'Das erste ist/ das man einem kurtz fur der Hand abwindet / [...]' (2/2)

'Das erste ist/ das man einem kurtz fur der Hand abwindet / [...]' (2/2)

Title

'Das erste ist/ das man einem kurtz fur der Hand abwindet / [...]' (2/2)

[cda 2026]

Print, woodcut

See German version

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Younger, Inventor*in

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Younger, Inventor*in

[[Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974/1976, 232, no. 121] [Hollstein 1959, 130, no. 21] [Dodgson 1911, 339, no. 1] [Schuchardt 1851 C, 289, no. 135]

Dating
1539

Dating

1539

[the same as the publication date]

Chronology
1539

Chronology

1539

Ringer kunst: fünff vnd achtzig || stücke/ zu ehren Kurfürstlichen gna=||den zu Sachssen [et]c.||, Hans Lufft, Wittenberg 1539, [VD16 A 4051, accessed 09.07.2026]

Dimensions
Dimensions: c. 210 x 170 mm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions: c. 210 x 170 mm

  • [cda 2026]

Signature / Dating

none

CDA ID
LC_HVI-130_21-3
Bartsch-No
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GND-No
http://d-nb.info/gnd/1380229502
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/LC_HVI-130_21-3/

Primary Sources

Position in volume
VD16 A 4051
AuthorFabian von Auerswald
TitleRinger kunst: fünff vnd achtzig || stücke/ zu ehren Kurfürstlichen gna=||den zu Sachssen #[et]c.|| Durch Fabian von Auerswald zugericht.||
Place of PublicationWittenberg
Year of Publication1539
Link https://gateway-bayern.de/VD16+A+4051
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References

Reference on page
Cat. Coburg 2020 438-441
EditorStefanie Knöll, Meike Leyde, Michael Overdick
TitleCranach in Coburg. Graphik von Lucas Cranach d.Ä., Lucas Cranach d.J. und der Werkstatt im Kupferstichkabinett der Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg
Place of PublicationRegensburg
Year of Publication2020
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Exhib. Cat. Düsseldorf 2017 236
EditorGunnar Heydenreich, Daniel Görres, Beat Wismer
TitleLucas Cranach der Ältere. Meister - Marke - Moderne. [anlässlich der Ausstellung "Cranach. Meister - Marke - Moderne", Stiftung Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf, 08. April 2017 - 30. Juli 2017]
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication2017
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Welle 1993 163
AuthorRainer Welle
Title"... und wisse das alle höbischeit kompt von deme ringen". Der Ringkampf als adelige Kunst im 15. und 16. Jahrhundert ; eine sozialhistorische und bewegungsbiographische Interpretation aufgrund der handschriftlichen und gedruckten Ringlehren des Spätmittelalters
SeriesForum Sozialgeschichte
Volume4
Place of PublicationPfaffenweiler
Year of Publication1993
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Auerswald, Witt et al. 1987
AuthorFabian von Auerswald, Günter Witt, Günther Wonneberger, Werner Schade
TitleRinger kunst : fünff vnd achtzig stücke/zu ehren Kurförstlichen gnaden zu Sachssen &c. Durch Fabian von Auerswald zugericht.
Place of PublicationLeipzig
Year of Publication1987
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Schade 1987
AuthorWerner Schade
TitleDer jüngere Cranach und die Ringer kunst des Fabian von Auerswald, in Fabian von Auerswald, Günter Witt, Günther Wonneberger, Werner Schade, Ringer kunst : fünff vnd achtzig stücke/zu ehren Kurförstlichen gnaden zu Sachssen &c. Durch Fabian von Auerswald zugericht., Leipzig 1987
Place of PublicationLeipzig
Year of Publication1987
Pages13-18
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Witt, Wonnerberger 1987
AuthorGünter Witt, Günther Wonneberger
TitleDie Ringer kunst des Fabian von Auerswald - kultur- und sporthistorische Aspekte, in Fabian von Auerswald, Günter Witt, Günther Wonneberger, Werner Schade, Ringer kunst : fünff vnd achtzig stücke/zu ehren Kurfürstlichen gnaden zu Sachssen &c. Durch Fabian von Auerswald zugericht., Leipzig 1987
Place of PublicationLeipzig
Year of Publication1987
Pages3-12
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Exhib. Cat. Detroit 1983 384-385
AuthorC. Andersson, Charles Talbot
TitleFrom a Mighty Fortress. Prints, Drawings and Books in the Age of Luther, 1483 - 1546, [Institute of Arts, Detroit, National Gallery of Canada, Veste Coburg]
Place of Publication[Detroit]
Year of Publication1983
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Weinmann 1978
EditorWeinmann, Berlin
TitleChronik alter Kampfkünste. Zeichnungen und Texte aus Schriften alter Meister, entstanden 1443 - 1674
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1978
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Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974/1976 232
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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Jahn, Bernhard 1972 684, 685
AuthorJohannes Jahn
EditorMarianne Bernhard
TitleLucas Cranach der Ältere: 1472 - 1553. Das gesamte graphische Werk. Mit Exempeln aus dem graphischen Werk Lucas Cranach des Jüngeren und der Cranachwerkstatt
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication1972
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Minkowski 1963
AuthorHelmut Minkowski
TitleDas Ringen im Grüblein. Eine spätmittelalterliche Form des deutschen Leibringens.
Publicationin Ausschuß Deutscher Leibeserzieher, ed., Beiträge zur Lehre und Forschung der Leibeserziehung
Volume16
Place of PublicationStuttgart
Year of Publication1963
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Hollstein 1959 130
AuthorFriedrich W. H. Hollstein
TitleCranach - Drusse
Publicationin K.G. Boon and R.W. Scheller, eds., Hollstein's German engravings, etchings and woodcuts: ca. 1400 - 1700
Volume6
Place of PublicationAmsterdam
Year of Publication1959
ReferencesGND 1132640032
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Exhib. Cat. Weimar, Wittenberg 1953 115
AuthorWalther Scheidig
EditorDeutsche Lucas Cranach Komitee
TitleLucas Cranach Ausstellung. Weimar und Wittenberg
Place of PublicationWeimar, Wittenberg
Year of Publication1953
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Minkowski 1933
AuthorHelmut Minkowski
TitleDeutsche Ringbücher und Ringhandschriften des Mittelalters
JournalLeibesübungen und körperliche Erziehung
Place of PublicationBerlin
Issue52, H. 12
Year of Publication1933
Pages259 –270
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Dodgson 1911 339
AuthorCampbell Dodgson
TitleCatalogue of Early German and Flemish woodcuts preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, Vol. II
Volume2
Place of PublicationLondon
Year of Publication1911
Link https://archive.org/details/catalogueofearly02brit/page/292/mode/2up
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Auerswald, Wasmuth 1887
AuthorFabian von Auerswald, Ernst Wasmuth
TitleRinger kunst : fünff und achtzig Stücke zu ehren Kurfürstlichen Gnaden zu Sachssen &c. / durch Fabian von Auerswald zugericht. [Allen deutschen Turnern zu Nutz und Frommen von Neuem ans Licht gebracht durch Ernst Wasmuth, Berlin im Dezember 1887]
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1887
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Auerswald, Schmidt 1869
AuthorFabian von Auerswald, Friedrich Wilhelm Karl Waßmannsdorf
EditorG. A. Schmidt
TitleDie Ringer-Kunst des Fabian von Auerswald : [Ringerkunst. fünff und achtzig Stücke zu ehren Kurfürstlichen Gnaden zu Sachssen etc. Durch Fabin von Auerswald zugericht. Gedruckt zu Wittenberg durch Hans Lufft 1539]
Place of PublicationLeipzig
Year of Publication1869
Link https://mdz-nbn-resolving.de/details:bsb10328539
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Passavant 1863 12, 13
AuthorJohann David Passavant
TitleLe peintre-graveur: contenant l'histoire de la gravure sur bois, sur métal et au burin jusque vers la fin du XVI. siècle; l'histoire du nielle avec complément de la partie descriptive de l'essai sur les nielles de Duchesne, [Band 4]
Volume4
Place of PublicationLeipzig
Year of Publication1863
Link http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-diglit-234958
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Heller 1854 214, 215
AuthorJoseph Heller
TitleLucas Cranach's Leben und Werke
Place of PublicationNuremberg
Year of Publication1854
Link http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015062799757 http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015062799757
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Schuchardt 1851 A 161
AuthorChristian Schuchardt
TitleLucas Cranach des Aeltern Leben und Werke. Erster Theil
Place of PublicationLeipzig
Year of Publication1851
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/schuchardt1851bd1
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Schuchardt 1851 C 288, 289
AuthorChristian Schuchardt
TitleLucas Cranach des Aeltern Leben und Werke. Zweiter Theil
Place of PublicationLeipzig
Year of Publication1851
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/schuchardt1851bd2
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Heller 1821 389-391
AuthorJoseph Heller
TitleVersuch über das Leben und die Werke Lucas Cranachs
Place of PublicationBamberg
Year of Publication1821
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/heller1821
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Bartsch 1808 299
AuthorAdam Bartsch
TitleLe peintre graveur. Les vieux maitres allemands
Volume7
Place of PublicationVienna
Year of Publication1808
Link http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-diglit-228876
ReferencesGND 997996056
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Research History / Discussion

According to Schuchardt, not by Cranach the Elder, but 'the fact that he [Cranach the Elder] was responsible for the work is evident from a note in the invoice [Schuchardt 1851 A, 161] for illustrations commissioned by Elector Johann Friedrich. However the execution [of the project] and the drawings are certainly by the younger Cranach [...]"

[Schuchardt 1851 C, 289, no. 135] (Translated from German, cda 2025]

  • 'Das erste ist/ das man einem kurtz fur der Hand abwindet / [...]' (2/2), 1539
State / Edition
Only state; edition a)
Dating
1539

Dating

1539

[the same as the publication date]

Officin
Hans Lufft
Medium
Print on paper

Medium

Print on paper

[Cat. Coburg 2021, no. 84]

Short description
The Coburg edition of ‘Ringer kunst’ is already recorded in the 1854/55 inventory [...]. An auction catalogue from Frauenholz in

Short description

  • The Coburg edition of ‘Ringer kunst’ is already recorded in the 1854/55 inventory [...]. An auction catalogue from Frauenholz in Nuremberg dating from 1790 is preserved in the collection’s archive. In this volume Duke Franz Friedrich Anton of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1750–1806), the founder of the Coburg Kupferstichkabinett, has marked the sale entry for Auerswald's 'Ringer kunst' with a cross in red chalk. [1] Although this evidence is not conclusive, the annotation could be interpreted as proof of purchase, or at least as a clear indication of Franz Friedrich Anton's interest in the edition of the 'Ringer kunst' autioned by Frauenholz on the 21 March 1791.

  • [1] Verzeichnis einer betraechtlichen Kupferstichsammlung, alter und neuer groestentheils seltener Blaetter aus allen Schulen, nebst Kupferstich-Werken und Kunstsachen welche den 21. Mertz 1791 in der Frauenholzischen Behausung in den gewoehnlichen Vor- und Nachmittags-Stunden oeffentlich gegen baare Bezahlung in Conventionsgelde sollen versteigert werden. No. I., Nuremberg 1790, p. 22, no. 336. (Library of the Art Collections of Veste Coburg, HB 1168).

  • [Cat. Coburg 2020, no. 84] (Translated from German, cda 2026)

Dimensions
Binding: 298 x 205 x 130 mm

Dimensions

  • Binding: 298 x 205 x 130 mm

  • [Cat. Coburg 2021, no. 84]

Labels

Binding: - (note with inscription) ‘Library of the Collections at Veste Coburg No. B. 2.’
- (Inv. No. I,46,153, …

Labels

later inscription, stamps, seals, labels:

  • Binding: - (note with inscription) ‘Library of the Collections at Veste Coburg No. B. 2.’

  • - (Inv. No. I,46,153, title page, bottom right, brown ink) partially crossed-out dedication ‘To my dear brother’, in the next line two words – presumably the name – crossed out.

  • [Cat. Coburg 2021, no. 84]

CDA ID
DE_KSVC_I-46-155
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_KSVC_I-46-155
Owner
Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg
Repository
Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg
Location
Coburg

Provenance

- recorded in the collection in 1854
- Inventory I (1872)
[Cat. Coburg 2021, no. 84]

Primary Sources

Position in volume
VD16 A 4051
AuthorFabian von Auerswald
TitleRinger kunst: fünff vnd achtzig || stücke/ zu ehren Kurfürstlichen gna=||den zu Sachssen #[et]c.|| Durch Fabian von Auerswald zugericht.||
Place of PublicationWittenberg
Year of Publication1539
Link https://gateway-bayern.de/VD16+A+4051
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References

Reference on page
Cat. Coburg 2020 438-443
EditorStefanie Knöll, Meike Leyde, Michael Overdick
TitleCranach in Coburg. Graphik von Lucas Cranach d.Ä., Lucas Cranach d.J. und der Werkstatt im Kupferstichkabinett der Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg
Place of PublicationRegensburg
Year of Publication2020
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Technical studies

23.01.2026 - 2021Technical Examination

  • Watermark

A watermark exhibiting a bull's head appears repeatedly in the book.

[Cat. Coburg 2021, no. 84]

Condition Reports

Date23.01.2026 - 2021

Rebound in the 19th century [1]; the cover is worn, the corners and edges are damaged; discoloured (brown) title page, staining on the leaves at the rear of the book, single wavy leaves.

[1] During rebinding the pages were trimmed so that the inscription in pencil

under the portrait of Auerswald (inv. no. I,46,134) is no longer legible.

[Cat. Coburg 2021, no. 84]

  • examined by Thomas Klinke

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