An ill-matched Pair

Title

An ill-matched Pair

[CDA 2010]

Painting on beech wood

Medium

Painting on beech wood	[Klein, Report 1997]
Wood (oak wood?)	[Gemäldegalerie, revised 2010]

A love scene with half-length figures. An old man embraces a young woman.

[Gemäldegalerie Berlin, Unsinn 2010]

Attribution: Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Gemäldegalerie, revised 2010]

Production date: 1535

Production date

1535

[dated]

Dimensions: Dimensions of support: 37 x 23.9 cm

Dimensions

Dimensions of support: 37 x 23.9 cm
Dimensions including frame: 50.2 x 36.8 cm
[Gemäldegalerie, revised 2010]

Signature / Dating: Below the proper right elbow of the girl: dated '1535'

Signature / Dating

Below the proper right elbow of the girl: dated '1535'

Owner: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemäldegalerie
Repository: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemäldegalerie
Location: Berlin

CDA ID: DE_smbGG_1606
FR (1978) Nr.: FR-none
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_smbGG_1606/

Provenance

1885 acquired from His Royal Highness and Heir to the Throne of Meiningen

[Gemäldegalerie, revised 2010]

Literature

Reference on page

Catalogue Number

Figure / Plate

Heydenreich 2007 A

404

Author	Gunnar Heydenreich
Title	Lucas Cranach the Elder
Place of Publication	Amsterdam
Year of Publication	2007
Link	https://lucascranach.org/application/files/6116/2097/3099/Heydenreich_2007_Lucas_Cranach_the_Elder.pdf

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Cat. Berlin 1996

Fig. 87

Author	Rainald Grosshans, Henning Bock
Editor	Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemäldegalerie
Title	Gemäldegalerie Berlin. Gesamtverzeichnis
Place of Publication	Berlin
Year of Publication	1996

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Klein 1994 A

198

Tab. 5

Author	Peter Klein
Title	Lucas Cranach und seine Werkstatt. Holzarten und dendrochronologische Analyse
Publication	in Claus Grimm, Johannes Erichsen, Evamaria Brockhoff, eds.,Lucas Cranach. Ein Maler-Unternehmer aus Franken, Exhib. Cat. Kronach 1994
Series	Veröffentlichungen zur bayerischen Geschichte und Kultur
Volume	26
Place of Publication	Augsburg, Coburg
Year of Publication	1994
Pages	194-200

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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932

132

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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An ill-matched Pair, 1535

Images

Documents

DE_smbGG_1606_FR-none_1997_analysis-report-001.pdf

Technical studies

17.02.1997Scientific analysis

Identification of wood species / Dendrochronology

DE_smbGG_1606_FR-none_1997_analysis-report-001.pdf

Support

Identification of wood species: beech wood

Youngest annual ring: 1530

[Klein Report, 17.02.1997]

analysed by Peter Klein

X-radiography

Support made from the same tree

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