The probable identification of the sitter is based on the coat of arms on the verso of the panel. He is Lukas Spielhausen. Born c. 1493 in Leipzig, he was a state lawyer in the state judicial curia under Johann the Constant, Elector of Saxony (r. 1523-32). He could have encountered Cranach, court painter to the Saxon electors, through his official duties in Torgau.
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