Portrait of a Man, c. 1507

Inscription

probably by later hand, upper left in monogram: AD; probably by later hand, upper right: 1507

Provenance

Supposedly purchased in Germany, c. 1750, by Pehr von Lagerbring [d. 1799], Sweden; sold to David Henric Hildebrand [d. 1791], Castle Ericsberg, Katrineholm, by 1770 or 1771; by descent to his son, David Gotthard Henric Hildebrand [d. 1808]; his grandson, Carl Carlsson Bonde, Castle Ericsberg, as part of the "Fideikommiss;" by descent to Carl Gotthard Carlsson Bonde, Castle Ericsberg. (Galerie Matthiesen, Berlin, 1927).[1] (P. & D. Colnaghi and Co., London and New York, 1927); (M. Knoedler & Co., New York, 1928, owned jointly with Galerie Matthiesen and P. & D. Colnaghi and Co.);[2] purchased 1928 by Andrew W. Mellon, Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C.; deeded 30 March 1932 to The A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, Pittsburgh; gift 19937 to NGA.

Technical Summary

The support is a single piece of linden with vertically oriented grain.[1] The original panel, which was probably thinned, has been marouflaged to a secondary panel and cradled. Examination with infrared reflectography did not disclose underdrawing. The original ground and paint layers do not extend to the extreme edges, although a thin nonoriginal layer and brown overpaint[2] have been applied to the edges.

Examinations in 1973 and 1988 yielded very little hard information about the monogram and date. Both appear to lie directly on the paint surface without an intervening layer, and both have been on the painting long enough to develop the crackle pattern of the black paint underneath. X-ray fluorescence indicated the similarity of the paints, but this cannot be taken as an indication of whether or not the date and monogram were executed at the same time.

The painting is generally in good condition. There are several long vertical checks in the panel. Along the checks and in the face of the sitter there are scattered paint losses that have been filled and inpainted.

[1] The wood was identified by Peter Klein, examination report, 29 September 1987, in NGA curatorial files.

[2] Examination of the brown paint under x-ray fluorescence indicated the presence of cadmium and zinc, suggesting that the paint was manufactured in the nineteenth or twentieth century.

Bibliography

1907

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1917

Strömbom, Sixten Georg Mauritz. Portraitsamlingen--Ericsbergs Fideikommiss. Stockholm, 1917: 21, no. 32 (as by Dürer).

1927

Buchner, Ernst. "Der junge Schäufelein als Maler und Zeichner." In Festschrift für Max J. Friedländer zum 60. Geburtstage. Leipzig, 1927: 72.

1928

Buchner, Ernst. "Hans von Kulmbach als Bildnismaler." Pantheon 1 (1928): 135.

1928

Winkler, Friedrich. Dürer--Des Meisters Gemälde, Kupferstiche und Holzschnitte. (Klassiker der Kunst 4). Berlin and Leipzig, 1928: repro. 45, 414, 442, 447.

1929

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1930

Friedländer, Max J. "Albrecht Dürer, 1471-1528 Portrait of a Man." In Unknown Masterpieces in Public and Private Collections, Vol. 1, ed. Wilhelm R. Valentiner. London, 1930: 1:"U.M 63," pl. 63 (as by Dürer).

1930

Valentiner, Wilhelm Reinhold. Unknown Masterpieces in Public and Private Collections. London, 1930: 63, repro. (as by Dürer).

1932

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1933

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1936

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1937

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1937

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1941

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1942

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1943

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1957

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1965

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1967

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1968

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1968

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1973

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1975

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1984

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1990

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1992

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1992

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1993

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1995

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2002

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2011

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