Bildnis eines Mannes (angeblich nach Paris Bordone)

August Wolf's 1873 copy of a portrait then attributed to Paris Bordone — described as 'allegedly after Paris Bordone' — reflects the complex status of Old Master attributions in the 19th century, when many works now reassigned to other artists were still grouped under major names. Venetian 16th-century portraiture was a field of ongoing scholarly debate, and copies of such works by painters like Wolf contributed to the documentation and dissemination of a contested pictorial tradition. The Neue Pinakothek preserves this copy as part of its collection of historical art documentation.

Wolf reproduces the Venetian portrait formula — three-quarter pose, distinctive costume, atmospheric background — with the careful academic technique of an experienced copyist working in the tradition of Venetian 16th-century portraiture.