LUCAS CRANACH I (KRONACH 1472 - 1553 WEIMAR) AND WORKSHOP - photo 1
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LUCAS CRANACH I (KRONACH 1472 - 1553 WEIMAR) AND WORKSHOP

Lot 3
05.02.2025 00:00UTC +00:00
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Lot 3 | LUCAS CRANACH I (KRONACH 1472 - 1553 WEIMAR) AND WORKSHOP
Estimate value
$ 150 000 – 250 000
LUCAS CRANACH I (KRONACH 1472 - 1553 WEIMAR) AND WORKSHOP
Portrait of George the Bearded, Duke of Saxony (1471-1539)
oil on panel
14 5/8 x 9 ½ in (37.2 x 24.1 cm.)




Provenance

Ludwig Knaus, Berlin; his deceased sale, Rudolph Lepke's Kunst-Auctions-Haus, Berlin, 30 October 1917, lot 14, as Lucas Cranach the Elder, where acquired by,
Martin Bromberg (1850-1918), Hamburg, and by descent to,
Henry Bromberg (1878-1971), Hamburg.
with F. Kleinberger Gallery, Paris, 20 December 1938.
with Wildenstein Gallery, 29 December 1938, from whom acquired on 2 March 1961, with funds from the Charles Ulrick and Josephine Bay Paul Foundation, by
The Allentown Museum of Art.

Please note that the present work is being offered for sale pursuant to a settlement agreement between the Allentown Art Museum and the heirs of Henry Bromberg. The settlement agreement resolves the dispute over ownership of the work and title will pass to the successful bidder.



Literature

Art Quarterly, Summer 1961, XXIV, pp. 201, 210, ill.
M.J. Friedländer and J. Rosenberg, The Paintings of Lucas Cranach, New York, 1978, p. 152, no. 413A, as Lucas Cranach the Elder.



Exhibited

Berlin, Ausstellung von Kunstwerken des Mittelalters und der Renaissance, 20 May-25 June 1898, no. 130, as Lucas Cranach the Elder.
Houston, Allied Arts Association Annual Art Festival, Masterpieces of Painting through Six Centuries, 16-27 November 1952, no. 13, as Lucas Cranach the Elder.
Birmingham, Birmingham Museum of Art, The Reformation and Counter-Reformation, 15 September-15 October 1954, as Lucas Cranach the Elder.
Caracas, Museo de Bellas Artes, Segunda Exposición de Obras Clásicas de la Pintura Europea de la Galería Wildenstein, December 1956, no. 4, as Lucas Cranach.
Havana, Museo Nacional, Obras Clásicas de la Pintura Europea, Siglos XV-XIX, 1957, no. 3, as Lucas Cranach.
Artist:Lucas Cranach I (1472 - 1553)
Applied technique:Oil on panel
Genre:Portrait
Place of origin:Western Europe, Germany
Auction house category:Paintings
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