Vicars Brothers


ESTABLISHED 1874 LTD.


OLD AND MODERN PAINTINGS and DRAWINGS ENGRAVINGS AND ETCHINGS




Pair of Oil Paintings by




LUCAS CRANACH, THE ELDER




Painted on panels, size, 8 in. by 5 1/2 in. in each case




One of the portraits is signed with the Winged Dragon, and is dated 1532




The portraits are in fine condition, and are of attractive colouring, the background being green in both cases. The writing underneath each painting is on paper laid




down on the panel, and is contemporary with the pictures.




The portraits come from the collection of Robert Napier, of Glasgow, who was a




well-known connoisseur, and whose pictures were dispersed in 1877.




12, OLD BOND STREET, LONDON, W. I


Portraits of Frederick III., Prince of Saxony, and John, Elector of Saxony