Among the hunters depicted here are Ferdinand I, King of the Romans, on the left in the foreground, and the Elector of Saxony in the centre. On the other side of the river and holding a crossbow is the Electors wife Sibylla of Cleves. The episode takes place near the
Among the hunters depicted here are Ferdinand I, King of the Romans, on the left in the foreground, and the Elector of Saxony in the centre. On the other side of the river and holding a crossbow is the Electors wife Sibylla of Cleves. The episode takes place near the castle of Hartenfels in Torgau (Saxony) where the Elector, a supporter of the Reformation, had the first Lutheran church built. Ferdinand, who supported the Catholic cause, wears a chain of the Order of the Golden Fleece.
[Museo del Prado, Collection online; https://www.museodelprado.es/en/the-collection/art-work/hunt-at-the-castle-of-torgau-in-honour-of/cee07b59-b977-4ce9-9bab-ab506222ffb1; accessed 06 April 2017]
- Attributions
-
Lucas Cranach the Elder
Lucas Cranach the Younger
Attributions
Lucas Cranach the Elder | [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 412] |
Lucas Cranach the Younger | [cda 2013] |
- Production date
- 1545
Production date
1545 | [dated] |
- Dimensions
- Dimensions of support: 118 cm x 177 cm
Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 118 cm x 177 cm
[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 412]
- Signature / Dating
Artist's insignia on the rowing boat bottom right: winged serpent with dropped wings facing left and dated '.15.45.'; in yellow paint
Signature / Dating
Artist's insignia on the rowing boat bottom right: winged serpent with dropped wings facing left and dated '.15.45.'; in yellow paint
[cda 2013]
- Inscriptions and Labels
Recto: - bottom left:
in white paint: '1124'- bottom right:
in white paint over an inpaint: 'white lily motif'
Verso …Inscriptions and Labels
Inscriptions, Badges:
Recto:
- bottom left:
in white paint: '1124'
- bottom right:
in white paint over an inpaint: 'white lily motif'
Verso :
- covered with a backboard
[cda 2013]
- Owner
- Museo Nacional del Prado
- Repository
- Museo Nacional del Prado
- Location
- Madrid
- CDA ID
- ES_MNdP_P02176
- FR (1978) Nr.
- FR412
- Persistent Link
- https://lucascranach.org/en/ES_MNdP_P02176/
- bottom right: