Portrait medallion of an unknown man

Johan Gregor van der Schardt, c. 1575 - c. 1580

Although Van der Schardt entered into the service of Emperor Maximilian II in Nuremberg, he still worked for other patrons. Prominent citizens were eager to have him portray them. Such likenesses could take the form of three-dimensional busts or low reliefs of the face in profile. The choice was usually based on financial considerations; a relief was less expensive.

  • Artwork typesculpture, relief (sculpture)
  • Object numberBK-1955-5
  • Dimensionsdiameter 22.5 cm
  • Physical characteristicswhite-firing clay with polychromy (oil paint)

Identification

  • Title(s)

    • Portrait Medallion of a Man
    • Portrait medallion of an unknown man

  • Object type

  • Object number

    BK-1955-5

  • Description

    De ongeveer 40-jarige, in profiel naar rechts, heeft krullend haar, snor, baard en bakkebaarden. Hij draagt een plooikraag, die rust op de opstaande kraag van zijn wambuis, dat een reminiscentie van schouderkleppen vertoont en op de borst wordt gesloten door kegelvormige knopen.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    inscription, on the reverse, in red chalk: ‘283’

  • Part of catalogue

Creation

  • Creation

    sculptor: Johan Gregor van der Schardt, Neurenberg

  • Dating

    c. 1575 - c. 1580

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    white-firing clay with polychromy (oil paint)

  • Dimensions

    diameter 22.5 cm

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  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Acquisition

    purchase 1955

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; ? collection Paulus II Praun (1548-1616), Nuremberg, c. 1580; ? transferred to the ‘Praunsche Kabinett’, Nuremberg, 1616;{K. Achilles-Syndram, _Die Kunstsammlung des Paulus Praun: Die Inventare von 1616 und 1719_, Nuremberg 1994, p. 150, no. 402.} ? sold by the Praun family to the dealer Johann Friedrich Frauenholz (1758-1822), Nuremberg, 1801;{H. Honnens de Lichtenberg, _Johan Gregor van der Schardt: Bildhauer bei Kaiser Maximilian II, am dänischen Hof und bei Tycho Brahe_, Copenhagen 1991, p. 55.} …; from sale collection Friedrich Lippmann (1838-1903), Berlin (R. Lepke), 26-27 November 1912, no. 130, to Albert Freiherr von Lanna (1836-1909), Munich; whose sale, Berlin (Paul Cassirer), 6 November 1929, no. 18; …; from collection Hermann Seidl (1883-1957), Munich, DM 2,400, to the museum, through the mediation of the dealer Cramer, The Hague, 1955; on loan to the Museum Kurhaus, Cleves, 2004-09

Documentation

    • F. Scholten, Johan Gregor van der Schardt and the moment of self-portraiture in sculpture, in: Simiolus 33 (2007/2008), nr. 4, p. 198, afb. 4
    • R.A. Pelzer, 'Johann Gregor von der Schardt (Jan de Zar) aus Nijmwegen, ein Bildhauer der Spätrenaissance', Münchner Jahrbuch der bildenden Kunst 10 (1916), p. 210.
    • Jaarverslag Rijksmuseum (1955), p. 14-15.
    • E.F. Bange, Münchner Jahrbuch der bildenden Kunst, N.F. 1 (1924), p. 170.

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  • Portrait medallion of an unknown man
  • Portrait medallion of an unknown man