Lucas Cranach d. Ä. - Das ungleiche Paar
auction 390, Lot 540
Gemälde und Graphiken 15. – 20. Jh.
on 3 December 2020
Lucas Cranach d. Ä.
Das ungleiche Paar
Differenzbesteuerung
Lucas Cranach, the Elder
1472 Kronach - 1553 Weimar
and workshop
The Ill-Matched Couple
Oil on panel. 19 x 14.2 cm. Mounted. Cradling on the mounted frame verso. Restored. Minor damage to frame.
A grotesque looking couple is shown on this smallsized painting. An old, obviously wealthy man, attaching a ring to a young beauty, who has lovingly laid her arm on his left shoulder. In the 16th century this subject was generally popular. The intention of these representations was moral education on one side and the pointing out of the transitoriness of life on the other side. The subject of the Ill-Matched Couple manifested itself as a recurring theme in the Cranach workshop, obviously based on a great success with collectors. Around 40 versions are well known. Very closely related to our painting is the version in the collection of the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna (inv. no. Gemäldegalerie 895), dated c. 1530/40 and corresponding in size (19,5 x 14,5 cm). Provenance: Lord Kinnaird, Rossie Priory. - Anonymous sale, Sothebys London, 30 November 1966, lot 83. - Purchased by Seymour R. Thaler, New York. - Private owner. Literature: Friedländer, Max J. / Rosenberg, Jakob, The Paintings of Lucas Cranach. London 1978, p. 26, catalogue raisonné number 286: there stated as work of Lucas Cranach the Elder and dated circa 1530.
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