Prague Altarpiece [rechter wing, fragment]: St Christine [recto]; Annunciation [verso, fragment of an angel]

Prague Altarpiece [rechter wing, fragment]: St Christine [recto]; Annunciation [verso, fragment of an angel]

Titles

Prague Altarpiece [rechter wing, fragment]: St Christine [recto]; Annunciation [verso, fragment of an angel]

[cda 2014]

The Glorification of the Virgin, fragments of an altarpiece

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 135-138]

Painting on limewood

Medium

Painting on limewood

[Klein Report, 08.04.2013]
[Cat. Prague 2007, No. 7]

The fragment with St Christine formed the right wing of an altar triptych. On the left an angel's head on a cloud can be recognized. On the right remnants of another female figure can be seen. The corner of a book and the end of an arrow suggest it may

The fragment with St Christine formed the right wing of an altar triptych. On the left an angel's head on a cloud can be recognized. On the right remnants of another female figure can be seen. The corner of a book and the end of an arrow suggest it may be St Vorsile standing in the background. The fragment lacks the usual attribute of St Christine - the millstone referring to her martyrdom (although it was probably depicted at her feet) - but the saint is nevertheless identified by an inscription in her hands written in gothic minuscule and hiding her name.

[O. Kotková, in: Exhib. Cat. Prague 2005, 28, No. 7b]

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder and Workshop

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder and Workshop

[Exhib. Cat. Prague 2005, no. 7b]
[Cat. Prague 2007, No. 7]
[Exhib. Cat. Prague 2016, No. 2]

Production dates
about 1520
about 1520 - 1522

Production dates

about 1520

[Exhib. Cat. Prague 2005, no. 7b] [Cat. Prague 2007, No. 7] [Exhib. Cat. Prague 2016, No. 2]

about 1520 - 1522

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 135-138]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 72 x 50.5 cm (fragment)

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 72 x 50.5 cm (fragment)

  • [Cat. Prague 2007, No. 7]

Signature / Dating

None

Inscriptions and Labels

'[Ch]risti virgo dilectissima . virtutu[m]
[o]peratrix . Opem fer miseris .
Subveni d[omi]na . Clamantibus …

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

  • '[Ch]risti virgo dilectissima . virtutu[m]

  • [o]peratrix . Opem fer miseris .

  • Subveni d[omi]na . Clamantibus .

  • Ad te iugiter'

  • [cda 2014]

Owner
Národní galerie v Praze (National Gallery in Prague)
Repository
Národní galerie v Praze (National Gallery in Prague)
Location
Prague
CDA ID
CZ_NGP_O17435
FR (1978) Nr.
FR138
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/CZ_NGP_O17435/

Overall view of the piece
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  • Painting
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  • Painting
  • Private Collection

Provenance

  • from about 1520 until 1619 in St Vitus's Cathedral in Prague
  • 1619 - 1782 in the collection of the Prague Castle
  • 1782 - approx. 1801 in the Götz collection
  • 1801 - 1922 loan from the Prague collection of Count Joseph Nostitz and his heirs to the Picture Gallery of the Society of Patriotic Friends of Arts (now NG)
  • from 1922 - approx. 1934 in the Nostitz collection, Prague
  • approx. 1934 - 1999 in Richard Morawetz collection (from 1939 - 1997 in the National Gallery Prague)
  • 1999 purchased from the heirs of Richard Morawetz

[O. Kotková, in: Exhib. Cat. Prague 2005, 28, No. 7b]

Exhibitions

  • Prague 1935, No. 132
  • Prague 1939, No. 68
  • Tokyo 1980, No. 23
  • Prague 2005, No. 7b
  • Düsseldorf 2017, Nr. 89

Literature

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Heydenreich 2021 A 49
AuthorGunnar Heydenreich
TitleHans Kemmer: Spuren künstlerischer Gestaltungsprozesse. Teil I: Lübeck
Publicationin Dagmar Täube, ed., Lucas Cranach der Ältere und Hans Kemmer. Meistermaler zwischen Renaissance und Reformation [Lübeck, St. Annen-Museum]
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication2021
Pages49-57
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Sandner 2021 76
AuthorIngo Sandner
TitleDie Werkstattpraxis Lucas Cranach des Älteren
Publicationin Dagmar Täube, ed., Lucas Cranach der Ältere und Hans Kemmer. Meistermaler zwischen Renaissance und Reformation [Lübeck, St. Annen-Museum]
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication2021
Pages71-81
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Exhib. Cat. Düsseldorf 2017 182-183 No. 89
EditorGunnar Heydenreich, Daniel Görres, Beat Wismer
TitleLucas Cranach der Ältere. Meister - Marke - Moderne. [anlässlich der Ausstellung "Cranach. Meister - Marke - Moderne", Stiftung Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf, 08. April 2017 - 30. Juli 2017]
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication2017
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Exhib. Cat. Prague 2016 19, 50-57 2 Figs. pp. 19, 50-52
EditorOlga Kotková
TitleCranach. Ze všech stran. From all sides.
Place of PublicationPrague
Year of Publication2016
Pages16-180
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Tacke 2015 83
AuthorAndreas Tacke
TitleGleich dem Kaninchen vor der Schlange? Altgläubige und die Wittenberger Bildpropaganda.
Publicationin Julia Carrasco, Justus Lange, Benjamin D. Spira, Timo Trümper, Stiftung Schloss Friedenstein Gotha and Museumslandschaft Hessen Kassel, eds., Bild und Botschaft. Cranach im Dienst von Hof und Reformation, [Exhib. Cat. Gotha, Kassel]
Place of PublicationHeidelberg
Year of Publication2015
Pages82-90
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Cat. Prague 2007 26-27, 192 7
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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Chamonikola 2005 A 7 (English version 3)
AuthorKaliopi Chamonikola
TitlePod znamením okrídleného hada. Under the sign of the winged Serpent
Publicationin Kaliopi Chamonikola, ed., Pod znamením okrídleného hada. Lucas Cranach a ceské zeme, Under the winged Serpent, Lucas Cranach and the Czech Lands, Exhib. Prague 2005
Place of PublicationPrague
Year of Publication2005
Pages6-7 (3)
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Exhib. Cat. Prague 2005 58-60, 62 (English version 26-28) 7b Pl. p. 62
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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Kotkova 2005 B 42-44 (English version 19, 20) Fig. p. 43
AuthorOlga Kotková
TitleLucas Cranach v Národní galerii v Praze- úvod k technologii obrazu/ Lucas Cranach at the National Gallery in Prague. Introduction to the painting technology
Publicationin Kaliopi Chamonikola, ed., Pod znamením okrídleného hada. Lucas Cranach a ceské zeme, Under the winged Serpent, Lucas Cranach and the Czech Lands, Exhib. Prague 2005
Place of PublicationPrague
Year of Publication2005
Pages42-44 (19-20)
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Exhib. Cat. Prague 2004 140 126
EditorVit Vlnas
TitleEuropean Art from Antiquity to the End of the Baroque: Guide to the Exhibition of Old Masters of the National Gallery in Prague in Sternberg Palace
Place of PublicationPrague
Year of Publication2004
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Fajt 2004 23
AuthorJirí Fajt
TitleDas Zeitalter der Jagiellonen in den Ländern der böhmischen Krone und die tschechische Historiographie
Publicationin Evelin Wetter, ed., Die Länder der Böhmischen Krone und ihre Nachbarn zur Zeit der Jagiellonenkönige: (1471 - 1526) Kunst - Kultur - Geschichte.
SeriesStudia jagiellonica lipsiensia
Volume2
Place of PublicationOstfildern
Year of Publication2004
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Thümmel 2002 64-65
AuthorHans Georg Thümmel
TitleLucas Cranach d. Ä.. Die Reformation und die Altgläubigen
Publicationin Uta Schedler, Susanne Tauss, eds., Kunst und Kirche. Beiträge der Tagung [Osnabrück, 2000]
Place of PublicationOsnabrück
Year of Publication2002
Pages53-75
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Wittmann 1998 171
AuthorJan Wittmann
TitleDie Bedeutung des Marienbildes im Schaffen Cranachs
Publicationin Ingo Sandner, Wartburg-Stiftung Eisenach and Fachhochschule Köln, eds., Unsichtbare Meisterzeichnungen auf dem Malgrund. Cranach und seine Zeitgenossen, Exhib. Cat. Eisenach
Place of PublicationRegensburg
Year of Publication1998
Link http://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/artdok/volltexte/2012/2050
Pages169-180
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Exhib. Cat. Kronach 1994 327, 371 148c
EditorClaus Grimm, Johannes Erichsen, Evamaria Brockhoff
TitleLucas Cranach. Ein Maler-Unternehmer aus Franken [Festung Rosenberg, Kronach 17.05 - 21.08.1994; Museum der Bildenden Künste, Leipzig 07.09 - 06.11.1994]
SeriesVeröffentlichungen zur bayerischen Geschichte und Kultur
Volume26
Place of PublicationAugsburg, Coburg
Year of Publication1994
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Thümmel 1994 166-169 Fig. A112
AuthorHans Georg Thümmel
TitleLucas Cranachs Prager Altar
Publicationin Claus Grimm, Johannes Erichsen, Evamaria Brockhoff, eds., Lucas Cranach. Ein Maler-Unternehmer aus Franken, Exhib. Cat. Kronach 1994
Place of PublicationAugsburg, Coburg
Year of Publication1994
Pages166-173
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Vlnas, Sekyrka 1991 331-332
AuthorVit Vlnas, Tomás Sekyrka
TitleDie Kunstwerke der Donauschule in der Tradition der böhmischen Sammlungstätigkeit
JournalVerhandlungen des Historischen Vereins für Oberpfalz und Regensburg
Issue131
Year of Publication1991
Pages328-335
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Cat. Prague 1988 126-127 275
EditorJ. Mašín
TitleStaré evropské umení. Sbírky Národní galerie v Praze. Sternberský palác
Place of PublicationPrague
Year of Publication1988
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Kotalík 1988 202-203
EditorJirí Kotalík
TitleDie Nationalgalerie in Prag
Place of PublicationHanau
Issue2nd modified edition
Year of Publication1988
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Kotalík 1984 204
EditorJirí Kotalík
TitleNárodní galerie v Praze. I.
Place of PublicationPrague
Year of Publication1984
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Exhib. Cat. Tokyo 1980 23
AuthorLadislav Kesner
TitleExhibition of European Art from the Collection of the National Gallery in Prague. Tokyo - Fukuoka - Nara
Place of PublicationTokyo
Year of Publication1980
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 98 138
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
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Pešina 1974 69
AuthorJaroslav Pešina
TitleDie Tafelmalerei am Jagellonenhof in Prag 1471-1526
JournalII. Acta historiae artium
Issue20
Year of Publication1974
Pages60-74
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Exhib. Cat. Weimar 1972 B 173
EditorSchlossmuseum Weimar
TitleLucas Cranach 1472-1553. Ein großer Maler in bewegter Zeit
Place of PublicationWeimar
Year of Publication1972
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Cat. Karlsruhe 1966 90
AuthorJan Lauts
TitleStaatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe. Katalog Alter Meister bis 1800
Volume1, 2
Place of PublicationKarlsruhe
Year of Publication1966
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Cat. Prague 1962 XVII 54
AuthorJaroslav Pešina
TitleAlt-deutsche Meister: Von Hans von Tübingen bis Dürer und Cranach
Place of PublicationPrague
Year of Publication1962
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Cat. Prague 1960 15 94
AuthorJaroslav Pešina, J. Mašín
TitleNarodni galerie v Praze. Sbirka stareho umeni
Place of PublicationPrague
Year of Publication1960
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Cat. Prague 1949 14 90
AuthorJaroslav Pešina, J. Mašín
TitleNarodni galerie v Praze. Sbirka stareho umeni
Place of PublicationPrague
Year of Publication1949
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Loriš 1942 9
AuthorJan Loriš
TitleLucas Cranach. Mistri malírství, svazek 17
Place of PublicationPrague
Year of Publication1942
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Exhib. Cat. Prague 1939 7 68
Authorn. a.
TitleVýstava prírustku. Státní sbírka starého umení
Place of PublicationPrague
Year of Publication1939
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Kramár 1939 186
Authorn. a.
TitleOltár Lukáše Cranacha v chrámu sv. Víta
JournalNárodní listy
Year of Publication1939
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Exhib. Cat. Prague 1935 24 132
Authorn. a.
TitleMadona. Církevní malírství a socharství doby 1350-1550 z klášterního a soukromého majetku. Výstava jednoty umelcu výtvarných v Praze
Place of PublicationPrague
Year of Publication1935
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932 52 116
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1932
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/friedlaender1932
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Matejcek 1913 41
AuthorA. Matejcek
TitleGalerie Rudolfinum
Place of PublicationPrague
Year of Publication1913
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Cat. Prague 1912 38-39 120
AuthorP. Bergner
TitleKatalog obrazárny v dome umelcu Rudolfinum v Praze
Place of PublicationPrague
Year of Publication1912
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Cat. Prague 1889 46 166
AuthorV. Barvitius
TitleKatalog obrazárny v dome umelcu Rudolfinum v Praze
Place of PublicationPrague
Year of Publication1889
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Gindely 1878 319 [Bd. 2)
AuthorA. Gindely
TitleGeschichte des Dreissigjährigen Krieges. erste Abtheilung: Geschichte des böhmischen Aufstandes von 1618
Volume1, 2
Place of PublicationPrague
Year of Publication1878
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Cat. Prague 1827 47 850
Authorn. a.
TitleVerzeichniss der Kunstwerke, welche sich in der Gemählde-Gallerie der Privatgesellschaft patriotischer Kunstfreunde zu Prag befinden
Place of PublicationPrague
Year of Publication1827
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  • Prague Altarpiece [rechter wing, fragment]: St Christine [recto]; Annunciation [verso, fragment of an angel], about 1520

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Technical studies

06. 2014Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared reflectography
  • irr

Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

Tools/Materials:

- fluid, black medium and brush; initial rough design may have been fixed with a pen?

Type/Ductus:

- freehand underdrawing

- thin to slightly broader lines

Function:

- relatively binding for the final painted version; lines delineate contours and describe the essential details and the facial features; no representation of volume

Deviations:

- minor alterations made during the painting process to clearly define form

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- Lucas Cranach the Elder and workshop

Comments:

- incised lines for the text

[Smith, Sandner, Heydenreich, cda 2014]

  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
  • photographed by Ingo Sandner

08.04.2013Scientific analysis

  • Identification of wood species / Dendrochronology

Support

Identification of wood species: limewood

[Klein Report, 08.04.2013]

  • examined by Peter Klein

2004Technical Examination

  • Infrared reflectography

Underdrawing

The IRR examination revealed a minor correction of the size of the thumb. This type of shift can also be seen in other details of St Christine; however, no major changes made by the artist that would result in the correction of the composition appeared. The underdrawing is, in general, executed rather sparingly, without any hatching, and is reduced to the main outlines.

[Cat. Prague 2007, 192, No. 7]

  • examined by Jirí Treštík
  • examined by Jana Odvárková

1993Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • X-radiography
  • Micro-sampling / cross-sections

Paint Layers and Gilding

- the fragment of an angel on the reverse is from about 1600 or the beginning of the 17th century (pigment composition).

- there is an earlier layer of paint beneath with black and grey underdrawing. An x-radiograph shows a diagonally placed ornamental motif completed by lavish ornamentation. This layer of paint is not far off Cranach's painting.

[Exhib. Cat. Prague 2005, 28, No. 7b]

  • examined by J. Grohmanová

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