Lucas Cranach the Elder (German, 1472-1553)

The Holy Trinity
oil on panel, h. 16 1/8" x w. 11 1/4" (h. 41 x w. 28.6 cm)

Publication(s): 
 
1929 Exhibition of paintings by Lucas Cranach the Elder Nov 18 – Dec 2, 1929. Van Diemen Galleries, New York, 1929: no. 13
 
1932 Die Gemälde von Lucas Cranach. Max J. Friedländer and Jakob Rosenberg, Berlin, 1932: no. 87 (version)
 
1967 Five Centuries of Northern European Masterworks from the Collection of Claire Mendel. Lowe Art Gallery, University of Miami, Coral Gables, 1967: no. 24


Provenance: 
 
before 1929 

Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe, Schloss Buckeburg  (collection), Schaumburg, Lower Saxony, Germany
(Catalog 1932: no. 87 (version)
 
1929 

purchased by Julius Bohler (dealer), Munich, on behalf of John Ringling (collection), Sarasota, Florida and N.V. Internationale Antiquiteitenhandel (dealer), Amsterdam (shared ownership)
(Bohler stock card 102-29)
 
1929 

J. Bohler and Steinmeyer, Luzern, Switzerland
(Catalog 1929: no. 13)
 
by 1967 

Claire Mendel (collection), Miami Beach, Florida
(Catalog 1967: no. 8)
 
1984 - present

Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, Miami, Florida
(Cat. No. DC 467440)
 
Conclusion: 

 

Provenance data remain inconclusive. It is not known if the painting was sold in 1929, where it was or who owned it during the period 1933-1945, or how or from whom Mendel acquired it in or before 1967.