An Ill-matched Pair

An Ill-matched Pair

Title

An Ill-matched Pair

[Cat. Warsaw 2000, 66]

Painting on limewood

Medium

Painting on limewood

[Cat. Warsaw 2000, 66]

While the grinning old man embraces the young woman, she fondles his chin with her right hand so that with her left hand she can grab his purse, which hangs from his belt. She looks directly at the viewer.

[Görres, cda 2013]

Attribution
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Exhib. Cat. Wrocław 2017, no. 26] [Cat. Warsaw 2000, 66]

Production dates
about 1530
1550

Production dates

about 1530

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 289]

1550

[Cat. Warsaw 2000, 66]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 74.5 x 48.5 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 74.5 x 48.5 cm

  • [Cat. Warsaw 2000, 66]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia at the top left: winged serpent with dropped wings

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia at the top left: winged serpent with dropped wings

  • [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 289]

Inscriptions and Labels
  • on the woman's bonnet: 'GEHN . WOL . DLM'

[Cat. Warsaw 2000, 66]

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

    • on the woman's bonnet:

  • 'GEHN . WOL . DLM'

  • [Cat. Warsaw 2000, 66]

Owner
Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie
Repository
Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie
Location
Warsaw
CDA ID
PL_MNW_MOb40
FR (1978) Nr.
FR289
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PL_MNW_MOb40/

Provenance

  • in the collection of Henryk Bahre, Warsaw
  • 1865 acquired by the Museum of Fine Arts (later the National Museum Warsaw)
  • during World War II taken to Germany by Nazi authorities
  • restituted in 1946
    [Cat. Warsaw 2000, 66]

Exhibitions

Warsaw 1961
Kumamoto 1979
Wrocław 2017, no. 26

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Exhib. Cat. Wroclaw 2017 152-154 026 Fig. p. 153
EditorEwa Houszka, Marek Pierzchala
TitleModa na Cranacha, Muzeum Narodowe we Wroclawiu, 31.10.2017-30.12.2017
Place of PublicationWroclaw
Year of Publication2017
Show Literature
Cat. Warsaw 2000 66
AuthorBozena Steinborn, Antoni Ziemba
TitleMalarstwo Niemieckie Do 1600 Roku, Katalog Zbiorów. Deutsche Malerei bis 1600, Bestandskatalog
Place of PublicationWarsaw
Year of Publication2000
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 289
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932 235D
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
Show Literature
  • An Ill-matched Pair, about 1530

Images

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Technical studies

2000Technical Examination

Support

- two boards

[Cat. Warsaw 2000, 66]

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