Reclining Nymph of the Spring

Reclining Nymph of the Spring

Title

Reclining Nymph of the Spring

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Painting on beech

Medium

Painting on beech

[Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974, no. 545]

In this vertical composition the nymph is shown lying naked on the grass. Behind her the spring gushes out of a stone block into a basin beneath it. A solitary partridge is represented in the foreground and the background opens out at the right to reveal an expansive landscape with

In this vertical composition the nymph is shown lying naked on the grass. Behind her the spring gushes out of a stone block into a basin beneath it. A solitary partridge is represented in the foreground and the background opens out at the right to reveal an expansive landscape with mountains beyond.

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Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974, no. 545]

Production date
about 1526

Production date

about 1526

[Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974, no. 545]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 36.5 x 25 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 36.5 x 25 cm

  • [Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974, no. 545]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia: winged serpent

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia: winged serpent

  • [Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974, no. 545]

Owner
Private Collection
Repository
Private Collection
CDA ID
PRIVATE_NONE-P503
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P503/

Provenance

  • private collection
    [Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974, no. 545]

Exhibitions

Basel 1974, no. 545

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974/1976 638 545 Fig. 317
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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Research History / Discussion

Two further versions of this vertical composition are known: a version in Darmstadt [DE_HLMD_GK75] of about the same dimensions, dated ‘1533’ and a later, considerably larger copy now in a private collection [PRIVATE_NONE-P183]. Unlike the present version both bear the inscription ‘FONTIS NYMPHA SACRI SOMNVM NE RVMPE QVIESCO.'

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  • Reclining Nymph of the Spring, about 1526

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