Servant at a feast, possibly Herod's Banquet (fragment)

Servant at a feast, possibly Herod's Banquet (fragment)

Title

Servant at a feast, possibly Herod's Banquet (fragment)

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Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Auct. Cat. Paris 1943, 8, lot 47]

This fragment shows a servant carrying a tray laden with fruit. Four men are visible behind him. The men either side both have beards and appears to be looking out at the viewer, whereas the two in the middle are only partially visible.

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Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Auct. Cat. Paris 1943, 8, lot 47]

Production date
about 1535 - 1540

Production date

about 1535 - 1540

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Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 55 x 38 cm

Dimensions

Signature / Dating

none

Inscriptions and Labels

none

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

  • none

Owner
Private Collection
Repository
Private Collection
CDA ID
PRIVATE_NONE-P623
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P623/

Provenance

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Auct. Cat. Paris 1943 8, 9 047 pl. II.
EditorHôtel Drouot, Paris
TitleTableaux anciens et modernes: par ou attribués à L. Cranach ... et des écoles allemande, espagnole, flamande, francaise, hollandaise et italienne ; dessins, aquarelles, gouaches, miniatures par Debucourt [...], Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 18.06.1943
Place of PublicationParis
Year of Publication1943
Link https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.12484
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Research History / Discussion

The fragment is probably a detail of one of Herod's banquets. A closer examination is necessary to establish whether it is in fact the missing part of the cropped painting in Vienna [AT_KHM_GG3567].

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  • Servant at a feast, possibly Herod's Banquet (fragment), about 1535 - 1540

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