An Ill-matched Pair

An Ill-matched Pair

Title

An Ill-matched Pair

[Musée des Beaux-Arts et d'Archéologie Besançon, revised 2014]

Painting on wood transferred to canvas

Medium

Painting on wood transferred to canvas

[Musée des Beaux-Arts et d'Archéologie Besançon, revised 2014]

Neglected for a considerable time this panel was doubtlessly inspired by Erasmus' essay 'In Praise of Folly' published in 1511. The book describes an ill-matched pair whereby the two protagonists display opposing characteristics: youth is juxtaposed with old age, beauty with ugliness, greed with desire, the commonplace with the well-situated

Neglected for a considerable time this panel was doubtlessly inspired by Erasmus' essay 'In Praise of Folly' published in 1511. The book describes an ill-matched pair whereby the two protagonists display opposing characteristics: youth is juxtaposed with old age, beauty with ugliness, greed with desire, the commonplace with the well-situated [...]. This systematic repertoire highlights the old man's lechery as well as the interest of the young woman, underlining the ridiculousness of the situation and happily disparaging the human degeneration.

[Cat. Besançon 1992, 42]

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Musée des Beaux-Arts et d'Archéologie Besançon, revised 2014]

Production date
about 1530

Production date

about 1530

[Musée des Beaux-Arts et d'Archéologie Besançon, revised 2014]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 79 x 57.5 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 79 x 57.5 cm

  • [Musée des Beaux-Arts et d'Archéologie Besançon, revised 2014]

Signature / Dating

None

Owner
Musée des Beaux-Arts et d'Archéologie Besançon
Repository
Musée des Beaux-Arts et d'Archéologie Besançon
Location
Besançon
CDA ID
FR_MBAAB_896-1-53
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/FR_MBAAB_896-1-53/

Provenance

  • 1894 (Bequest Jean Gigoux)
    [Musée des Beaux-Arts et d'Archéologie Besançon, revised 2014]

Exhibitions

Frankfurt a. M. 2007, No. 92
London 2008
Rome 2010, No. 33

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Exhib. Cat. Rome 2010 234, 235, 237 No. 33 Pl. p. 237
EditorGalleria Borghese, Rome, Anna Coliva, Bernard Aikema
TitleCranach. L'altro rinascimento / a different renaissance, [Rome, Galleria Borghese 15 ottobre 2010 - 13 febbraio 2011]
Place of PublicationMilan
Year of Publication2010
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Exhib. Cat. Rotterdam 2008 235
EditorPeter van der Coelen
TitleImages of Erasmus [Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen]
Place of PublicationRotterdam
Year of Publication2008
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Arnoux 2007
AuthorMathilde Arnoux
TitleLes musées français et la peinture allemande 1871-1981
Place of PublicationParis
Year of Publication2007
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Exhib. Cat. Frankfurt 2007 308-309 92 p. 309
EditorBodo Brinkmann
TitleCranach der Ältere, [Frankfurt, Städel Museum, 23 Nov 2007 - 17 Feb 2008]
Place of PublicationOstfildern
Year of Publication2007
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Exhib. Cat. London 2007 18-32 Fig. 5
EditorCaroline Campbell
TitleTemptation in Eden. Lucas Cranach's Adam and Eve , [London, Courtauld Institute Gallery]
Place of PublicationLondon
Year of Publication2007
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Cat. Besançon 1992 42
AuthorMatthieu Pinette, Françoise Soulier-François
TitleDe Bellini à Bonnard. Chefs-d'oeuvre de la peinture du Musée des Beaux-Arts et d'Archéologie de Besançon
Place of PublicationParis
Year of Publication1992
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Stewart 1978 152 No. 36
AuthorAlison G. Stewart
TitleUnequal Lovers. A Study of Unequal Couples in Northern art
Place of PublicationNew York
Year of Publication1978
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Exhib. Cat. Paris 1965 76-77
AuthorRoselyne Bacou, Michel Laclotte, Germaine Barnaud, Jeannine Baticle
TitleLe XVIe siècle européen. Peintures et dessins dans les collections publiques françaises [Petit Palais, Paris]
Place of PublicationParis
Year of Publication1965
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Cat. Besançon 1929 24
AuthorAdolphe Chudant
TitleCatalogue des peintures et dessins du musée de Besançon. Collection Jean Gigoux, collection Pierre-Adrien Pâris, écoles anciennes
Place of PublicationBesançon
Year of Publication1929
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Cat. Besançon 1902 10
AuthorPaul Lapret
TitleMusée Jean Gigoux à Besançon, Catalogue des peintures et des dessins
Place of PublicationBesançon
Year of Publication1902
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  • An Ill-matched Pair, about 1530

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