An Ill-matched Pair

An Ill-matched Pair

Title

An Ill-matched Pair

[Cat. Schwerin 1990, 20]

Painting on oak wood

Medium

Painting on oak wood

[Cat. Schwerin 1990, 20]

An elderly man in elegant attire places his left arm around a young woman's neck and moves towards her chin with his right hand. The equally well-dressed woman caresses his chin with one hand, while she reaches into his purse with the other. A painting showing half-length figures against a

An elderly man in elegant attire places his left arm around a young woman's neck and moves towards her chin with his right hand. The equally well-dressed woman caresses his chin with one hand, while she reaches into his purse with the other. A painting showing half-length figures against a black background, that belongs to the pictorial type of the Ill-matched Pair.

[Cat. Schwerin 1990, 21]

Attribution
Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Cat. Schwerin 1990, 20]

Production date
after 1600

Production date

after 1600

[cda 2013]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 47.4 x 35 x 1.1 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 47.4 x 35 x 1.1 cm

  • [cda 2013]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia [not authentic] at bottom right: schematic serpent with elevated wings

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia [not authentic] at bottom right: schematic serpent with elevated wings

  • [Cat. Schwerin 1990, 21]

Inscriptions and Labels

on the reverse remains of a collector's seal

[Cat. Schwerin 1990, 21]

Inscriptions and Labels

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

  • on the reverse remains of a collector's seal

  • [Cat. Schwerin 1990, 21]

Owner
Staatliches Museum Schwerin, Kunstsammlungen Schlösser, Gärten
Repository
Staatliches Museum Schwerin, Museum Schloss Güstrow
Location
Güstrow
CDA ID
DE_SMS_G576
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_SMS_G576/

Provenance

  • acquired between 1851 and 1863

[Cat. Schwerin 1990, 21]

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Cat. Schwerin 1990 20-21 010
AuthorKristina Hegner
TitleKunst der Renaissance
Place of PublicationSchwerin
Year of Publication1990
Show Literature
Exhib. Cat. Wittenberg 1972 No. 282
Authorn. a.
TitleLucas Cranach, Zeit, Leben, Werk. Dokumentationsausstellung des Cranach-Komitees der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik 1972[Wittenberg, Staatl. Lutherhalle, 9. September - 31. Dezember 1972]
Place of PublicationWittenberg
Year of Publication1972
Show Literature
Cat. Schwerin 1882 No. 168
AuthorFriedrich Schlie
TitleBeschriebendes Verzeichniss der Werke älterer Meister in Grossherzoglichen Gemälde-Gallerie zu Schwerin
Place of PublicationSchwerin
Year of Publication1882
Show Literature
Schlie 1882 23
AuthorFriedrich Schlie
TitleKurzes Verzeichniss der Bilder in der Grossherzoglichen Gemälde-Gallerie zu Schwerin
Place of PublicationSchwerin
Year of Publication1882
Show Literature
Schlie 1883 18
AuthorFriedrich Schlie
TitleKurzes Verzeichniss der Bilder in der Grossherzoglichen Gemälde-Gallerie zu Schwerin
Place of PublicationSchwerin
IssueSecond edition
Year of Publication1882
Show Literature
Prosch 1863 22 (XII)
AuthorEduard Prosch
TitleCatalog und Inventarium der Grossherzoglichen Gemälde-Gallerie und der Grossherzoglichen Sammlung plastischer Kunstwerke in Schwerin
Year of Publication1863
Show Literature

Research History / Discussion

The male figure appears as if it were coloured in. Probably a 16th century copy. The prototype may be the painting now in the National Museum, Warsaw (PL_MNW_MOb40_FR289). Excepting the difference in the position of the man's right hand and his more closed mouth the painting in Schwerin is identical, although the female figure is more schematic.

A large series of such secular paintings was produced in the Cranach workshop, the earliest dated version is from the year 1522.

[Cat. Schwerin 1990, 21]

  • An Ill-matched Pair, after 1600

Images

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  • overall
  • overall
  • reverse
  • irr

Technical studies

07. 2013Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared reflectography
  • irr

Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

Tools/Materials:

- dry drawing material, dark chalk

Type/Ductus:

- copied lines

- thin lines

Function:

- relatively binding for the final painted version; lines delineate contours and describe the essential details and the facial features; representation of volume (hatching-strokes)

Deviations:

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

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- not possible

Comments:

- after a pre-existing design

[Smith, Sandner, Heydenreich, cda 2013]

  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
  • photographed by Ingo Sandner

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