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LUCAS CRANACH THE YOUNGER (WITTENBERG 1515-1586 WEIMAR)

Lot 22
25.05.2023 10:00UTC -05:00
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Starting price
$ 150 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUSA, New York
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ID 945292
Lot 22 | LUCAS CRANACH THE YOUNGER (WITTENBERG 1515-1586 WEIMAR)
Estimate value
$ 150 000 – 250 000
LUCAS CRANACH THE YOUNGER (WITTENBERG 1515-1586 WEIMAR)

Portrait of Caspar Cruciger (1504-1548), bust-length, holding a book

signed with the artist's serpent device above the artist's monogram 'L' (center left)

oil on panel, marouflaged

14 x 9 in. (35.7 x 22.8 cm.)





Provenance

(Possibly) The Danish Royal Collection, circa 1740.

Cornelis Hoogendijk (1866-1911), The Hague; (†), Frederik Muller & Cie., Amsterdam, 14 May 1912, lot 17.

Albert Keller, Esq., New York, by 1928.

(Possibly) Birnbaum collection, Berlin, circa 1930.

(Possibly) with Rosenberg & Steibel, New York, circa 1945.

with Nicholas M. Acquavella, New York, by 1968, as 'Portrait of a Man' (according to a label on the reverse).

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 15 January 1987, lot 12, as 'Portrait of a bearded man holding a book'.

with Joseph B. Guttmann Galleries, Beverly Hills, by 1987.

Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 11 January 1991, lot 36, where acquired by the present owner.



Literature

Catalogues der Schilderijen, Miniaturen, Pastels, Omlijste Teekeningen, Enz. in het Rijks-museum te Amsterdam met drie supplementen, Amsterdam, 1908, p. 392, no. 735c.

Catalogue of the Pictures, Minatures, Pastels, Framed Drawings, Etc. in the Rijks-museum at Amsterdam with supplement, Amsterdam, 1910, p. 427, no. 735c.

Catalogue des tableaux, minatures, pastels, dessins encadrés, etc. du Musée de L'État à Amsterdam avec supplément, Amsterdam, 1911, p. 108, no. 735c.

'Notes D'Art', La Gazette de Hollande, XC, O. van Beresteyn, ed., Amsterdam, 1912, p. 3.

'Cronique des ventes', Le Bulletin de l'Art, DXLIV., Paris, 1912, p. 150.



Exhibited

Amsterdam, The Rijksmuseum, on loan 1907-1911.

New York, Kleinberger Galleries, Inc., Catalogue of a Loan Exhibition of German Primitives for the benefit of the American Red Cross, November 1928, no. 37.
Artist:Lucas Cranach II (1515 - 1586)
Applied technique:Oil on panel
Genre:Portrait
Place of origin:Western Europe, Germany, Europe
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