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Portrait of a Young Man

Portrait of a Young Man

Artist/Maker
Date1515–20
MediumOil on spruce panel
DimensionsOverall: 13 1/4 × 9 1/2 in. (33.7 × 24.1 cm)
Frame: 19 1/2 × 16 3/16 × 1 15/16 in. (49.5 × 41.1 × 4.9 cm)
Credit LineMrs. F. F. Prentiss Fund
Object number1949.89
Status
On view
More Information
This portrait has been attributed to two artists, Martin Schaffner and Hans Burgkmair, and its origin in Augsburg is very probable. The artist's treatment of the brocaded background which dates back to Durer's Elsbeth Tucher of 1499, is a comparatively rare feature, though it can also be found in portraits by Schaffner. What does stand out as a distinguishing feature is the parallel pen hatchings on the front side of the face.
ProvenanceRichard von Kaufmann [1850-1908], Berlin, by 1901¹; (his sale, Paul Cassirer and Hugo Helbing, Berlin, December 4-5, 1917 [as by "Swabian Master," ca. 1520, no. 146])². Camillo Castiglioni [1879-1957], Vienna, until November 1930; (his sale, Ball & Graupe, Berlin, 28 November 1930, no. 38)³; (A.S. Drey, Munich and New York, until 1936); by purchase 1936 Alexander Oppler [1869-1937], Berlin; by descent to Miss Ellen Madeleine Oppler (later Mrs. Ansprenger) [1905-1972]; (consigned to J. Goudstikker, Amsterdam, before WWII until November 1948); (consigned by Ellen Madeleine Oppler Ansprenger to Schaeffer Galleries, New York, January 1949); purchased 1949 by the Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH Notes: ¹von Kaufmann published a catalog of his collection under the title "Gemälde des XIV-XVI Jahrhunderts aus der Sammlung von Richard von Kaufmann" in 1901. Portrait of a man is included as no. 58, ill. 40, attributed to "Swabian Master." ²Max J. Friedländer, Die Sammlung Richard von Kaufmann, Berlin: Cassirer's, December 4-5, 1917, Part 2, Cat no. 146 (as by Swabian Master), pp. 281-283. (ill.) ³Otto van Falke, Die Sammlung C. Castiglioni, Wien, Berlin: Hermann Ball und Paul Graupe, November 28, 1930, p. 23, no. 38, pl. 19 (as by Swabian Master).Exhibition History
Italian Old Masters and German Primitives
  • Art Gallery of Toronto, Canada ( 1931-01 - 1931-01 )
The Renaissance Image of Man and the World
  • Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, Columbus, OH (October 27, 1961 - November 27, 1961 )
Religion, Ritual and Performance in the Renaissance
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (August 28, 2012 - June 30, 2013 )
Collections
  • European
  • On View
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