Property from the Art Foundation of Doctor Gustav Rau
Workshop of Lucas Cranach I (Kronach 1472-1553 Weimar)

A triptych: the central panel: Christ among the Doctors; the wings: The Multiplication of the Loaves and Fishes; and The Marriage at Cana; the outer faces: Saint Elizabeth of Thuringia giving Alms; and The Nativity

Price realised GBP 265,250
Estimate
GBP 250,000 – GBP 350,000
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Workshop of Lucas Cranach I (Kronach 1472-1553 Weimar)

A triptych: the central panel: Christ among the Doctors; the wings: The Multiplication of the Loaves and Fishes; and The Marriage at Cana; the outer faces: Saint Elizabeth of Thuringia giving Alms; and The Nativity

Price realised GBP 265,250
Closed: 8 Dec 2009
Price realised GBP 265,250
Closed: 8 Dec 2009
Details
Workshop of Lucas Cranach I (Kronach 1472-1553 Weimar)
A triptych: the central panel: Christ among the Doctors; the wings: The Multiplication of the Loaves and Fishes; and The Marriage at Cana; the outer faces: Saint Elizabeth of Thuringia giving Alms; and The Nativity
oil on panel, the wings in later engaged frames
central panel: 58 x 39¼ in. (147.3 x 99.7 cm.); wings: 64 5/8 x 23½ in. (164.2 x 59.7 cm.)
Provenance
(Possibly) Commissioned by Christoph von Scheurl (1481-1542), jurist, diplomat and humanist, c. 1512, and donated to
(Possibly) The sanctuary church at Wallersberg, Weismain, Bavaria.
Private collection, Tilburg, The Netherlands, by 1948; Lempertz, Cologne, 29 November 1968, lot 31, colour pl. VIII, pl. 2, as 'Meister aus der Gegend von Kulmbach aus dem Kreise von Lucas Cranach dem Älteren', where purchased by Dr. Gustav Rau.
Literature
(Possibly) C. von Scheurl, correspondence, reprinted as F. Freiherr von Soden and J.K.F. Knaake, eds., Christoph Scheurl's Briefbuch, ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Reformation und ihrer Zeit, Potsdam, 1867-1827, pp. 94, 97, 103 and 108.
J. Erichsen, 'Altäre Lucas Cranachs und seiner Werkstatt vor der Reformation', in C. Grimm, J. Erichsen and E. Brockhoff, eds., Lucas Cranach: Ein Maler-Unternehmer aus Franken, Augsburg and Regensburg, 1994, pp. 152, 156-7 and 164 note 13, fig. A 102, as Matthes Cranach or Workshop of Lucas Cranach I.
Exhibited
Tilburg, Jubiläums-Austellung Tilburg 1898-1948: Alte Kunst in Brabanter Besitz, July-September 1948, no. 82.
Paris, Musée du Luxembourg, De Fra Angelico à Bonnard: Chefs-d'oeuvre de la Collection Rau, 12 July 2000-4 January 2001, no. 28 (note by F. Elsig), as Lucas Cranach I.
Cologne, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum & Fondation Corboud at the Josef-Haubrich-Kunsthalle and Munich, Haus der Kunst, 26 May-26 August 2001 and 5 October 2001-13 January 2002, Meisterwerke von Fran Angelico bis Bonnard: Fünf Jahrhunderte Malerei - Die Sammlung des Dr. Rau, no. 28 (note by F. Elsig), as Lucas Cranach I.
Bergamo, Accademia Carrara, La collezione Rau: Da Beato Angelico a Renoir a Morandi - Sei secoli di grande pittura europea, 31 January-1 May 2002, no. 28 (note by F. Elsig), as Lucas Cranach I.
Portland, Oregon, Portland Art Museum and Dayton, Ohio, Dayton Art Institute, 24 January-30 May 2005, From Fra Angelico to Bonnard: Masterpieces from the Rau Collection, no. 28 (note by F. Elsig), as Lucas Cranach I.
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VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium

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