Moses and Aaron with two Prophets

Moses and Aaron with two Prophets

Title

Moses and Aaron with two Prophets

[CDA 2010]

Painting on beech wood (Fagus sp.)

Medium

Painting on beech wood (Fagus sp.)

[Klein, Report 2013]
[Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011, 135, No. 16]
[Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, revised 2010]

Fragmentary remains of an Allegory of Law and Grace

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, revised 2010]
[Exhib. Cat. Hamburg 2003, 174, No. 42]

Production date
1532

Production date

1532

[dated]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support (fragment): 26.1 x 15.2 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support (fragment): 26.1 x 15.2 cm

  • [Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, revised 2010]

  • [Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011, 135, No. 16]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia on the tree on the right: winged serpent and dated '1532'

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia on the tree on the right: winged serpent and dated '1532'

  • [Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, revised 2010]

  • [Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011, 135, No. 16]

Owner
Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen
Repository
Alte Pinakothek, Munich
Location
Munich
CDA ID
DE_BStGS_16
FR (1978) Nr.
FR221D
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_BStGS_16/

Provenance

  • 1799 acquired in from the Galerie Zweibrücken (?)
    [Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, revised 2010]
  • 1802 recorded in the inventory
    [Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011, 135, No. 16]

Exhibitions

Hamburg 2003, No. 42
Munich 2011, No. 9

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Heydenreich 2015 122 Fig. 4c
AuthorGunnar Heydenreich
TitleHans Cranach. Auf der Suche nach seinem verlorenen Oeuvre
Publicationin Elke A. Werner, Anne Eusterschulte, Gunnar Heydenreich, eds., Lucas Cranach der Jüngere und die Reformation der Bilder
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication2015
Link https://lucascranach.org/application/files/5415/6232/3883/Heydenreich_2015_-_Hans_Cranach.pdf
Pages116 -127
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Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011 68-69, 135 Nos. 9, 16 Fig. p. 69
AuthorMartin Schawe
EditorBayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen
TitleCranach in Bayern
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication2011
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Exhib. Cat. Hamburg 2003 52, 174 042 Pl. 42
EditorBucerius Kunst Forum, Werner Schade
TitleLucas Cranach. Glaube, Mythologie und Moderne [Bucerius Kunst Forum, Hamburg]
Place of PublicationOstfildern-Ruit
Year of Publication2003
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 114 No. 221D
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
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Research History / Discussion

The small panel is a fragment from a larger painting, which was invented by Lucas Cranach the Elder and illustrates the 'Allegory of Law and Mercy' painted by his workshop in serial production from 1529. It deals with the most prominent subject of reformist iconography.

[Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011, 135, No. 16]

  • Moses and Aaron with two Prophets, 1532

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Technical studies

24.11.2013Scientific analysis

  • Identification of wood species / Dendrochronology

Support

- 2 planks

- the youngest ring is from the year 1520; the earliest date the tree could have been felled is 1520; after seasoning for two years the earliest date of production of the panel is 1522

(N.B. This panel is only a fragment)

[Martin Schawe, Alte Pinakothek Munich, 26.03.2010]

Examined on 11.12.2009

[Comment, cda 2014]

  • analysed by Peter Klein

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