013]

  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
  • photographed by Ingo Sandner

15.03.1994Scientific analysis

  • Identification of wood species / Dendrochronology

Support

  • analysed by Peter Klein

1974Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • X-radiography
  • x_radiograph

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