Jakob Fugger the Rich (Dürer)
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| Jakob Fugger the Rich |
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| Albrecht Dürer , around 1518 |
| "Cloth painting" on unprimed canvas |
| 68 × 52 cm |
| State gallery in the Katharinenkirche, Augsburg |
The portrait of Jakob Fugger the Rich was painted by Albrecht Dürer around 1518 during the 18th Reichstag in Augsburg . The painting is now in the Staatsgalerie Altdeutscher Meister , the former Katharinenkirche in Augsburg .
description
The merchant Jakob Fugger , who was almost sixty at the time, looked into the distance. The light blue background of the picture softens the severity and sobriety of his gaze. The position of the head indicates firmness and self-confidence. The broad forehead and the thin lips also give the viewer the impression of having a strong personality in front of him, who does not require any further decoration such as medals or other decorations pinned to the chest. The fashionable, simple, gold-colored beret of the cleric gives an indication of the social position of the Painted. Albrecht Dürer painted the clear complexion of the beardless face in 1518 with fine brushstrokes against a delicate blue background. The blue background appeared before in the portrait of a young woman painted in 1506 .
The outer edges of Jakob Fugger's clothes and fur cross and overlap. In the shape of a triangle, an ascending pyramid, they create the effect of solidity and rigor of the form. With the simple, elegant, round golden beret, which appeared as headgear in his day, Jakob Fugger is very fashionable and dynamic.
That summer, Albrecht Dürer was the City of Nuremberg's envoy to the 18th Reichstag in Augsburg, where he immortalized Jakob Fugger and other important personalities with his art of painting.
Doubts as to its authenticity
It is undisputed that the picture comes from Dürer's workshop. Well-known art historians, including Max Jakob Friedländer , Norbert Wolf and Gisela Goldberg, doubt whether the master himself painted the portrait. The frozen and unmoved physiognomy of the face and weaknesses in the depiction of the fur suggest a copy of a lost picture from Dürer's workshop. On the other hand, the execution of the painting as a "handkerchief painting" - a preliminary painting that was presented to the client for assessment - would explain why the depiction of the fur is not yet perfectly executed.
Web links
- Website at the Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen
- Princely and Countess Fugger Foundation Administration
literature
- Martin Kluger: The Fugger: The German Medici in and around Augsburg , Context Verlag, Augsburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-939645-13-9
Individual evidence
- ^ Web Gallery of Art: Jakob Fugger, the Wealthy of July 8, 2010.
- ↑ Augsburger Allgemeine : Jakob Fugger portrait - How real is this Dürer? ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed December 11, 2010
Coordinates: 48 ° 21 '54 " N , 10 ° 53' 57" E