Epithaph for Franz Thim, left wing: his male children

Title

[cda 2019]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Lempertz online database: https://www.lempertz.com/de/kataloge/lot/903-1/1036-lucas-cranach-d-j-umkreis.html; accessed 26-03-2019]

The wing panel created about 1570, after the death of the wife and mother shows the adult children of the married couple Thim as well as explanatory texts framed by mannerist scrollwork. Exterior: the coat of arms of the deceased with an hourglass as a crest, above this a

The renaissance style frame is 19th/20th century.

[Lempertz online database: https://www.lempertz.com/de/kataloge/lot/903-1/1036-lucas-cranach-d-j-umkreis.html; accessed 26-03-2019]

Attributions: Circle of Lucas Cranach the Younger
Veit Thim ?

Attributions

Circle of Lucas Cranach the Younger	[Lempertz online database: https://www.lempertz.com/de/kataloge/lot/903-1/1036-lucas-cranach-d-j-umkreis.html; accessed 26-03-2019]
Veit Thim ?	[Lempertz online database: https://www.lempertz.com/de/kataloge/lot/903-1/1036-lucas-cranach-d-j-umkreis.html; accessed 26-03-2019]

Production date: about 1570

Production date

about 1570

[Lempertz online database: https://www.lempertz.com/de/kataloge/lot/903-1/1036-lucas-cranach-d-j-umkreis.html; accessed 26-03-2019]

Dimensions: Dimensions of support: 86 x 44 cm

Dimensions

Dimensions of support: 86 x 44 cm
[Lempertz online database: https://www.lempertz.com/de/kataloge/lot/903-1/1036-lucas-cranach-d-j-umkreis.html; accessed 26-03-2019]

Signature / Dating: None

Owner: Private Collection
Repository: Private Collection

CDA ID: PRIVATE_NONE-P277B
FR (1978) Nr.: FR-none
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P277B/

Provenance

in 1527 Franz Thim is listed in the civil records of Weimar, unfortunately no evidence relating to the epitaph was found in any of the churches in Weimar. It may have been created for the Thim family's private house.
19.05.2007 auctioned at Lempertz, Cologne, auction 903, lot 1036
[Lempertz online database: https://www.lempertz.com/de/kataloge/lot/903-1/1036-lucas-cranach-d-j-umkreis.html; accessed 26-03-2019]

Research History / Discussion

This is an interesting example of protestant iconography from the Thuringian heartland of the reformation. The triptych may be a work by Veit Thiem, one of Franz Thim’s sons; he was a pupil or an apprentice in Lucas Cranach the Younger’s workshop. It would seem reasonable to assume that Veit Thiem painted the epitaph for his father himself. The central panel already belonged to the family before Franz Thiem passed away, whereas the wing panels were commissioned about 1570, after the death of the wife and mother, by the children to create an epitaph for their parents. [Lempertz online database: https://www.lempertz.com/de/kataloge/lot/903-1/1036-lucas-cranach-d-j-umkreis.html; accessed 26-03-2019]

Epithaph for Franz Thim, left wing: his male children, about 1570

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