Stag Hunt (fragment)

Stag Hunt (fragment)

Title

Stag Hunt (fragment)

[cda 2017]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974, 243, No. 140]

The surviving right half of the vertical format panel depicts stags being driven into a river and then shot at with a cross-bow. It was commissioned by Elector Johann Friedrich, who is shown at the right in the foreground looking out at the viewer. His wife Sibylle of Cleve also

The surviving right half of the vertical format panel depicts stags being driven into a river and then shot at with a cross-bow. It was commissioned by Elector Johann Friedrich, who is shown at the right in the foreground looking out at the viewer. His wife Sibylle of Cleve also participates in the hunt. She is accompanied by court ladies and archers. Knights in the forest oversee the course of events.

[see Koepplin, Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974, 243, No. 140]

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974, 243, No. 140]

Production date
about 1538-1540

Production date

about 1538-1540

[Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974, 243, No. 140]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 83 x 56 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 83 x 56 cm

  • [Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974, 243, No. 140]

Signature / Dating

None

Inscriptions and Labels

None

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

  • None

Owner
Östergötlands Museum, Linköping
Repository
Östergötlands Museum, Linköping
Location
Linköping
CDA ID
SE_OGML_B244
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/SE_OGML_B244/

Exhibitions

Basel 1974, No. 140

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974/1976 140
AuthorDieter Koepplin, Tilman Falk
TitleLukas Cranach. Gemälde, Zeichnungen und Druckgraphik
Volume1, 2
Place of PublicationBasel, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1974
Link http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-diglit-104522
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Research History / Discussion

The Prince in the foreground at the left, who is approximately ten, is probably the elector’s son, Johann Wilhelm. His facial features resemble those of Duke Johann Wilhelm of Saxony-Lauenberg (1530-1573) as depicted by Lucas Cranach the Younger in a woodcut from about 1548. That would date this painting to about 1538/40.

[see Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974, 243, No. 140]

  • Stag Hunt (fragment), about 1538-1540

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