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Luneburg, Germany (by RALF)

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Kloster (abbey) LUENE / Lüne near Luneburg -> GERMANY

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LUNEBURG / Lüneburg -> GERMANY

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Adam and Eve with disguised portraits of Ernest of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1497-1546) and his wife Sophia of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1508-1541) by Lucas Cranach the Elder, ca. 1528-1530, KMSKA - Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (panel, 38.5 x 25 cm, inv. 42).

Ernest, frequently called Ernest the Confessor, was duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and a champion of the Protestant cause during the early years of the Protestant Reformation. On June 2, 1528 in Schwerin he married Sophia of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, daughter of Henry V (1479-1552), Duke of Mecklenburg. Sophia was depicted with an embroidered net cap with monogram H of her father and a bridal wreath in 1526 portrait by Cranach the Elder in private collection.

The Duke's face was depicted in a similar manner in other portraits by Cranach the Elder - drawing in the Museum of Fine Arts of Reims (paper, 29 x 19.7 cm, inv. 795.1.273), portrait from Schloss Marienburg (oil on panel, 21.6 x 17.5 cm, Christie's London, Auction 17196, July 5, 2019, lot 104, inscribed: VON GOTTES GNADEN ERNST HERT / ZOGZV BRVNSWEICH VND LVNEBVRG …) and portrait at the Lutherhaus in Wittenberg (panel, 49.4 x 35.2 cm, inv. G89, inscribed: ERNESTVS / DVX LVNEBVR …).

Most likely a workshop copy of this painting was auctioned in 2004 (oil on panel, 27.7 x 21.3 cm, Christie's London, April 23, 2004, lot 130).

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Identification by Marcin Latka (Artinpl), 05.01.2025.

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LUNEBURG - GERMANY

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A visit to the Luneburg heath

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Lüneburg, Lower Saxony, Germany

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