The Conversion of Saul

The Conversion of Saul

Titles

The Conversion of Saul

[Löcher, Cat. Nuremberg 1997, 164]

The Conversion of Paul

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 433]

Painting on limewood (Tilia sp.)

Medium

Painting on limewood (Tilia sp.)

[Löcher, Cat. Nuremberg 1997, 164]

Saul pursues the Christians with a group of soldiers on horseback. On the way to Damascus a light from heaven suddenly envelops him, he falls off his horse and is dazzeled. The voice of Christ asks him: Saul, Saul why are you pursuing me? Those who rode ahead stop and

Saul pursues the Christians with a group of soldiers on horseback. On the way to Damascus a light from heaven suddenly envelops him, he falls off his horse and is dazzeled. The voice of Christ asks him: Saul, Saul why are you pursuing me? Those who rode ahead stop and turn with fright to their leader. The horses behind and their riders panic, one soldier runs to help his leader. The soldiers' weapons identify them as officers. The city of Damascus is depicted as a view of Mansfeld castle.

[Löcher, Cat. Nuremberg 1997, 164]

Attributions
Lucas Cranach der Jüngere
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Lucas Cranach der Jüngere

[Löcher, Cat. Nuremberg 1997, 164]
[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1978, 157, No. 433]

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Waagen 1843, 197]

[Löcher, Cat. Nuremberg 1997, 165]

Production date
1549

Production date

1549

[dated]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 115 x 167.2 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 115 x 167.2 cm

  • [Löcher, Cat. Nuremberg 1997, 164]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia bottom left: winged serpent, facing left and dated '1549'

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia bottom left: winged serpent, facing left and dated '1549'

Inscriptions and Labels

On the cradle: paper label: WAF 'H.G.183 (1936) Inv.S.No.297'

  • below, left:
    Nr. 226
  • right:
    R 124

[Löcher, Cat. Nuremberg 1997, 164]

Inscriptions and Labels

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

  • On the cradle: paper label: WAF 'H.G.183 (1936) Inv.S.No.297'

    • below, left:

  • Nr. 226

    • right:

  • R 124

  • [Löcher, Cat. Nuremberg 1997, 164]

Owner
Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen
Repository
Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg
Location
Nuremberg
CDA ID
DE_BStGS-GNMN_Gm226
FR (1978) Nr.
FR433
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_BStGS-GNMN_Gm226/

Provenance

Loan from the Wittelsbacher Ausgleichsfonds
BStGS., Inv. No. WAF 183

  • 1811 it entered the collection of Prince Oettingen-Wallerstein from the Oettingen castle Hohenaltheim, register of deeds 1817-18 § CCXX
  • 1828 acquired for the collection of King Ludwig I. of Bavaria, I.W.384
  • from 1829 displayed in Nuremberg, Moritz Chapel
  • 1882 GNM

[Löcher, Cat. Nuremberg 1997, 164]

Exhibitions

Nuremberg 1959, No. 136, Fig. 10

Literature

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Wegmann 2015 89
AuthorSusanne Wegmann
TitleSein letztes Werk. Lucas Cranach der Jüngere und die 'Bekehrung Pauli'
Publicationin Elke A. Werner, Anne Eusterschulte, Gunnar Heydenreich, eds., Lucas Cranach der Jüngere und die Reformation der Bilder
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication2015
Pages84-93
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Cat.Hess, Hirschfelder, Bär 2010 107, 428 Fig. 75
AuthorFrank Bär
EditorDaniel Hess, Dagmar Hirschfelder, Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg
TitleRenaissance. Barock. Aufklärung. Kunst und Kultur vom 16. bis zum 18. Jahrhundert
SeriesDie Schausammlungen des Germanischen Nationalmuseums
Volume3
Place of PublicationNuremberg
Year of Publication2010
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Cat. Nuremberg 1997 164-166
AuthorKurt Löcher
TitleDie Gemälde des 16. Jahrhunderts. Germanisches Nationalmuseum Nürnberg
Place of PublicationOstfildern-Ruit
Year of Publication1997
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Strieder 1994 A No. 252
AuthorPeter Strieder
EditorGermanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg
TitleFührer durch die Sammlungen, Germanisches Nationalmuseum Nürnberg
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication1994
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Bott 1985 No. 252
AuthorGerhard Bott
EditorGermanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg
TitleFührer durch die Sammlungen, Germanisches Nationalmuseum Nürnberg
Place of PublicationNuremberg
Year of Publication1985
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Strieder 1980 No. 258
AuthorPeter Strieder, Leonie von Wilckens
EditorGermanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg
TitleGermanisches Nationalmuseum Nürnberg. Führer durch die Sammlungen
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication1980
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 158 No. 433 Fig. 433
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
Show Literature
Strieder 1977 No. 258
AuthorPeter Strieder, Leonie von Wilckens
EditorGermanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg
TitleGermanisches Nationalmuseum Nürnberg. Führer durch die Sammlungen
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication1977
Show Literature
Schade 1974 89 Fig. 206
AuthorWerner Schade
TitleDie Malerfamilie Cranach
Place of PublicationDresden
Year of Publication1974
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/schade1974
Show Literature
Roch 1973 114
AuthorIrene Roch
TitleZu Burgen- und Schloßdarstelungen bei Cranach
Publicationin Lucas Cranach. Künstler und Gesellschaft. Referate des Colloquiums mit internationaler Beteiligung zum 500. Geburtstag Lucas Cranach der Ältere, Wittenberg 1973
Place of PublicationWittenberg
Year of Publication1973
Pages114-116
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Roch 1967 45-50
AuthorIrene Roch
TitleDie Baugeschichte der Mansfelder Schlösser mit ihren Befestigungsanlagen und die Stellung der Schloßbauten in der mitteldeutschen Renaissance
JournalBurgen und Schlösser
IssueBd. 8
Year of Publication1967
Pages45-50
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Exhib. Cat. Nuremberg 1959 No. 136 Fig. 10
AuthorHerwarth Röttgen
EditorGermanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg
TitleAus der Frühzeit der evangelischen Kirche
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication1959
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Lilienfein 1942 102
AuthorHeinrich Lilienfein
TitleLukas Cranach und seine Zeit
Place of PublicationBielefeld
Year of Publication1942
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Cat. Nuremberg 1936/1937 46 Fig. 382
AuthorEberhard Lutze, Eberhard Wiegand
TitleKataloge des Germanischen Nationalmuseums zu Nürnberg. Die Gemälde des 13.-16. Jahrhunderts
Place of PublicationLeipzig
Year of Publication1937
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932 94 351
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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Grupp 1917 93
AuthorGeorg Grupp
TitleFürst Ludwig von Oettingen-Wallerstein als Museumsgründer
JournalJahrbuch Historischer Verein für Nördlingen und Umgebung
IssueJg. 6
Year of Publication1917
Pages71-109
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Cat. Nuremberg 1909 226
AuthorHeinz Braune
TitleKatalog der Gemälde-Sammlung des Germanischen Nationalmuseums in Nürnberg
Place of PublicationNuremberg
Year of Publication1909
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Cat. Nuremberg 1893 No. 270
AuthorAugust von Essenwein, Adolf Bayersdorfer, Franz von Reber
TitleKatalog der im germanischen Museum befindlichen Gemälde
Place of PublicationNuremberg
Year of Publication1893
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Cat. Nuremberg 1885 No. 239
AuthorAugust von Essenwein, Adolf Bayersdorfer, Franz von Reber
TitleKatalog der im germanischen Museum befindlichen Gemälde
Place of PublicationNuremberg
Year of Publication1885
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Cat. Nuremberg 1882 No. 234
AuthorAugust von Essenwein, Adolf Bayersdorfer, Franz von Reber
TitleKatalog der im germanischen Museum befindlichen Gemälde
Place of PublicationNuremberg
Year of Publication1882
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Woltmann, Woermann 1882 433
AuthorAlfred Woltmann, Karl Woermann
TitleDie Malerei der Renaissance, Geschichte der Malerei
Volume2
Place of Publication[n. a.]
Year of Publication1882
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Cat. Nuremberg 1878-1880 No. 149
AuthorAugust von Reber
TitleKatalog der Königliche Gemälde. Galerie in der St Moritz Kapelle
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication1880
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Parthey 1863-1864 701(Bd. 1) No. 18
AuthorGustav Parthey
TitleDeutscher Bildersaal. Verzeichnis der in Deutschland vorhandenen Oelbilder verstorbener Maler aller Schulen
Volume1, 2
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1864
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Schuchardt 1851 A 293
AuthorChristian Schuchardt
TitleLucas Cranach des Aeltern Leben und Werke. Erster Theil
Place of PublicationLeipzig
Year of Publication1851
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/schuchardt1851bd1
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Cat. Nuremberg 1828-1846 No. 128
Authorn. a.
TitleDer Königliche Bildersaal aus der Alt- Ober- und Niederdeutschen Schule in der Moritzkapelle zu Nürnberg 1829-1846
Place of PublicationNuremberg
Year of Publication1846
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Waagen 1843 197
AuthorGustav Friedrich Waagen
TitleKunstwerke und Künstler im Erzgebirge und in Franken
Place of PublicationLeipzig
Year of Publication1843
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Schorn 1829 419
AuthorLudwig Schorn
TitleDer königliche Bildersaal in der St. Moritzkapelle zu Nürnberg
JournalKunstblatt
IssueJg. 10
Year of Publication1829
Pages321-324, 401-404, 407-408, 417-4
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Authorn. a.
TitleCatalogue de la Galerie de Wallerstein
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Year of Publication1826
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Authorn. a.
TitleVerzeichniß der altdeutschen Gemaelde der Fürstlich Oettingen Wallersteinischen Bilder Gallerie in Wallerstein
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Year of Publication1819
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Technical studies

09. 2010Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared reflectography
  • irr

Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

Tools/Material:

- fluid black pigmented medium, brush

Type/Ductus:

- barely visible

- possibly a freehand underdrawing

Function:

- binding for the final painted version; where visible the lines delineate contours and generally describe the essential details of the faces and hands; no representation of volume

Deviations:

- no apparent alterations in the painted version

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- not possible

[Smith, Sandner, Heydenreich, cda 2012]

  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
  • photographed by Ingo Sandner

1997Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Identification of wood species / Dendrochronology
  • Infrared reflectography

Support

- limewood (Tilia sp.)

- 8 boards, joined and glued horizontally

- widths from the top: left 11.4, 14.3, 20.4, 23.2, 12.2, 10.0, 15.8, 7.8 cm, right 12.6, 17.1, 19.5, 23.2, 9.0, 11.5, 12.8, 9.3 cm

- thinned to a thickness of 1 cm

- the knots were left in the wood

- the is an application of tow over the joins and the knots

- the top and bottom edges of the panel have been trimmed

Ground and Imprimatura

- the panel received an application of ground and was painted before it was framed

Underdrawing

- none visible

[Bartl, Cat. Nuremberg 1997, 164]

Condition Reports

Date1997

Support:

  • thinned to a thickness of 1 cm

  • the knots were left in the wood

  • there is a minium amount of old wood worm damage

  • despite the cradle the joins have reopened and there are long splits in the central and third planks (on the right)

  • the wood on the third join is damaged from below

  • the top and bottom edges of the panel have been trimmed slightly

Reverse:

  • almost completely covered by a pine wood cradle

  • splits not covered by the cradle have been reinforced with wooden blocks

  • stained brown

Painted surface:

  • losses have been filled and reouched along the joins

  • numerous losses in the areas covered with an application of tow have been partially reconstructed

  • abrasion in the trees on the right and in areas of tenting

  • damaged paint layers along the third join from the bottom have been filled with a black fill material

  • the clouds are partially overpainted

  • there are remains of an old, yellowed varnish

[Bartl, Cat. Nuremberg 1997, 164]

Conservation History

Date1959

as yet no information

[Bartl, Cat. Nuremberg 1997, 164]

Date1952

'it was intended to rejoin it, but it was only revarnished'

[Bartl, Cat. Nuremberg 1997, 164]

Date1949

As yet no information

[Bartl, Cat. Nuremberg 1997, 164]

Date1912

Restoration: 1912 (BStGS, R.P. Nr. 44)

  • horizontal battens removed

  • splits glued

  • blisters returned to plane

  • cradled

[Bartl, Cat. Nuremberg 1997, 164]

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