Beschreibung:

Details
Portrait of Caspar Cruciger (1504-1548), bust-length, holding a book
LUCAS CRANACH THE YOUNGER (WITTENBERG 1515-1586 WEIMAR)
signed with the artist's serpent device above the artist's monogram 'L' (center left)
14 x 9 in. (35.7 x 22.8 cm.)
Cranach
Provenance
(Possibly) The Danish Royal Collection, circa 1740.
Cornelis Hoogendijk (1866-1911), The Hague; (†), Frederik Muller & Cie., Amsterdam, 14 May 1912, lot 17.
Albert Keller, Esq., New York, by 1928.
(Possibly) Birnbaum collection, Berlin, circa 1930.
(Possibly) with Rosenberg & Steibel, New York, circa 1945.
with Nicholas M. Acquavella, New York, by 1968, as 'Portrait of a Man' (according to a label on the reverse).
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 15 January 1987, lot 12, as 'Portrait of a bearded man holding a book'.
with Joseph B. Guttmann Galleries, Beverly Hills, by 1987.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 11 January 1991, lot 36, where acquired by the present owner.
Literature
Catalogues der Schilderijen, Miniaturen, Pastels, Omlijste Teekeningen, Enz. in het Rijks-museum te Amsterdam met drie supplementen, Amsterdam, 1908, p. 392, no. 735c.
Catalogue of the Pictures, Minatures, Pastels, Framed Drawings, Etc. in the Rijks-museum at Amsterdam with supplement, Amsterdam, 1910, p. 427, no. 735c.
Catalogue des tableaux, minatures, pastels, dessins encadrés, etc. du Musée de L'État à Amsterdam avec supplément, Amsterdam, 1911, p. 108, no. 735c.
'Notes D'Art', La Gazette de Hollande, XC, O. van Beresteyn, ed., Amsterdam, 1912, p. 3.
'Cronique des ventes', Le Bulletin de l'Art, DXLIV., Paris, 1912, p. 150.
Exhibited
Amsterdam, The Rijksmuseum, on loan 1907-1911.
New York, Kleinberger Galleries, Inc., Catalogue of a Loan Exhibition of German Primitives for the benefit of the American Red Cross, November 1928, no. 37.