Stag Hunt

Stag Hunt

Title

Stag Hunt

[CDA 2011]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel, revised 2011]

'on oak wood'

[Koepplin, Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974, 242]

Faithful copy after the version in Vienna, which is dated 1529

[Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel, revised 2011]

Attributions
Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel, revised 2011]

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, 126]
[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932, 72]

Production dates
about 1600
after 1550

Production dates

about 1600

[Koepplin, Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974, 242f, No. 139]

after 1550

'a later workshop production'
[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932, 72]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 86.5 x 124.3 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 86.5 x 124.3 cm

  • [Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel, revised 2011]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia, bottom centre on the tree trunk: winged serpent with dropped wings, facing to the right and dated '1529'; in yellow paint

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia, bottom centre on the tree trunk: winged serpent with dropped wings, facing to the right and dated '1529'; in yellow paint

  • [cda 2011]

Inscriptions and Labels

Reverse of the panel: monogram in brown ink 'HVP [linked, V inside H]'
in blue chalk '179'

  • bottom right:

Inscriptions and Labels

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

  • Reverse of the panel: monogram in brown ink 'HVP [linked, V inside H]'

  • in blue chalk '179'

    • bottom right:

  • printed label: coat of arms (Baselstab) and 'KUNSTMUSEUM BASEL', handwritten on this: '1941 Nr. 179 (Museum Fäsch) Werkstatt des Lukas Cranach d. Ae. Hirschjagd 1529.'

    • bottom left:

  • label with '288'

  • [Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel, revised 2011]

Owner
Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel
Repository
Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel
Location
Basel
CDA ID
CH_KMB_179
FR (1978) Nr.
FR281B
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/CH_KMB_179/

Provenance

  • 1823 Museum Faesch
    [Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel, revised 2011]

Exhibitions

Basel 1974, 242f, No. 139
Luxemburg 2007, Bd. 2, 330-332, No. 2

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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Exhib. Cat. Luxembourg 2007 330-332 (Bd. 2) No. 2
AuthorJean-Luc Mousset, Krista De Jonge
EditorMusée National d'Histoire et d'Art, Luxembourg
TitleUn prince de la Renaissance Pierre-Ernest de Mansfeld (1517-1604)
Place of PublicationLuxembourg
Year of Publication2007
Show Literature
Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 126 No. 281A
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
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Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974/1976 242-243 139
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
Show Literature
  • Stag Hunt, about 1600

Images

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Technical studies

2011Technical Examination

  • reverse
  • overall

Support

Reverse:

- horizontal gouge marks

[Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel, revised 2011]

Framing

- probably original frame

- 17th century; black with a gilded profile and decorative gold foliage

[Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel, revised 2011]

Versions

A Stag Hunt with the Elector Friedrich the Wise
  • A Stag Hunt with the Elector Friedrich the Wise, 1529
  • AT_KHM_GG3560
  • Painting
  • Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
The Stag Hunt
  • The Stag Hunt, about 1600
  • UK_BC_35-73
  • Painting
  • Culture and Sport Glasgow (Museums)
The Stag Hunt of the Elector Frederic the Wise (1463-1525) of Saxony
  • The Stag Hunt of the Elector Frederic the Wise (1463-1525) of Saxony, after 1529
  • DK_SMK_KMSsp728
  • Painting
  • Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen

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