Ill-Matched Lovers
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The trope of the senex amans is to be found in the The Merchant's Tale and The Miller's Tale and in all AT 1423 type stories, but visually also in prints and paintings by the likes of Hans Sebald Beham, Grien, the Cranachs, Matsys and Goya.
- "The old man approaches the young woman, and while she appears to be allowing him to embrace her, her hand is shrewdly reaching out for his purse. This satirical subject is referred to as "the ill-matched couple" and was very popular in the 16th century. (Source: The Digital Gallery. 1999-2006) [1]
- Old Man Caressing a Young Woman by Hans Sebald Beham
- Ill-Matched Lovers (Quentin Matsys)[2] by Quentin Matsys
- Dernières joies by Grien, so named in HdE, page 434
- The Ill-matched Lovers by Lucas Cranach the Elder ca. 1530s (Bernheimer-Colnaghi)[3]
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