The Annunciation

The Annunciation

Title

The Annunciation

[Cat. Prague 2007, No. 18]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Cat. Prague 2007, no. 18]

The panel depicts the Virgin at the right kneeling on a prayer stool with her hands held in an attitude of prayer. She looks humbly down at the ground and her head is inclined to the left from where the angel of the annunciation approaches. In her left hand she …

The panel depicts the Virgin at the right kneeling on a prayer stool with her hands held in an attitude of prayer. She looks humbly down at the ground and her head is inclined to the left from where the angel of the annunciation approaches. In her left hand she holds a sealed letter. There is a vase of lilies in front of the Virgin's prayer stool and the Holy ghost, depicted as a dove, floats above the halo around her head. The scene takes place in front of an arch.

[Görres, cda 2014]

Attributions
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder
Follower of Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Cat. Prague 2007, no. 18]
[Exhib. Cat. Prague 2016, 97, no. 10]

Follower of Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Exhib. Cat. Prague 2005, no. 30]

Production dates
about 1515 - 1525
1547 ?

Production dates

about 1515 - 1525

[cda 2014] [Exhib. Cat. Prague 2016, 97, No. 10]

1547 ?

Date illegible [Exh. Cat. Prague 2005, No. 18]; possibly added later [cda 2014]

1565 ?

[Exhib. Cat. Prague 2005, no. 30]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 42 x 29 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 42 x 29 cm

  • [Cat. Prague 2007, no. 18]

Signature / Dating

None

Inscriptions and Labels

On the reverse side, a paper label with the printed coat-of-arms of the Waldstein family (?)

[Cat. Prague 2007, …

Inscriptions and Labels

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

  • On the reverse side, a paper label with the printed coat-of-arms of the Waldstein family (?)

  • [Cat. Prague 2007, No. 18]

Owner
Národní galerie v Praze (National Gallery in Prague)
Repository
Národní galerie v Praze (National Gallery in Prague)
Location
Prague
CDA ID
CZ_NGP_DO5350
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/CZ_NGP_DO5350/

Provenance

  • Until 1949 Waldstein Collection, Prague ?
    [Exhib. Cat. Prague 2005, no. 30]

Exhibitions

Prague 2005, no. 30

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Exhib. Cat. Prague 2016 28, 94, 95, 97 10 Figs. pp. 28, 94, 95
EditorOlga Kotková
TitleCranach. Ze všech stran. From all sides.
Place of PublicationPrague
Year of Publication2016
Pages16-180
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Cat. Prague 2007 44 18
AuthorOlga Kotková
TitleNational Gallery in Prague. German and Austrian Painting of the 14th - 16th Centuries. Illustrated Summary Catalogue II/1
Place of PublicationPrague
Year of Publication2007
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Exhib. Cat. Prague 2005 116-117 (English version 44, 45) 30 Pl. p. 117
EditorObrazárna Pražského hradu, Kaliopi Chamonikola
TitlePod znamením okrídleného hada. Lucas Cranach a ceské zeme. Under the winged Serpent. Lucas Cranach and the Czech Land
Place of PublicationPrague
Year of Publication2005
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  • The Annunciation, about 1515 - 1525

Overall

File name: CZ_NGP_DO5350_FR-none_2014-06_Overall
File type / description: Digital image
Date: 2014-06
Author & Rights: Gunnar Heydenreich, cda
Source: cda

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Technical studies

06. 2014Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared Reflectography
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Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

- an underdrawing is not readily visible

[Smith, Sandner, Heydenreich, cda 2014]

  • photographed by Ingo Sandner
  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich

Condition Reports

Date06. 2014

the text on the angel's letter was reinforced - probably later - with green paint and a now illegible date was added

[cda 2014]

Conservation History

Date2005

  • conservation treatment by Marie Sklenárová

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