The nymph displays herself to the viewer as a nude figure reclining on a black coat, beneath which a folded cloth serves as a pillow. She lies half on her blond hair with her head supported by her right hand and stares into the distance with a melancholy gaze. Behind
The nymph displays herself to the viewer as a nude figure reclining on a black coat, beneath which a folded cloth serves as a pillow. She lies half on her blond hair with her head supported by her right hand and stares into the distance with a melancholy gaze. Behind her there is a stone fountain on the left and a landscape on the right.
- Attribution
- Lucas Cranach the Elder
Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder | [Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten, Berlin - Brandenburg, revised 2011] |
- Production dates
- about 1515 - 1520
about 1520 - 1530
Production dates
about 1515 - 1520 | [Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten, Berlin - Brandenburg, revised 2011] |
about 1520 - 1530 | [Exhib. Cat. Berlin 1937, no. 81] |
- Dimensions
- Dimensions of support: 58.2 x 87.1 cm
Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 58.2 x 87.1 cm
[Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten, Berlin - Brandenburg, revised 2011]
- Signature / Dating
Artist's insignia at the left edge: winged serpent (with elevated wings)
Signature / Dating
Artist's insignia at the left edge: winged serpent (with elevated wings)
- Inscriptions and Labels
inscription on the upper bowl of the fountain: 'FONTIS NIMPHA SACRI SOMNVM NE RUMPE QVIESCO'
(I the nymph of …Inscriptions and Labels
Inscriptions, Badges:
inscription on the upper bowl of the fountain: 'FONTIS NIMPHA SACRI SOMNVM NE RUMPE QVIESCO'
(I the nymph of the sacred source rest; do not disturb my sleep (or dream))
[Exhib. Cat. Berlin 2009, 197-198, No. III.16]
- Owner
- Stiftung Preussische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg
- Repository
- Grunewald hunting lodge
- Location
- Grunewald
- CDA ID
- DE_SPSG_GKI1926
- FR (1978) Nr.
- FR119A
- Persistent Link
- https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_SPSG_GKI1926/