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Follower of Lucas Cranach I
Lot 125

Follower of Lucas Cranach I

A reclining water nymph

Closed7 July 2010

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GBP 20,000

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Follower of Lucas Cranach I
A reclining water nymph
with Cranach's dragon-and-ring device and the date '1534' (lower left), inscribed 'FONTIS NYMPHA SACRI SOMNVM NE RVMPE QVIESCO.' (lower centre)
oil on panel
35¾ x 25¼ in. (90.8 x 64.2 cm.)

Specialist note

This composition derives from a painting by Cranach, executed in Wittenberg in 1533 and now in the Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt (see Cranach, exhibition catalogue, Royal Academy, London, 2007, pp. 332-3, no. 103).