The ill-matched Lovers

The ill-matched Lovers

Title

The ill-matched Lovers

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, 126, No. 282]

Painting on wood / beech

Medium

Painting on wood / beech

[http://www.akademiegalerie.at/de/Sammlung/Virtuelle%20Galerie/Bildinfo/?image_name=7&active_image=&GALLERY] (accessed 23.08.2017)

Beech wood

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, 126, no. 282]
[Hutter 1972, 39]

This genre scene depicts an affluent older man placing his hand on the hips of a pretty younger woman. She reciprocates his embrace but only with her right hand only and grabs the old man's purse with her left hand. He remains oblivious to this act.

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[http://www.akademiegalerie.at/de/Sammlung/Virtuelle%20Galerie/Bildinfo/?image_name=7&active_image=&GALLERY] (accessed 23.08.2017)
[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, 126, no. 282]
[Hutter 1972, 39]

Production date
1531

Production date

1531

[dated]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 51 x 36 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 51 x 36 cm

  • [http://www.akademiegalerie.at/de/Sammlung/Virtuelle%20Galerie/Bildinfo/?image_name=7&active_image=&GALLERY] (accessed 23.08.2017)

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia at the left edge: serpent with elevated wings and dated '1531'

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia at the left edge: serpent with elevated wings and dated '1531'

Owner
The Paintings Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
Repository
The Paintings Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
Location
Vienna
CDA ID
AT_AKBILD_GG-559
FR (1978) Nr.
FR282
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/AT_AKBILD_GG-559/

Provenance

  • donated by Graf Lamberg 1822
    [http://www.akademiegalerie.at/de/Sammlung/Virtuelle%20Galerie/Bildinfo/?image_name=7&active_image=&GALLERY] (accessed 23.08.2017)

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Cat. Coburg 2018 201 under no. 44
AuthorKlaus Weschenfelder
TitleCranach in Coburg. Gemälde von Lucas Cranach d.Ä., Lucas Cranach d.J., der Werkstatt und des Umkreises in den Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg
Place of PublicationRegensburg
Year of Publication2018
Exhib. Cat. Prague 2005 82, 84, 85 (English version 34) under no. 15 Fig. p. 85
EditorObrazárna Pražského hradu, Kaliopi Chamonikola
TitlePod znamením okrídleného hada. Lucas Cranach a ceské zeme. Under the winged Serpent. Lucas Cranach and the Czech Land
Place of PublicationPrague
Year of Publication2005
Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 126 No. 282 Fig. 282
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
Exhib. Cat. Vienna 1972 14-15
AuthorKarl Schütz
EditorKunsthistorisches Museum, Wien
TitleLucas Cranach der Ältere und seine Werkstatt. Jubiläumsausstellung museumseigener Werke 1472-1972
Place of PublicationVienna
Year of Publication1972
Hutter 1972 39 Fig. 9
AuthorHeribert Hutter
TitleLucas Cranach der Ältere in der Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Wien
Place of PublicationVienna
Year of Publication1972
Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932 232
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1932
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/friedlaender1932
Schuchardt 1851 C 435
AuthorChristian Schuchardt
TitleLucas Cranach des Aeltern Leben und Werke. Zweiter Theil
Place of PublicationLeipzig
Year of Publication1851
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/schuchardt1851bd2
  • The ill-matched Lovers, 1531

Images

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Technical studies

2019Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared reflectography
  • irr

Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

An underdrawing is not readily visible. A reddish shimmer on the forehead and hand of the young woman suggests that red chalk may have been used.

[Sandner, Smith-Contini, Heydenreich, cda 2020]

  • photographed by Gemäldegalerie der Akademie der Bildenden Künste Wien

2005Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • UV-light photography
  • uv_light
  • photographed by Ernst Hammerschmid

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