The ill-matched couple

The ill-matched couple

Titles

The ill-matched couple

[Nationalmuseum Stockholm, revised 2011]

The Payment

[Exhib. Cat. Stockholm 1966, 513 - 514, No. 1290]

Painting on limewood

Medium

Painting on limewood

[Klein, Report 1997]

wood

[Nationalmuseum Stockholm, revised 2011]

An old man with a white beard and a fur-trimmed cloak, sitting at an opulent table at the left edge of the painting puts some coins in a young lady's right hand. In her left hand she holds a small scales.

In the background dead fowl, a gun, a pair of

An old man with a white beard and a fur-trimmed cloak, sitting at an opulent table at the left edge of the painting puts some coins in a young lady's right hand. In her left hand she holds a small scales.

In the background dead fowl, a gun, a pair of antlers and a clock hang on a dark wall. On the right side an open window shows a view of a mountainous landscape with a town.

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Nationalmuseum Stockholm, revised 2011]
[Exhib. Cat. Stockholm 1966, 513 - 514, No. 1290]
[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, 127, No. 290]

Production date
1532

Production date

1532

[dated]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 108 x 119 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 108 x 119 cm

  • [Nationalmuseum Stockholm, revised 2011]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia: winged serpent and dated '1532'

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia: winged serpent and dated '1532'

Owner
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm
Repository
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm
Location
Stockholm
CDA ID
SE_NMS_258
FR (1978) Nr.
FR290
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/SE_NMS_258/

Provenance

  • till 1632 Munich, Maximilian II.
    [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, 127, No. 290]
  • picture came to Stockholm as war booty from Munich in 1632
    [Exhib. Cat. Stockholm 1966, 513 - 514, No. 1290]

Exhibitions

Stockholm 1966, No. 1 290
Weimar 1972, No. 51
Stockholm 1988, No. 60

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Exhib. Cat. Stockholm 1988 75 No. 60 Fig. p. 75
EditorNationalmuseum, Stockholm
TitleCranach och den tyska renässancen
Place of PublicationStockholm
Year of Publication1988
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 127 290 Fig. 290
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
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Schade 1974 Figs. 171-173
AuthorWerner Schade
TitleDie Malerfamilie Cranach
Place of PublicationDresden
Year of Publication1974
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/schade1974
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Exhib. Cat. Weimar 1972 B No. 51
EditorSchlossmuseum Weimar
TitleLucas Cranach 1472-1553. Ein großer Maler in bewegter Zeit
Place of PublicationWeimar
Year of Publication1972
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Exhib. Cat. Stockholm 1966 No. 1290
Authorn. a.
TitleChristina Queen of Sweden - a personality of European civilisation [Nationalmuseum Stockholm]
Place of PublicationStockholm
Year of Publication1966
Show Literature
Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932 236 Fig. 236
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1932
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/friedlaender1932
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Research History / Discussion

'The painting was clearly revised in the late sixteenth century, some of the objects on the table being added and all those on the wall except the duck. The gun, for instance, is a model from 1560/70, and the clock has been dated to ca. 1580.'

[Exhib. Cat. Stockholm 1966, 513 – 514, No. 1290]

  • The ill-matched couple, 1532

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Documents

Technical studies

24.10.1997Scientific analysis

  • Identification of wood species / Dendrochronology

Support

Identification of wood species: limewood (Tilia sp.)

  • analysed by Peter Klein

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