LOT DETAILS
Materials:
oil on panel, gold leaf
Measurements:
39.57 in. (100.50 cm.) (height) by 23.23 in. (59.00 cm.) (width)
Markings:
signed with initials and dated lower right: I.W./1525
Literature:
J. Pesina, Paintings of the Gothic and Renaissance periods, 1450-1550, trans. H. Watney, Prague 1958, p. 78, no. 343, reproduced plate 252;; K. Locher, 'Review' in Pantheon, vol. 6, 1963, p. 397;; Meisterwerke der Sammlung Heinz Kisters, Kreuzlingen 1971, p. 37, no. 43;; D. Koepplin and T. Falk eds. Lukas Cranach, Gemälde Zeichnungen Druckgraphik, exhibition catalogue, Basel 1974, vol. II, p. 665, cat. no. 582, and vol. I, p. 37.
Provenance:
Acquired by the father of the present owner during the 1950s.