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Lucas Cranach
1472-1553
Portrait of a Man, Possibly Justus Jonas
Oil on paper, possibly over black chalk, some retouching in cap and bust, on paper.
9 1/2 x 7 3/4 inches (250 x 195 mm)
Thaw Collection.
2006.50
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Watermark: most probably a high crown (possibly Gerhard Piccard, Die Kronenwasserzeichen, Stuttgart, 1961, VI, no. 7, which is documented between 1511 and 1516 in Thuringia, Saxony, and elsewhere).
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Upper corners are repaired; some wrinkles and tears. Inscribed on the verso in an old, possibly sixteenth century hand, "H. HOLBEEN" and "2."
Provenance:
Since ca. 1900 in the family of Michael Bluett Winch; his sale, London, Sotheby's, Old Master Paintings, 11 December 1991, lot 45; Bob P. Haboldt & Co. Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw, New York.
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