A Stag Hunt with the Elector Friedrich the Wise

A Stag Hunt with the Elector Friedrich the Wise

Title

A Stag Hunt with the Elector Friedrich the Wise

[CDA 2011]

Painting on limewood (Tilia sp.)

Medium

Painting on limewood (Tilia sp.)

[Klein, Report 2013]
[Kunsthistorisches Museum, revised 2011]

The painting shows a bird's eye view of a landscape with a river in the foreground, which bends to flow into the middle distance on the left side of the image. In the background there is a town and to the right a castle complex. In the centre of the

The painting shows a bird's eye view of a landscape with a river in the foreground, which bends to flow into the middle distance on the left side of the image. In the background there is a town and to the right a castle complex. In the centre of the foreground is the Elector Friedrich the Wise, further to the right is the Emperor Maximilian I. and on the far right Elector Johann the Steadfast.

As neither the Elector Friedrich nor the Emperor Maximilian I. were still alive in 1529 it must be interpreted as a visual mementos commissioned by Johann the Steadfast to recall a hunt, which may have taken place in 1497 when both the Saxon princes were guests at Maximilian I.'s court in Innsbruck.

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Kunsthistorisches Museum, revised 2011]

Production date
1529

Production date

1529

[dated]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 80.2 (l) 80 (r) x 114.1 (t) 113.9 (b) cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 80.2 (l) 80 (r) x 114.1 (t) 113.9 (b) cm

  • (thinned and cradled)

  • Dimensions of the painted surface : 80.2 (l) 80 (r) x 114.1 (t) 113.9 (b) cm

  • Dimensions including frame: 103.6 x 137.9 x 7.5 cm

  • [Kunsthistorisches Museum, revised 2011]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia on the trunk of the tree in the centre oft he foreground: winged serpent with elevated wings, dated '1529'; in yellow paint

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia on the trunk of the tree in the centre oft he foreground: winged serpent with elevated wings, dated '1529'; in yellow paint

  • [Kunsthistorisches Museum, revised 2011]

Inscriptions and Labels

Reverse of the panel/cradle: - on the vertical batten, top centre:
red coloured pencil: '14 (?)'

  • on the vertical batten, …

Inscriptions and Labels

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

  • Reverse of the panel/cradle: - on the vertical batten, top centre:

  • red coloured pencil: '14 (?)'

    • on the vertical batten, bottom centre:

  • rectangular paper label, printed: 'Dépôt Niederl.', added in blue pen: 'Prag Inventar 38. Hirschfang L. Cranach 746.'

    • below:

  • colouring pencil: 'P. 38'

    • on the reverse of the panel, bottom right:

  • Inventory label: 'Gemälde-Galerie des Allerh. Kaiserhauses No. 3560'

    • on the horizontal batten, bottom right:

  • Inventory stamp: 'GJ 1949'

  • [Kunsthistorisches Museum, revised 2011]

Owner
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Repository
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Location
Vienna
CDA ID
AT_KHM_GG3560
FR (1978) Nr.
FR281
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/AT_KHM_GG3560/

Provenance

  • first recorded in 1621 in the imperial gallery (kaiserliche Galerie) in Prague
    [Inventar 1621, No. 875]: 'Ein hirschengejagt im waßer vom Kaiser Maximiliano und dem churfürsten zue sachsen von Lucas Kranich'
  • since 1894 on display in the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna

[Kunsthistorisches Museum, revised 2011]

Exhibitions

  • Graz 1953
  • Vienna 1972, No. 9

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Exhib. Cat. Gotha, Kassel 2015 236
EditorJulia Carrasco, Justus Lange, Stiftung Schloss Friedenstein, Gotha, Benjamin D. Spira, Timo Trümper
TitleBild und Botschaft. Cranach im Dienst von Hof und Reformation, [Gotha, Herzogliches Museum; Kassel, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Schloss Wilhelmshöhe]
Place of PublicationHeidelberg
Year of Publication2015
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Hoppe-Harnoncourt 2015 160-163, 165 Figs. 4, 5
AuthorAlice Hoppe-Harnoncourt
TitleLucas Cranach der Jüngere? Überlegungen zu zwei datierten Werken aus dem Kunsthistorischen Museum in Wien
Publicationin Elke A. Werner, Anne Eusterschulte, Gunnar Heydenreich, eds., Lucas Cranach der Jüngere und die Reformation der Bilder
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication2015
Pages154-167
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Exhib. Cat. Brussels 2010 129
EditorBozarbooks & Lannoo, Guido Messling
TitleDie Welt des Lucas Cranach. Ein Künstler im Zeitalter von Dürer, Tizian und Metsys [anlässlich der Ausstellung "Die Welt des Lucas Cranach", Palast der Schönen Künste, Brüssel, 20. Oktober 2010 - 23. Januar 2011]
Place of PublicationBrussels
Year of Publication2010
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Heydenreich 2010 A 75 67c
AuthorGunnar Heydenreich
TitleReisende Bilder im Wandel
Publicationin Guido Messling, ed., Die Welt des Lucas Cranach. Ein Künstler im Zeitalter von Dürer, Tizian und Metsys, Exhib. Cat. Brussels
Place of PublicationBrussels
Year of Publication2010
Pages66-79
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CDA.Bloh 2005 177
AuthorJutta Charlotte von Bloh
TitleKleidung und Waffen in den Fürstenbildnissen der Cranachs
Publicationin Harald Marx, Ingrid Mössinger, Karin Kolb, eds., Cranach, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005
Place of PublicationCologne
Year of Publication2005
Pages174-181
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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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Klein 1994 A 195 Tab. 1
AuthorPeter Klein
TitleLucas Cranach und seine Werkstatt. Holzarten und dendrochronologische Analyse
Publicationin Claus Grimm, Johannes Erichsen, Evamaria Brockhoff, eds.,Lucas Cranach. Ein Maler-Unternehmer aus Franken, Exhib. Cat. Kronach 1994
SeriesVeröffentlichungen zur bayerischen Geschichte und Kultur
Volume26
Place of PublicationAugsburg, Coburg
Year of Publication1994
Pages194-200
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Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974/1976 25, 242-243 under No. 139
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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Exhib. Cat. Vienna 1972 No. 9
AuthorKarl Schütz
EditorKunsthistorisches Museum, Wien
TitleLucas Cranach der Ältere und seine Werkstatt. Jubiläumsausstellung museumseigener Werke 1472-1972
Place of PublicationVienna
Year of Publication1972
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Sternelle 1963 19, 30
AuthorKurt Sternelle
TitleDie Jagd in der Kunst. Lucas Cranach d. Ä.
SeriesDie Jagd in der Kunst
Place of PublicationHamburg
Year of Publication1963
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Francis 1959
AuthorM. S. Francis
TitleThe stag hunt by Lucas Cranach the Elder and Lucas Cranach the Younger
JournalBulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art
Issue46
Year of Publication1959
Pages198-205
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Documents

Technical studies

08.04.2013Scientific analysis

  • Identification of wood species / Dendrochronology

Support

Identification of wood species: limewood (Tilia sp.)

  • analysed by Peter Klein

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