LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on panel

Measurements:

47.01 in. (119.40 cm.) (height) by 32.76 in. (83.20 cm.) (width)

Markings:

with artist's cypher, date and inscription 'Melencolia 1528' (center) and inscribed with inventory number '324' (lower left)

Exhibited:

Columbus, Gallery of Fine Arts, The Gothic North, 1 October-7 November 1949, lot 27, as 'School of Cranach'.

Literature:

M.J. Friedländer and J. Rosenberg, Die Gemälde von Lucas Cranach, Berlin, 1932, p. 71, under no. 228, as 'a copy'. R. Klibansky, et al., Saturn and Melancholy, London, 1964, p. 382, under note 21, as 'a copy'. K. Paris, ed., The Frederick W. Schumacher Collection, Columbus, 1976, pp. 194-196, as 'Lucas Cranach the Elder'. M.J. Friedländer and J. Rosenberg, The Paintings of Lucas Cranach, Ithaca, 1978, p. 124, no. 277b, as 'a copy'.

Provenance:

Dr. Paul Weber, Jena, Germany. with Moslé, Leipzig; Parke-Bernet, New York, 22 April 1948, lot 26, as 'Lucas Cranach the Elder', where purchased by. Frederick W. Schumacher, Columbus, Ohio, and by bequest to the. Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio, 1957.