Hunting near Hartenfels Castle
1540
Lucas Cranach
Lucas Cranach (German, 1472–1553)
European Painting and Sculpture
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 Humans, dogs, and deer make up most of the creatures in this busy scene—but not all of them! Look closely at the background to spot a bear and three boars.
- Maker/Artist
- Cranach, Lucas, the elder
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- oil, originally on wood, transferred to masonite
- Medium
- oil, originally, wood, transferred, masonite
- Dimensions
- 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.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Signed lower right on boat with a winged serpent, and dated: 1540 [inventory number, lower right: 1577]
- Departments
- European Painting and Sculpture
- Accession Number
- 1958.425
- Credit Line
- John L. Severance Fund
- Exhibitions
- Juxtapositions, A Cleveland Bestiary, Visions of Landscape: East and West, Lucas Cranach: Ein Maler-Unternehmer aus Franken, Faith and Power: Saxony in the Europe of the Reformation Era, Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art, Arms and Armor from Imperial Austria, Lucas Cranach. L'altro rinascimento, Luther and the Princes, <em>Lucas Cranach d. A und Lucas Cranach d. J</em>. Staatliche Museen (duetsches Museum) Berlin, Germany (1937).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 114 Late Northern Renaissance
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