Portrait of Johann Georg Viberg
Medium
Woodcut
Dimensions
Sheet: 4 7/8 × 3 1/4 in. (12.4 × 8.3 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1932
Accession Number
32.65.20
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Art Historical Context
**Portrait of Johann Georg Vib** by Lucas Cranach the is a delicate woodcut print from the 16th century, capturing the refined features of its subject in a compact sheet measuring just 4 7/8 × 3 1/4 inches. As part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints collection, acquired through the Harris Brisbane Dick Fund in 2, this intimate portrait exemplifies the Cranach family's mastery of printmaking during the Northern Renaissance. Lucas Cranach the Younger (5–1586), his father Lucas the Elder's renowned workshop in Wittenberg, specialized in woodcuts that bridged painting and mas...