Single portrait of Leonhard Cuno

General information
Original location Nuremberg? (where the sitter lived)
Current location Among others:
Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek
Göttingen, Kunstsammlung der Universität, Graphische Sammlung
Münster, LWL - Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kultur, Porträtarchiv Diepenbroick, inv. no. C-595697 PAD
Wolfenbüttel, Herzog-August-Bibliothek, inv. no. Portr. II 1006a
Artist Michael Fennitzer (monogram M.F.Sc.)
Date between 1667 and 1700 (based on artist; probably a copy after an older original painting of 1402)
Material Engraving
Dimensions 12,7 x 8,6 cm
Visual elements
Short description Portrait of a bearded man with long hair, portrayed half-length, facing the viewer. The man is dressed in pilgrim's garment, including a hat with a pilgrim's mark, cloak, staff, and a scallop of St James.
Depicted pilgrim
Personal information
Name Leonhard Cuno
Social status / profession Unknown (citizen of Nuremberg?)
Text Under the portrait: Da ich Leonhard Cuno war Dreisig Jahr alt, kam außn globten Land in dieser Pilgram gstalt. Anno M CCCC II
Pilgrimages
Year of pilgrimage 1402
Attributes Jerusalem pilgrimage None (see remarks)
Additional information
Remarks In this case, the scallop of St James does not signify a pilgrimage to Santiago. Rather the attribute is included as part of the standard pilgrim's garment.
Literature
  • Mortzfeld, Peter, Katalog der graphischen Porträts in der Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel 1500-1850. Reihe A, Die Porträtsammlung (Munich 1986), no. 4182
  • Sors, Anne-Katrin (ed.), Die Englische Manier. Mezzotinto als Medium druckgrafischer Reproduktion und Innovation (Göttingen 2014), pp. 72, 76, fig. 39
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