The Ill-Matched Couple: Old Man and Young Woman

The Ill-Matched Couple: Old Man and Young Woman

Titles

The Ill-Matched Couple: Old Man and Young Woman

[Cat. Budapest 2003, 30]

The Ill-Matched Lovers

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 155]

Painting on beech wood

Medium

Painting on beech wood

[Cat. Budapest 2003, 30]

Enamoured the almost toothless old man smiles at the young woman, who takes advantage of his embrace to steal the money from his purse.

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Cat. Budapest 2003, 30]

Production date
1522

Production date

1522

[dated]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 85.0 / 85.6 x 63.4 / 63.2 x 0.6 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 85.0 / 85.6 x 63.4 / 63.2 x 0.6 cm

  • [cda 2014]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia upper left: serpent and dated '1522'

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia upper left: serpent and dated '1522'

Inscriptions and Labels

on the reverse: 3 paper label

Inscriptions and Labels

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

  • on the reverse: 3 paper label

Owner
Szépmuvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
Repository
Szépmuvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
Location
Budapest
CDA ID
HU_SMB_130
FR (1978) Nr.
FR155
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/HU_SMB_130/

Provenance

  • from the Viennese Court Collection
  • 1848 transferred by the Court Chamber Committee (Buda, Budapest) to the Hungarian National Museum
    [Cat. Budapest 2003, 30]

Exhibitions

Dresden 1899, No. 16
Bordeaux 1972, No. 10
Tokyo 1994, No. 50

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Bücken 2010 64
AuthorVeronique Bücken
TitleHeroinen und Femmes Fatales im Werk von Lucas Cranach
Publicationin Guido Messling, ed., Die Welt des Lucas Cranach. Ein Künstler im Zeitalter von Dürer, Tizian und Metsys, Exhib. Cat. Brussels
Place of PublicationBrussels
Year of Publication2010
Pages54-65
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Exhib. Cat. Brussels 2010 218 127 pp. 218, 245
EditorBozarbooks & Lannoo, Guido Messling
TitleDie Welt des Lucas Cranach. Ein Künstler im Zeitalter von Dürer, Tizian und Metsys [anlässlich der Ausstellung "Die Welt des Lucas Cranach", Palast der Schönen Künste, Brüssel, 20. Oktober 2010 - 23. Januar 2011]
Place of PublicationBrussels
Year of Publication2010
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Exhib. Cat. Prague 2005 84 (English version 35) under no. 15
EditorObrazárna Pražského hradu, Kaliopi Chamonikola
TitlePod znamením okrídleného hada. Lucas Cranach a ceské zeme. Under the winged Serpent. Lucas Cranach and the Czech Land
Place of PublicationPrague
Year of Publication2005
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Cat. Budapest 2003 30
EditorIldikó Ember, István Takács
TitleMuseum of Fine Arts Budapest. Old Masters' Gallery. Summary Catalogue, Vol. 3: German, Austrian, Bohemian and British Paintings
Volume3
Place of PublicationBudapest
Year of Publication2003
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Exhib. Cat. Tokyo 1994 B 050
EditorZsuzsa Urbach
TitleRenaissance Paintings from the Budapest Museum of Fine Arts
Place of PublicationTokyo
Year of Publication1994
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 102 No. 155 Fig. 155
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
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Stewart 1978 83, 144-145 No. 17 Fig. 55
AuthorAlison G. Stewart
TitleUnequal Lovers. A Study of Unequal Couples in Northern art
Place of PublicationNew York
Year of Publication1978
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Silver 1974 109
AuthorLarry A. Silver
TitleThe Ill-Matched Couple by Quentin Massys
JournalStudies in the History of Art
Year of Publication1974
Pages105-123
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Cat. Budapest 1967 161-162
AuthorAndor Pigler
TitleKatalog der Galerie Alter Meister I-II
Place of PublicationBudapest
Year of Publication1967
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Posse 1942 58
AuthorHans Posse
TitleLucas Cranach d. Ä.
Place of PublicationVienna
Year of Publication1942
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932 136 Fig. 136
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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Flechsig 1900 B Pl. 77
AuthorEduard Flechsig
TitleTafelbilder Lucas Cranachs d. Ä. und seiner Werkstatt
Volume1, 2
Place of PublicationLeipzig
Year of Publication1900
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/flechsig1900tafeln
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Exhib. Cat. Dresden 1899 016
EditorKarl Woermann
TitleDeutsche Kunstausstellung Dresden 1899. Abteilung Cranach-Ausstellung. Wissenschaftliches Verzeichnis der ausgestellten Werke
Place of PublicationDresden
Year of Publication1899
Link http://resolver.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/SBB00002A2400000000
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  • The Ill-Matched Couple: Old Man and Young Woman, 1522

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Technical studies

06. 2014Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • UV-light photography
  • uv_light
  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
  • photographed by Ingo Sandner

06. 2014Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared Reflectography
  • irr

Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

Tools/Materials:

- fluid, black medium and brushes of varying widths

Type/Ductus:

- detailed and freehand underdrawing

- thin to broader lines

Function:

- relatively binding for the final painted version; lines delineate contours and describe the essential details and the facial features; no representation of volume

Deviations:

- alterations made during the painting process to clearly define form

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- Lucas Cranach the Elder or/and workshop?

[Smith, Sandner, Heydenreich, cda 2014]

  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
  • photographed by Ingo Sandner
  • reverse

Support

- beech wood panel thinned and cradled

- additions on both sides, widths (verso): 3,2 (l.) und 1,7 (r.) cm

[Heydenreich, cda 2014]

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