The ill-matched Lovers

Title

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, 126, No. 282]

Painting on wood / beech

Medium

Painting on wood / beech	[http://www.akademiegalerie.at/de/Sammlung/Virtuelle%20Galerie/Bildinfo/?image_name=7&active_image=&GALLERY] (accessed 23.08.2017)
Beech wood	[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, 126, no. 282] [Hutter 1972, 39]

This genre scene depicts an affluent older man placing his hand on the hips of a pretty younger woman. She reciprocates his embrace but only with her right hand only and grabs the old man's purse with her left hand. He remains oblivious to this act.

Attribution: Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[http://www.akademiegalerie.at/de/Sammlung/Virtuelle%20Galerie/Bildinfo/?image_name=7&active_image=&GALLERY] (accessed 23.08.2017)
[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, 126, no. 282]
[Hutter 1972, 39]

Production date: 1531

Production date

1531

[dated]

Dimensions: Dimensions of support: 51 x 36 cm

Dimensions

Dimensions of support: 51 x 36 cm
[http://www.akademiegalerie.at/de/Sammlung/Virtuelle%20Galerie/Bildinfo/?image_name=7&active_image=&GALLERY] (accessed 23.08.2017)

Signature / Dating: Artist's insignia at the left edge: serpent with elevated wings and dated '1531'

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia at the left edge: serpent with elevated wings and dated '1531'

Owner: The Paintings Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
Repository: The Paintings Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
Location: Vienna

CDA ID: AT_AKBILD_GG-559
FR (1978) Nr.: FR282
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/AT_AKBILD_GG-559/

Provenance

donated by Graf Lamberg 1822
[http://www.akademiegalerie.at/de/Sammlung/Virtuelle%20Galerie/Bildinfo/?image_name=7&active_image=&GALLERY] (accessed 23.08.2017)

Literature

Reference on page

Catalogue Number

Figure / Plate

Cat. Coburg 2018

201

under no. 44

Author	Klaus Weschenfelder
Title	Cranach in Coburg. Gemälde von Lucas Cranach d.Ä., Lucas Cranach d.J., der Werkstatt und des Umkreises in den Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg
Place of Publication	Regensburg
Year of Publication	2018

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Exhib. Cat. Prague 2005

82, 84, 85 (English version 34)

under no. 15

Fig. p. 85

Editor	Obrazárna Pražského hradu, Kaliopi Chamonikola
Title	Pod znamením okrídleného hada. Lucas Cranach a ceské zeme. Under the winged Serpent. Lucas Cranach and the Czech Land
Place of Publication	Prague
Year of Publication	2005

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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979

126

No. 282

Fig. 282

Author	Max J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
Editor	G. Schwartz
Title	Die Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of Publication	Basel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication	1979

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Exhib. Cat. Vienna 1972

14-15

Author	Karl Schütz
Editor	Kunsthistorisches Museum, Wien
Title	Lucas Cranach der Ältere und seine Werkstatt. Jubiläumsausstellung museumseigener Werke 1472-1972
Place of Publication	Vienna
Year of Publication	1972

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Hutter 1972

Fig. 9

Author	Heribert Hutter
Title	Lucas Cranach der Ältere in der Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Wien
Place of Publication	Vienna
Year of Publication	1972

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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932

232

Author	Max J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
Title	Die Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of Publication	Berlin
Year of Publication	1932
Link	http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/friedlaender1932

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Schuchardt 1851 C

435

Author	Christian Schuchardt
Title	Lucas Cranach des Aeltern Leben und Werke. Zweiter Theil
Place of Publication	Leipzig
Year of Publication	1851
Link	http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/schuchardt1851bd2

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The ill-matched Lovers, 1531

Images

Technical studies

2019Technical examination / Scientific analysis

Infrared reflectography

Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

An underdrawing is not readily visible. A reddish shimmer on the forehead and hand of the young woman suggests that red chalk may have been used.

[Sandner, Smith-Contini, Heydenreich, cda 2020]

photographed by Gemäldegalerie der Akademie der Bildenden Künste Wien

2005Technical examination / Scientific analysis

UV-light photography

photographed by Ernst Hammerschmid

Citing from the Cranach Digital Archive

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