The Age of Silver

The Age of Silver

Title

The Age of Silver

[cda 2014]

Painting on beech wood

Medium

Painting on beech wood

[Klein report, 1997]

According to Hesiod's 'Works and Days' there are five Ages of Man and the Silver Age is the second of these. The panel depicts a battle that heralds the end of this Age.

[Herrschaft, cda 2015]

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[http://cartelen.louvre.fr/; 09.07.2014]
[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, 123, No. 265B]

Production date
1535

Production date

1535

[dated]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 77 x 52 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 77 x 52 cm

  • [http://cartelen.louvre.fr/; 09.07.2014]

Signature / Dating
Artist's insignia at the lower edge: serpent (with elevated wings) facing left and dated '1535', in black paint

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia at the lower edge: serpent (with elevated wings) facing left and dated '1535', in black paint

Owner
Musée du Louvre, Paris
Repository
Musée du Louvre, Paris
Location
Paris
CDA ID
F_MdLP_RF1184
FR (1978) Nr.
FR265B
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/F_MdLP_RF1184/

Provenance

  • 1900 aquired by the Musée du Louvre, Paris
    [http://www.culture.gouv.fr/documentation/joconde/fr/pres.htm; 09.07.2014]
    [cartelen.louvre.fr/; 09.07.2014]

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Cat. Coburg 2018 172 under no. 37
AuthorKlaus Weschenfelder
TitleCranach in Coburg. Gemälde von Lucas Cranach d.Ä., Lucas Cranach d.J., der Werkstatt und des Umkreises in den Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg
Place of PublicationRegensburg
Year of Publication2018
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Exhib. Cat. Gotha, Kassel 2015 208
EditorJulia Carrasco, Justus Lange, Stiftung Schloss Friedenstein, Gotha, Benjamin D. Spira, Timo Trümper
TitleBild und Botschaft. Cranach im Dienst von Hof und Reformation, [Gotha, Herzogliches Museum; Kassel, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Schloss Wilhelmshöhe]
Place of PublicationHeidelberg
Year of Publication2015
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Foister 2003 124
AuthorSusan Foister
TitleCranachs Mythologien. Quellen und Originalität
Publicationin Heinz Spielmann, Werner Schade, eds., Lucas Cranach. Glaube, Mythologie und Moderne, Exhib. Cat. Hamburg 2003
Place of PublicationOstfildern-Ruit
Year of Publication2003
Pages116-129
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Klein 1994 A 198 Tab. 7
AuthorPeter Klein
TitleLucas Cranach und seine Werkstatt. Holzarten und dendrochronologische Analyse
Publicationin Claus Grimm, Johannes Erichsen, Evamaria Brockhoff, eds.,Lucas Cranach. Ein Maler-Unternehmer aus Franken, Exhib. Cat. Kronach 1994
SeriesVeröffentlichungen zur bayerischen Geschichte und Kultur
Volume26
Place of PublicationAugsburg, Coburg
Year of Publication1994
Pages194-200
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 123 No. 265B
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932 69 217b
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1932
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/friedlaender1932
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  • The Age of Silver, 1535

Images

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Documents

Technical studies

1997 - Scientific analysis

  • Dendrochronology / identification of wood species

Support

Identification of wood species: beech wood

Plank I: 141 annual rings, 1510 - 1370; plank II: 107 annual rings, 1516 - 1410

The youngest annual ring is from the year 1522; the earliest felling date is 1522; following a two year seasoning period the panel could have been used by1524

The planks are from the same tree as planks used for the linked panels.

[Klein Bericht, 04.06.1997]

  • analysed by Peter Klein

Conservation History

Date2007 -

Condition report for loan to Frankfurt and London

[Paris, C2RMF, numéro de référence: F15180]

Support made from the same tree

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