Reclining Fountain Nymph

Reclining Fountain Nymph

Title

Reclining Fountain Nymph

[Cat. Oslo 1973, 376-377]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Cat. Oslo 1973, 376-377]

The panel depicts a reclining water nymph against the backdrop of a landscape with a river. A bow and arrow hang on a tree at the right edge of the painting and two partridges occupy the bottom right corner.

[Görres, cda 2014]

Attributions
Lucas Cranach the Younger
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Lucas Cranach the Younger

Werner Schade in written note according to [Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974, 638]

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Cat. Oslo 1973, 376-377]

Production date
1550

Production date

1550

[dated]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 71.5 x 122 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 71.5 x 122 cm

  • [Cat. Oslo 1973, 376-377]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia on the tree: winged serpent and dated '1550'

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia on the tree: winged serpent and dated '1550'

  • [Cat. Oslo 1973, 376-377]

Inscriptions and Labels
  • top edge: 'FONTIS NYMPHA SACRI SOMNVM NE RVMPE QVIESCO'
    [Cat. Oslo 1973, 376-377]

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

    • top edge:

  • 'FONTIS NYMPHA SACRI SOMNVM NE RVMPE QVIESCO'

  • [Cat. Oslo 1973, 376-377]

Owner
Nasjonalmuseet for kunst, arkitektur og design, Oslo
Repository
Nasjonalmuseet for kunst, arkitektur og design, Oslo
Location
Oslo
CDA ID
NO_NMO_NG-M-00522
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/NO_NMO_NG-M-00522/

Provenance

  • purchased in 1899 from a private collection in Milan
    [Cat. Oslo 1973, 376-377]

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Cat. Coburg 2018 92, fn. 20 under no. 15
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. Brussels 2010 198
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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Cat. Oslo 1990 41
EditorNasjonalgalleriet, Oslo
TitleHöhepunkte aus den Sammlungen der Nationalgalerie
Place of PublicationOslo
Year of Publication1990
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Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974/1976 638
AuthorDieter Koepplin, Tilman Falk
TitleLukas Cranach. Gemälde, Zeichnungen und Druckgraphik
Volume1, 2
Place of PublicationBasel, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1974
Link http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-diglit-104522
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Cat. Oslo 1973 376-377
EditorNasjonalgalleriet, Oslo
TitleKatalog over utenlandsk malerkunst, Nationalgalleriet Oslo
Place of PublicationOslo
Year of Publication1973
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Cat. Oslo 1965 35 p. 35
EditorNasjonalgalleriet, Oslo
TitleFührer durch die Sammlungen
Place of PublicationOslo
Year of Publication1965
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Cat. Oslo 1955 32
EditorNasjonalgalleriet, Oslo
TitleA Guide to the Collections
Place of PublicationOslo
Year of Publication1955
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  • Reclining Fountain Nymph, 1550

Images

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  • irr
  • uv_light
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Technical studies

07. 2014Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared reflectography
  • irr

Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

An underdrawing is only in part visible (e. g. the contours of the nymph, particularly along the legs); probably a fluid medium, brush

[Sandner, Smith-Contini, Heydenreich, cda 2016]

  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
  • photographed by Ingo Sandner

04. 2014Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • UV-light photography
  • uv_light
  • photographed by Nasjonalmuseet for kunst, arkitektur og design, Oslo

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