Old Man with young Courtesans

Old Man with young Courtesans

Title

Old Man with young Courtesans

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 291]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 291]

A richly dressed old man holds two young women in his arms. While the woman on the right offers him wine to drink, the one on the left reaches into the purse on his belt. Two more young women stand at the right edge of the picture.

[Görres, cda 2016]

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 291]

Production date
about 1530

Production date

about 1530

[Heydenreich 1998 A, 184][Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 291]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 84 x 116 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 84 x 116 cm

  • [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 291]

Signature / Dating

None

Owner
Private Collection
Repository
Private Collection
CDA ID
PRIVATE_NONE-P127
FR (1978) Nr.
FR291
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P127/

Provenance

  • 1921 London, Nicholson
  • 2 Aug. 1932 auction London, lot 1926
  • 1932 Aldwick, Craigwell House, Sussex, Sir Arthur du Cros
  • New York, Clarence Y. Palitz
  • New York, estate of Ruth K. Palitz
  • 12 Dec. 1973 auction Sotheby's, lot 22
    [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 291]

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Heydenreich 1998 A 184
AuthorGunnar Heydenreich
TitleHerstellung, Grundierung und Rahmung der Holzbildträger in den Werkstätten Lucas Cranachs d.Ä.
Publicationin Ingo Sandner, Wartburg-Stiftung Eisenach and Fachhochschule Köln, eds., Unsichtbare Meisterzeichnungen auf dem Malgrund. Cranach und seine Zeitgenossen, Exhib. Cat. Eisenach
Place of PublicationRegensburg
Year of Publication1998
Pages181-200
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 127 291 291
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 237
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
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