An Ill-matched Pair

An Ill-matched Pair

Title

An Ill-matched Pair

[cda 2021]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Page from an auction catalogue, Karl & Faber Kunstauktionen, Munich, 29.10.2011, lot 201; Koepplin Archive]

The painting depicts the popular subject of the ‘Ill-matched Pair’. The pairing of a foolish old man and a youthful beauty was very popular in sixteenth-century art, affording as it did the opportunity to present a lascivious image under the guise of a morality lesson. In this version of the

The painting depicts the popular subject of the ‘Ill-matched Pair’. The pairing of a foolish old man and a youthful beauty was very popular in sixteenth-century art, affording as it did the opportunity to present a lascivious image under the guise of a morality lesson. In this version of the subject the pair appear to reciprocate a gentle embrace. However, while the old man directs his gaze towards the young girl she looks out at the viewer with a knowing glance and her hand in his purse.

[cda 2021]

Attributions
Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder
Follower of Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder

[D. Koepplin, in: auction catalogue, Karl & Faber Kunstauktionen, Munich, 29.10.2011, lot 201; Koepplin Archive]

Follower of Lucas Cranach the Elder

[W. Schade, in: auction catalogue, Karl & Faber Kunstauktionen, Munich, 29.10.2011, lot 201; Koepplin Archive]

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Expertise Clavère, Cour d'Appel de Paris; Koepplin Archive] [Expertise Georges Terèsse, Paris 09.08.1944; Koepplin Archive] [Expertise Haro Frères, Paris 09.08.1944; Koepplin Archive]

Production dates
about 1900 - 1935
about 1600

Production dates

about 1900 - 1935

[Letter from D. Koepplin to Karl & Faber Kunstauktionen, 15.10.2011; Koepplin Archive]

1534

[dated, not authentic]

about 1600

[Page from an auction catalogue, Karl & Faber Kunstauktionen, Munich, 29.10.2011, lot 201; Koepplin Archive]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 26.5 x 20.5 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 26.5 x 20.5 cm

  • [Page from an auction catalogue, Karl & Faber Kunstauktionen, Munich, 29.10.2011, lot 201; Koepplin Archive]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia and dated '1534'; not authentic ['Bezeichnet von fremder Hand'; Page from an auction catalogue, Karl & Faber Kunstauktionen, Munich, 29.10.2011, lot 201; Koepplin Archive]

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia and dated '1534'; not authentic ['Bezeichnet von fremder Hand'; Page from an auction catalogue, Karl & Faber Kunstauktionen, Munich, 29.10.2011, lot 201; Koepplin Archive]

Owner
Private Collection
Repository
Private Collection
CDA ID
PRIVATE_NONE-P497
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P497/

Provenance

  • in the collection of Leo Edler von Mannheimer, Vienna
  • Galerie Schäfer, Paris (c. 1937)
  • Private collection, Northern Germany
    [Page from an auction catalogue, Karl & Faber Kunstauktionen, Munich, 29.10.2011, lot 201; Koepplin Archive]
  • An Ill-matched Pair, about 1900 - 1935

Images

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Condition Reports

Date2011

Cradled but otherwise in good condition with the some minor retouches along the left edge and to the left of the man's head.

[Page from an auction catalogue, Karl & Faber Kunstauktionen, Munich, 29.10.2011, lot 201; Koepplin Archive]

Citing from the Cranach Digital Archive

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