Saint Paul

Saint Paul

Title

Saint Paul

[Christie's Online database; accessed 05.10.2022]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Christie's Online database; accessed 05.10.2022]

'This beautifully preserved, richly coloured and intimately sized panel ranks amongst the finest religious works executed by Lucas Cranach the Younger. Saint Paul, identified by the sword of his martyrdom, is seated at a stone pulpit, writing his Epistles in a sparsely decorated room that overlooks a fanciful rocky landscape.'

'This beautifully preserved, richly coloured and intimately sized panel ranks amongst the finest religious works executed by Lucas Cranach the Younger. Saint Paul, identified by the sword of his martyrdom, is seated at a stone pulpit, writing his Epistles in a sparsely decorated room that overlooks a fanciful rocky landscape.' [Christie's Online database; accessed 05.10.2022]

Attributions
Lucas Cranach the Younger
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Lucas Cranach the Younger

[Christie's Online database; accessed 05.10.2022]; [Dr. Ludwig Meyer, Auct. Cat. New York 1999 A, 128, lot 113]

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Sotheby's, New York, 8 January 1981, lot 105]

Production date
1547

Production date

1547

[dated]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 20.7 x 14.9 cm

Dimensions

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia lower right: serpent (with dropped wings) and dated '1547'

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia lower right: serpent (with dropped wings) and dated '1547'

Inscriptions and Labels

none

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

  • none

Owner
Private Collection
Repository
Private Collection
CDA ID
PRIVATE_NONE-P186
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P186/

Provenance

  • Marquesa Margaret Rockefeller de Larrain
  • 8 January 1981 Sotheby's, New York, lot 105, as 'Lucas Cranach I' ($36,000)
  • The Ian Woodner Family Collection
  • 25 May 1999 Christie's, New York, lot 113
  • 9 July 2015 Christie's, London, lot 32, property of a belgian family
    [Christie's Online database; accessed 05.10.2022]

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Auct. Cat. New York 1999 A 128, 129 113 Fig. p. 129
EditorChristie's Fine Art Auction House, New York
TitleImportant Old Master Paintings, Christie's New York, 25.05.1999
Place of PublicationNew York
Year of Publication1999
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