An Ill-matched Pair

Title

An Ill-matched Pair

[Cat. Warsaw 2000, 66]

Painting on limewood

Medium

Painting on limewood

[Cat. Warsaw 2000, 66]

While the grinning old man embraces the young woman, she fondles his chin with her right hand so that with her left hand she can grab his purse, which hangs from his belt. She looks directly at the viewer.

[Görres, cda 2013]

Attribution: Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Exhib. Cat. Wrocław 2017, no. 26] [Cat. Warsaw 2000, 66]

Production dates: about 1530
1550

Production dates

about 1530	[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 289]
1550	[Cat. Warsaw 2000, 66]

Dimensions: Dimensions of support: 74.5 x 48.5 cm

Dimensions

Dimensions of support: 74.5 x 48.5 cm
[Cat. Warsaw 2000, 66]

Signature / Dating: Artist's insignia at the top left: winged serpent with dropped wings

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia at the top left: winged serpent with dropped wings
[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 289]

Inscriptions and Labels

on the woman's bonnet: 'GEHN . WOL . DLM'

[Cat. Warsaw 2000, 66]

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

- on the woman's bonnet:
'GEHN . WOL . DLM'
[Cat. Warsaw 2000, 66]

Owner: Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie
Repository: Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie
Location: Warsaw

CDA ID: PL_MNW_MOb40
FR (1978) Nr.: FR289
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/PL_MNW_MOb40/

Provenance

in the collection of Henryk Bahre, Warsaw
1865 acquired by the Museum of Fine Arts (later the National Museum Warsaw)
during World War II taken to Germany by Nazi authorities
restituted in 1946
[Cat. Warsaw 2000, 66]

Exhibitions

Warsaw 1961
Kumamoto 1979
Wrocław 2017, no. 26

Literature

Reference on page

Catalogue Number

Figure / Plate

Exhib. Cat. Wroclaw 2017

152-154

026

Fig. p. 153

Editor	Ewa Houszka, Marek Pierzchala
Title	Moda na Cranacha, Muzeum Narodowe we Wroclawiu, 31.10.2017-30.12.2017
Place of Publication	Wroclaw
Year of Publication	2017

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Cat. Warsaw 2000

Author	Bozena Steinborn, Antoni Ziemba
Title	Malarstwo Niemieckie Do 1600 Roku, Katalog Zbiorów. Deutsche Malerei bis 1600, Bestandskatalog
Place of Publication	Warsaw
Year of Publication	2000

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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979

289

Author	Max J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
Editor	G. Schwartz
Title	Die Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of Publication	Basel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication	1979

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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932

235D

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, about 1530

Images

Technical studies

2000Technical Examination

Support

- two boards

[Cat. Warsaw 2000, 66]

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