Battle between naked men and their complaining women

Titles

Battle between naked men and their complaining women	[CDA 2011]
The Silver Age	[Exhib. Cat. Kronach 1994, 350]

Painting on beech wood

Medium

Painting on beech wood

[Hoffmann, Cat. Weimar 1992, 37]

In this painting two distictive parties are depicted: three pairs are shown battling, each with a bearded and beardless man. In all cases the bearded man is armed with a club and stands victorious over his opponent who lies on the ground. Two of the fighting men have already been defeated. The lament of the women and children, that frame the battle scene, can be read in their gestures and facial expressions.

[Kristin Knebel, in Exhib. Cat. Weimar 2015, No. 122]

Attribution: Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Exhib. Cat. Weimar 2015, 179] [Hoffmann, Cat. Weimar 1992, 37]

Production date: 1527

Production date

1527

[dated]

Dimensions: Dimensions of support: 53 x 38.1 cm

Dimensions

Dimensions of support: 53 x 38.1 cm
[Hoffmann, Cat. Weimar 1992, 37]

Signature / Dating: Artist's insignia bottom, centre: winged serpent with elevated wings facing left and dated '1527'; in yellow paint

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia bottom, centre: winged serpent with elevated wings facing left and dated '1527'; in yellow paint
[cda 2010]

Owner: Klassik Stiftung Weimar, Museums
Repository: Klassik Stiftung Weimar, Museums
Location: Weimar

CDA ID: DE_KSW_G398
FR (1978) Nr.: FR264
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_KSW_G398/

Provenance

1871 in a private collection in Augsburg
acquired in 1890 from the collection of Freiherrn von Zwierlein, Würzburg

[Hoffmann, Cat. Weimar 1992, 37]

Exhibitions

Dresden 1899, no. 40 with Fig.
Berlin 1937, no. 65, Plate 62
Weimar, Wittenberg 1953, No. 32
Dresden 1971, no. 116 with Fig.
Weimar 1972, no. 27, Fig. p. 55
Basel 1974, Bd. 2, no. 498
Weimar 2015, no. 122

Literature

Reference on page

Catalogue Number

Figure / Plate

Exhib. Cat. Gotha, Kassel 2015

208

Editor	Julia Carrasco, Justus Lange, Benjamin D. Spira, Timo Trümper, Stiftung Schloss Friedenstein, Gotha
Title	Bild und Botschaft. Cranach im Dienst von Hof und Reformation, [Gotha, Herzogliches Museum; Kassel, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Schloss Wilhelmshöhe]
Place of Publication	Heidelberg
Year of Publication	2015

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Exhib. Cat. Weimar 2015

166, 178, 179

122

Editor	Wolfgang Holler, Karin Kolb
Title	Cranach in Weimar, [Weimar, Schiller-Museum, 3 April - 14 June 2015]
Place of Publication	Dresden
Year of Publication	2015

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Foister 2003

123, 127

Author	Susan Foister
Title	Cranachs Mythologien. Quellen und Originalität
Publication	in Heinz Spielmann, Werner Schade, eds., Lucas Cranach. Glaube, Mythologie und Moderne, Exhib. Cat. Hamburg 2003
Place of Publication	Ostfildern-Ruit
Year of Publication	2003
Pages	116-129

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Sandner 1998 B

Author	Ingo Sandner
Title	Cranach als Zeichner auf dem Malgrund
Publication	in Ingo Sandner, Wartburg-Stiftung Eisenach and Fachhochschule Köln, eds., Unsichtbare Meisterzeichnungen auf dem Malgrund. Cranach und seine Zeitgenossen, Exhib. Cat. Eisenach
Place of Publication	Regensburg
Year of Publication	1998
Pages	83-95

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Exhib. Cat. Kronach 1994

350

174a

Editor	Claus Grimm, Johannes Erichsen, Evamaria Brockhoff
Title	Lucas Cranach. Ein Maler-Unternehmer aus Franken [Festung Rosenberg, Kronach 17.05 - 21.08.1994; Museum der Bildenden Künste, Leipzig 07.09 - 06.11.1994]
Series	Veröffentlichungen zur bayerischen Geschichte und Kultur
Volume	26
Place of Publication	Augsburg, Coburg
Year of Publication	1994

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Cat. Weimar 1992

37-39

No. 11

Author	Helga Hoffmann
Editor	Kunstsammlungen zu Weimar
Title	Kunstsammlungen zu Weimar. Die deutschen Gemälde des XVI. Jahrhunderts
Place of Publication	Fulda
Year of Publication	1992

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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979

122

No. 264

Fig. 264

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. Basel 1974/1976

599-600

498

Author	Dieter Koepplin, Tilman Falk
Title	Lukas Cranach. Gemälde, Zeichnungen und Druckgraphik
Volume	1, 2
Place of Publication	Basel, Stuttgart
Year of Publication	1974
Link	http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-diglit-104522

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Koepplin 1974 B

173f.

Fig. 2

Author	Dieter Koepplin
Title	Unsere Kunstdenkmäler
Volume	25
Place of Publication	Bern
Year of Publication	1974

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Schade 1974

Author	Werner Schade
Title	Die Malerfamilie Cranach
Place of Publication	Dresden
Year of Publication	1974
Link	http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/schade1974

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Daniel 1973

86f.

Fig. 41

Author	L. Daniel
Title	Cranachs Kopie von Hieronymus Boschs Darstellung des Jüngsten Gerichts
Publication	in Lucas Cranach - Künstler und Gesellschaft
Place of Publication	Wittenberg
Year of Publication	1973

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Exhib. Cat. Weimar 1972 B

No. 33

Fig. p. 62

Editor	Schlossmuseum Weimar
Title	Lucas Cranach 1472-1553. Ein großer Maler in bewegter Zeit
Place of Publication	Weimar
Year of Publication	1972

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Quinger 1972

27-31

Fig.

Author	H. Quinger
Title	Lucas Cranach zum 500. Geburtstag. Bildbetrachtung seines Gemäldes 'Das silberne Zeitalter'
Journal	Wissenschaftliche Zeitschrift der Pädagogischen Hochschul. 'K. F. Wander' Dresden
Issue	1/1972
Year of Publication	1972
Pages	27-31

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Exhib. Cat. Dresden 1971

No. 116

Fig.

Editor	Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
Title	Deutsche Kunst der Dürerzeit
Place of Publication	Dresden
Year of Publication	1971

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Thöne 1965

Fig. p. 77

Author	Friedrich Thöne
Title	Lucas Cranach der Ältere
Series	Die blauen Bücher
Place of Publication	Königstein i. Taunus
Year of Publication	1965

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Ruhmer 1963

under Plate 34

Author	Eberhard Ruhmer
Title	Cranach
Place of Publication	Cologne
Year of Publication	1963

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Exhib. Cat. Weimar, Wittenberg 1953

No. 32

Author	Walther Scheidig
Editor	Deutsche Lucas Cranach Komitee
Title	Lucas Cranach Ausstellung. Weimar und Wittenberg
Place of Publication	Weimar, Wittenberg
Year of Publication	1953

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Bernheimer 1952

119, 157, 208f.

Fig. 29

Author	R. Bernheimer
Title	Wild Men in the Middle Ages
Place of Publication	Cambridge Mass.
Year of Publication	1952

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Exhib. Cat. Berlin 1937

28, 29

065

Pl. 62

Editor	Staatliche Museen, Berlin
Title	Lucas Cranach d. Ä. und Lucas Cranach d. J. Gemälde, Zeichnungen, Graphik
Place of Publication	Berlin
Year of Publication	1937

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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932

216

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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Glaser 1923

232

Author	Curt Glaser
Title	Lukas Cranach
Place of Publication	Leipzig
Year of Publication	1923
Link	http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/glaser1923

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Cat. Weimar 1913

No. 151

Editor	Willibald Hermens
Title	Katalog des Groszherzoglichen Museums zu Weimar
Place of Publication	Weimar
Year of Publication	1913

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Cat. Weimar 1910

No. 144

Author	n. a.
Title	Katalog des Groszherzoglichen Museums zu Weimar
Place of Publication	Weimar
Issue	Sixth edition
Year of Publication	1910

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Gabelentz-Linsingen 1910

Plate

Author	Hans von der Gabelentz-Linsingen
Title	Führer durch das Großherzogliche Museum in Weimar
Place of Publication	Weimar
Year of Publication	1910

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Flechsig 1900 A

268f.

Author	Eduard Flechsig
Title	Cranachstudien
Volume	1
Place of Publication	Leipzig
Year of Publication	1900
Link	page/n5/mode/2up

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Flechsig 1900 B

Plate p. 94

Author	Eduard Flechsig
Title	Tafelbilder Lucas Cranachs d. Ä. und seiner Werkstatt
Volume	1, 2
Place of Publication	Leipzig
Year of Publication	1900
Link	http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/flechsig1900tafeln

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Woermann 1900

Fig. 33

Author	Karl Woermann
Title	Die Dresdner Cranach-Ausstellung
Journal	Zeitschrift für bildende Kunst
Issue	N.F. 11
Year of Publication	1900

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Exhib. Cat. Dresden 1899

No. 40

Fig.

Editor	Karl Woermann
Title	Deutsche Kunstausstellung Dresden 1899. Abteilung Cranach-Ausstellung. Wissenschaftliches Verzeichnis der ausgestellten Werke
Place of Publication	Dresden
Year of Publication	1899
Link	http://resolver.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/SBB00002A2400000000

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Cat. Weimar 1894

No. 10

Author	n. a.
Title	Katalog des Groszherzoglichen Museums zu Weimar
Place of Publication	Weimar
Year of Publication	1894

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Lehfeldt 1894

407

Plate

Author	Paul Lehfeldt
Title	Bau- und Kunst-Denkmäler Thüringens
Volume	1, 2
Place of Publication	Jena
Year of Publication	1894

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Schuchardt 1871

130-131

Author	Christian Schuchardt
Title	Lucas Cranach des Aeltern Leben und Werke. Dritter Theil
Place of Publication	Leipzig
Year of Publication	1871
Link	http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/schuchardt1871bd3

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Schuchardt 1851 C

420

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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Battle between naked men and their complaining women, 1527

Images

Documents

DE_KSW_G398_FR264_2014-10_X-radiograph-report.pdf

Technical studies

06.10.2014Technical examination / Scientific analysis

X-radiography

DE_KSW_G398_FR264_2014-10_X-radiograph-report.pdf

Equipment: ERESCO 42 MF 4 from the company GE.

Scanner: CRxFlex.

Parameter: 50 KV, 8mA, 20 seconds

Distance from object: 3m

see pdf: [Report, HfBK Dresden, 06.10.2014]

created by K. Risse
created by HfBK Dresden
created by I. Mohrmann

04. 2010Technical examination / Scientific analysis

Infrared reflectography

Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

Tools/Materials:

- fluid medium, pointed brush

Type/Ductus:

- freehand underdrawing

- delicate, fine lines, both long and short

Function:

- binding for the final painted version; lines delineate contours and describe the main features within forms; no representation of volume

Deviations:

- minor alterations made during the painting process to clearly define forms

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- Lucas Cranach the Elder

Comments:

- possibly after a preparatory drawing

[Smith, Sandner, Heydenreich, cda 2012]

photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
photographed by Ingo Sandner

1990Technical examination / Scientific analysis

Infrared reflectography

Underdrawing

Thin underdrawing of the contours and the features [Gronau 1972 , 74, under No. 5]: metalpoint

Executed with a brush but similar to a pen drawing [Schade 1977, 11]

Pentimenti in the group of women with children top left and bottom right

[Hoffmann, Cat. Weimar 1992, 37]

photographed by Bernd Konrad

1988Technical Examination

Support

- two planks vertically aligned

[Hoffmann, Cat. Weimar 1992, 37]

Condition Reports

Date1990

oak wood cradle
numerous retouchings, particularly along the join
overcleaned, particularly at the bottom left (during the removal of overpaint?) see: [Flechsig 1900 A]

[Hoffmann, Cat. Weimar 1992, 37]

Conservation History

Date1971

No information

[Hoffmann, Cat. Weimar 1992, 37]

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