id: 135428
accession number: 1958.425
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Hunting near Hartenfels Castle, 1540. Lucas Cranach (German, 1472–1553). Oil, originally on wood, transferred to masonite; framed: 133 x 185.5 x 7.3 cm (52 3/8 x 73 1/16 x 2 7/8 in.); unframed: 116.8 x 170.2 cm (46 x 67 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1958.425
title: Hunting near Hartenfels Castle
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creation date: 1540
creation date earliest: 1540
creation date latest: 1540
current location: 114 Late Northern Renaissance
creditline: John L. Severance Fund
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culture: Germany
technique: oil, originally on wood, transferred to masonite
department: European Painting and Sculpture
collection: P - German before 1800
type: Painting
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CREATORS
* Lucas Cranach (German, 1472–1553) - artist
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measurements: Framed: 133 x 185.5 x 7.3 cm (52 3/8 x 73 1/16 x 2 7/8 in.); Unframed: 116.8 x 170.2 cm (46 x 67 in.)
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inscription: Signed lower right on boat with a winged serpent, and dated: 1540 [inventory number, lower right: 1577]
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Juxtapositions
opening date: 1965-09-11T04:00:00
Juxtapositions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (September 11-October 10, 1965).
title: A Cleveland Bestiary
opening date: 1981-10-15T04:00:00
A Cleveland Bestiary. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 15-December 16, 1981).
title: Visions of Landscape: East and West
opening date: 1982-02-17T05:00:00
Visions of Landscape: East and West. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 17-March 21, 1982).
title: Lucas Cranach: Ein Maler-Unternehmer aus Franken
opening date: 1994-05-17T04:00:00
Lucas Cranach: Ein Maler-Unternehmer aus Franken. Museum of Fine Arts, Leipzig (May 17-July 1, 1994); Fortress of Rosenberg Kronach (September 7-November 6, 1994).
title: Faith and Power: Saxony in the Europe of the Reformation Era
opening date: 2004-05-24T00:00:00
Faith and Power: Saxony in the Europe of the Reformation Era. Hartenfels Castle, Torgau, Dresden, Germany (May 24-October 10, 2004).
title: Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art
opening date: 2007-05-10T00:00:00
Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art. National Museum of Bavaria, Munich, Germany (May 10-September 16, 2007); J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA (October 30, 2007-January 20, 2008); Frist Art Museum, Nashville, TN (February 13-June 7, 2009).
title: Arms and Armor from Imperial Austria
opening date: 2008-02-24T00:00:00
Arms and Armor from Imperial Austria. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 24-June 1, 2008).
title: Lucas Cranach. L'altro rinascimento
opening date: 2010-10-13T00:00:00
Lucas Cranach. L'altro rinascimento. Galleria Borghese, Rome, Italy (organizer) (October 13, 2010-March 3, 2011).
title: Luther and the Princes
opening date: 2015-05-15T00:00:00
Luther and the Princes. Schloss Hartenfels, Torgau, Germany (May 15-November 1, 2015).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Lucas Cranach d. A und Lucas Cranach d. J. Staatliche Museen (duetsches Museum) Berlin, Germany (1937).', 'opening_date': '1937-01-01T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
Royal Collection of Saxony, Schloss Hartenfels and Schloss Moritzburg, consigned to M.H. Drey
date: 1540-1950s
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On October 4, 1543, Cranach was paid 123 florins, 10 groschen, and 8 pfennig for various works (Staatsarchiv, Weimar Reg. Bb. 4551, Bl. 24b (Schuchardt [1851] 162ff.), including a hunting picture presented to Duke Maurice of Saxony [1521-1553], presumably the Cleveland painting. Cranach had been appointed court painter to the Electors of Saxony in 1505 by Frederick the Wise. A House of Saxony inventory number (1577) is inscribed in the lower right corner of the painting. The painting remained at Schloss Hartenfels, Torgau for generations, and with the Dukes of Saxony at Schloss Moritzburg until the 1950s.
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(M.H. Drey, London, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
date: Until 1958
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
date: 1958-
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Margaret H. Drey, letter to Henry Sayles Francis, April 9, 1959, in CMA curatorial file.
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Margaret H. Drey, letter to Henry Sayles Francis, March 18, 1959, in CMA curatorial file.
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Margaret H. Drey, letter to Henry Sayles Francis, March 18, 1959, in CMA curatorial file.
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Margaret H. Drey, letter to Henry Sayles Francis, April 9, 1959, in CMA curatorial file.
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Cranach-Ausstellung: Lucas Cranach d. Ä., und Lucas Cranach d. J., Gemälde, Zeichnungen, Graphik, april-juni 1937 im Deutschen Museum Berlin. Berlin: Staatliche Museen, 1937.
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Schade, Werner, Lucas Cranach, Lucas Cranach, and Hans Cranach. Cranach, a Family of Master Painters. New York: Putnam, 1980.
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Schuchardt, Christian. Lucas Cranach des Aeltern leben und werke. Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus, 1851.
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Flechsig, Eduard. Cranachstudien. Leipzig, Germany: K.W. Hiersemann, 1900.
page number: Reproduced: p. 275; Mentioned: p. 288
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Friedländer, Max J., and Jakob Rosenberg. Die Gemälde von Lucas Cranach. Berlin, Germany: Deutscher Verein für Kunstwissenschaft, 1932.
page number: Reproduced: no. 331a, p. 91
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Lilienfein, Heinrich. Lukas Cranach und seine Zeit. Bielefeld, Germany: Velhagen & Klasing, 1944.
page number: Reproduced: p. 86
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Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Vinzenz Oberhammer, Friderike Klauner, and Günther Heinz. Katalog der Gemäldegalerie. Wien, Austria: Kunsthistorisches Museum, 1958.
page number: Reproduced: p. 39, no. 117
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Francis, Henry S. "The Stag Hunt by Lucas Cranach the Elder and Lucas Cranach the Younger." The Bulletin of The Cleveland Museum of Art XLVI, no. 10 (November, 1959):198-205.
page number: Reproduced: p. 198-199, fig. 1
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
page number: Reproduced: p. 108
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n132
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
page number: Reproduced: p. 108
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n132
Schütz, Karl. Lucas Cranach der Ältere und seine Werkstatt. Jubiläumsausstellung museumseigener Werke, 1472-1972. Wien, Austria: Kunsthist. Museum, 1972.
page number: Reproduced: p. 32
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Museo del Prado. Museo del Prado: catálogo de las pinturas. Madrid, Spain: El Museo, 1972.
page number: Reproduced: 0. 165, no. 2175
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Lurie, Ann T. The Cleveland Museum of Art Catalogue of Paintings. Cleveland, OH: The Museum, 1982.
page number: Mentioned: p. 162-165; Reproduced: p. 163
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Schade, Werner. Die Malerfamilie Cranach. Dresden, Germany: Verlag der Kunst, 1974.
page number: Reproduced: p. 210 and 211
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Findeisen, Peter, and Heinrich Magirius. Die Denkmale der Stadt Torgau. Leipzig, Germany: Seemann, VEB, 1976.
page number: Reproduced: p. 108-109, plates 64, 65
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page number: Reproduced: p. 128
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n148
Morse, John D. Old Master Paintings in North America: Over 3000 Masterpieces by 50 Great Artists. New York, NY: Abbeville Press, 1979.
page number: Reproduced: p. 77
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Kathman, Barbara A. A Cleveland Bestiary. Cleveland, OH; Cleveland Museum of Art, 1981.
page number: Reproduced: p. 9; Mentioned: p. 7-11, p. 60
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Catalogue of Paintings, Part 3: European Paintings of the 16th, 17th, and 18th Centuries. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1982.
page number: Mentioned: p. 162-164; Reproduced: p. 163
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Weber, Erwin. Cranach and Luther: With Selected Works of the "Painting Evangelist" in the United States. St. Louis, MO: Concordia Pub. House, 1983.
page number: Reproduced: p. 60, plate 42
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Grimm, Claus, Johannes Erichsen, and Evamaria Brockhoff. Lucas Cranach: ein Maler-Unternehmer aus Franken. Augsburg, Germany: Haus der Bayerischen Geschichte, 1994.
page number: Reproduced: no. 131; Mentioned: p. 311-313
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Fliegel, Stephen N. Arms and Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Museum, 1998.
page number: Reproduced: p. 135
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Kolb, Karin, and Harald Marx. Cranach: [anlässlich der Ausstellung Cranach vom 13. November 2005 bis 12. März 2006 in den Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz ; eine Ausstellung in Kooperation mit der Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister der Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen Dresden]. Köln, Germany: Wienand, 2005.
page number: Reproduced: p. 160, fig. 72
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Ferino Pagden, Sylvia, and Andreas Beyer. Tizian versus Seisenegger: die Portraits Karls V. mit Hund : ein Holbeinstreit. Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols, 2005.
page number: Mentioned: p. 169; Reproduced: p. 171, fig. 4a
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Klein, Holger A. Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007.
page number: Reproduced: cat. 112, Mentioned: p. 294, 295
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Fliegel, Stephen N. Arms & Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007.
page number: Reproduced: p. 155
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Treasures of the Cleveland Museum of Art. London: United Kingdom: Scala Books, 2012.
page number: Reproduced: p. 168-169
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Cleveland Museum of Art. The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 179
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Greub, Suzanne. Von Meisterhand: die Cranach-Sammlung des Musée des beaux-arts de Reims. Munich, Germany: Hirmer, 2015.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 54-55, Abb. 6
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Gengler, Matthew. "You Ask, We Answer." Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine vol. 58, no. 5 (September/October 2018): 22.
page number: Reproduced and Mentioned: P. 22.
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Cranach, Lucas, Lucas Cranach, and Michael Hofbauer. Corpus Cranach: Lucas Cranach I und Lucas Cranach II : Verzeichnis der Gemälde unter Berücksichtigung von Werkstattumfeld und Epigonen. Heidelberg, 2022.
page number: Reproduced: p. 481, CC-SJM-100-006
url:
Nelson, Jennifer. Lucas Cranach: From German Myth to Reformation. London: Reaktion Books, 2024.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: p. 67-69, fig. 23
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