The panel depicts the Judgment of Paris, a subject Cranach returned to on numerous occasions. His earliest painted rendition of the theme is the work of circa 1512-14 in Fort Worth [US_KAMFW_AP2004-03], in which the two male protagonists are dressed the same as in the present work, but are positioned
The panel depicts the Judgment of Paris, a subject Cranach returned to on numerous occasions. His earliest painted rendition of the theme is the work of circa 1512-14 in Fort Worth [US_KAMFW_AP2004-03], in which the two male protagonists are dressed the same as in the present work, but are positioned somewhat differently. The principal version of this panel is in the Seattle Art Museum [US_SAM_52-38]. There are some minor differences between the two works, largely confined to the background, and in particular to the hilltop castle and to the branches in the upper left. The Seattle version aside, Friedländer lists a further ten treatments of the subject, variously attributed to the elder and younger Cranach.[1] Cranach the Elder's earliest treatment of the subject is a woodcut from 1508 [2].
[1] Friedländer, op. cit., nos. 252-258, 409, 409a, 409b.
[2] See Hollstein, vol. VI, p. 80 (36.5 by 25.2 cm).
- Attribution
- Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder
Attribution
| Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder |
- Production date
- about 1520
Production date
| about 1520 |
- Dimensions
- Dimensions of support: 69.8 x 43.9 cm; 27 1/2 x 17 1/4 in.
Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 69.8 x 43.9 cm; 27 1/2 x 17 1/4 in.
- Signature / Dating
Possible remains of the artist's serpent device lower right
Signature / Dating
Possible remains of the artist's serpent device lower right
- Inscriptions and Labels
none
Inscriptions and Labels
Inscriptions, Badges:
none
- Owner
- Private Collection
- Repository
- Private Collection
- CDA ID
- PRIVATE_NONE-P290
- FR (1978) Nr.
- FR-none
- Persistent Link
- https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P290/
