LUCAS CRANACH THE ELDER
1472-155 3
123 Study of a Lion
Pen and brown ink; H: 6.9 cm (2IIÁ6 in.); W: 11.9 cm
(4II/i6in.)
89.GA.9
MARKS AND INSCRIPTIONS: None.
PROVENANCE: Private collection, New York; art mar-
ket, Boston.
EXHIBITIONS: None.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: None.
CRANACH BASED THE LION IN HIS WOODCUT SAINT
Jerome in Penitence (B.63 [284]v. 11,7) of 1509 on this
drawing. It is in reverse of the animal in the woodcut,
from which it differs in many details, such as the dispo-
sition of the flowing fur of the mane and the smooth
rather than shaggy coat. The drawing, made with a quill
pen cut to an extremely fine point, comes close in exe-
cution to the animals in Cranach's borders for the Prayer-
book of Emperor Maximilian of 1515 (Munich, Bayer-
ische Staatsbibliothek).LUCAS CRANACH THE ELDER (German, 1472-1553). Saintjerome
in Penitence, 1509 (detail). Woodcut. H: 33.5 cm (13% in.); W:- 7 cm (8^15 /i6in.). Berlin, StaatlicheMuseenPreussischerKul-
turbesitz, Kupferstichkabinett B. 63. Photo:JorgP. Anders.
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