An Ill-matched Pair

An Ill-matched Pair

Title

An Ill-matched Pair

[cda 2021]

Painting on wood

The subject, the pairing of a foolish old man and a youthful beauty was very popular in sixteenth-century art, affording as it did the opportunity to present a lascivious image under the guise of a morality lesson. In this version of the subject the pair appear to reciprocate an embrace.

The subject, the pairing of a foolish old man and a youthful beauty was very popular in sixteenth-century art, affording as it did the opportunity to present a lascivious image under the guise of a morality lesson. In this version of the subject the pair appear to reciprocate an embrace. However, while the old man directs his gaze towards the young girl she looks out at the viewer with a knowing glance, while extracting coins from the old man’s purse with her right hand.

[cda 2021]

Attributions
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder
Lucas Cranach the Younger

Attributions

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[G. Heydenreich, e-mail correspondance with Christie's, London, 10.08.2020]

Lucas Cranach the Younger

[E-mail correspondance from Christie's, London to G. Heydenreich, 07.08.2020]

Production date
about 1540

Production date

about 1540

[G. Heydenreich e-mail correspondance with Christie's, London, 10.08.2020]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 73.7 x 48 cm

Dimensions

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia at the left above the old man's shoulder: serpent with dropped wings, facing right, in yellow paint

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia at the left above the old man's shoulder: serpent with dropped wings, facing right, in yellow paint

Inscriptions and Labels
  • on the recto of the panel: at the bottom left: circular paper label with a black painted inventory number: …

Inscriptions and Labels

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

    • on the recto of the panel: at the bottom left: circular paper label with a black painted inventory number: '37'
Owner
Private Collection
Repository
Private Collection
CDA ID
PRIVATE_NONE-P515
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P515/

Provenance

  • An Ill-matched Pair, about 1540

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