Diana and Actaeon

Diana and Actaeon

Title

Diana and Actaeon

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, 153, No. 410]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Cat. Kronach 2014, 258-259, No. 98]
[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, 153, No. 410]

No mortal may set eyes on the naked body of the Goddess of Hunting, who is anxious to preserve her chastity. When by chance the hunter Actaeon surprises the Goddess and her companions while bathing he is immediately transformed into a stag and is subsequently torn apart by his own

No mortal may set eyes on the naked body of the Goddess of Hunting, who is anxious to preserve her chastity. When by chance the hunter Actaeon surprises the Goddess and her companions while bathing he is immediately transformed into a stag and is subsequently torn apart by his own dogs.

[Cat. Kronach 2014, 258-259, No. 98] (Translation, cda 2016)

Attributions
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder
Lucas Cranach the Younger

Attributions

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Cat. Kronach 2014, 258-259, No. 98]

Lucas Cranach the Younger

'...Typen weisen schon auf L. Cranach d.J.'
[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, 153, No. 410]

Production date
about 1540

Production date

about 1540

[Cat. Kronach 2014, 258-259, No. 98]
[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, 153, No. 410]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 49.8 x 75 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 49.8 x 75 cm

  • [Cat. Kronach 2014, 258-259, No. 98]

  • Differing measures at Friedländer:

  • 50 x 73 cm

  • [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, 153, No. 410]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia lower right edge: serpent with dropped wings

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia lower right edge: serpent with dropped wings

Owner
Private Collection
Repository
Fränkische Galerie, Kronach
Location
Kronach
CDA ID
DE_FGK_L2012-268
FR (1978) Nr.
FR410
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_FGK_L2012-268/

Provenance

  • formerly Wadsworth Artheneum, Hartford, Conn., The Ella Gallup Sumner and Mary Catlin Sumner Collection, Inv.-No. 1942.629
    [Cat. Kronach 2014, 258-259, No. 98]
    [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, 153, No. 410]

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 153 No. 410 Fig. 410
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
Show Literature
Ruhmer 1963 85 Pl. 32
AuthorEberhard Ruhmer
TitleCranach
Place of PublicationCologne
Year of Publication1963
Show Literature

Research History / Discussion

Among the mythological works from the Cranach workshop episodes from Ovid's Metamorphosis are comparatively rare and were first illustrated at a very late stage; [...] The surviving works often exhibit workshop quality; in the present work the size of the heads of some of the women is particularly striking. In contrast the rich und carefully executed landscape corresponds with the usual standard from the Cranach workshop.

[Cat. Kronach 2014, 258-259, No. 98] (Translation, cda 2016)

  • Diana and Actaeon, about 1540

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Technical studies

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Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

Tools/Material:

- fluid, dark medium, brush

Type/Ductus:

- relatively economic and in part copied underdrawing

- thin to somewhat broader lines

Function:

- relatively binding for the final painted version; the lines delineate the main contours, define forms therein and indicate facial features; no representation of volume with hatching strokes

Deviations:

- small corrections were made to forms during the painting process

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- Workshop of Lucas Cranach the Elder (?)

[Sandner, Smith-Contini, Heydenreich, cda 2017]

  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
  • photographed by Ingo Sandner

Support

- wood

- painting transfered to a new support, cradled

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