# Ill-Matched Couple: Young Man and Old Woman with a Maid [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [CRANACH, Lucas the Younger]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Oil and tempera on pine, 91 x 61 cm ## Commentary This late work of the Cranach workshop, probably painted by Lucas the Younger, is ambiguous in the subject. It could be an ill-matched couple with a maid, or a scene with a young prostitute and a procuress. This cast of figures featuring client, procuress and young prostitute later appeared in numerous brothel scenes from the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries. The most famous example is Gerard Terborch's brothel scene known as <A onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/t/terborch/1/brothel.html'\)" HREF="/html/t/terborch/1/brothel.html">Paternal Admonition</A> due to a misinterpretation. ## Related artworks - [Adam and Eve]() - [Adam]() - [Caritas]() - [Caritas]() - [Christ and the Adulteress]() - [Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery]() - [Christ as the Man of Sorrows]() - [Christ Blessing the Children \(detail\)]() - [Christ Blessing the Children]() - [Christ Blessing the Children]() - [Crucifixion \(detail\)]() - [Diana and Actaeon]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()