St George and St Barbara

St George and St Barbara

Title

St George and St Barbara

[CDA 2010]

Painting on fir

Medium

Painting on fir

[Cat. Coburg 2018, 52]
[Klein report, 03.03.2016]

St Barbara is shown on the left with a crown and a chalice and is wearing a green dress and a red cloak. At the left edge of the painting the tower where she was imprisoned is visible in the background. St George is shown on the right wearing armour

St Barbara is shown on the left with a crown and a chalice and is wearing a green dress and a red cloak. At the left edge of the painting the tower where she was imprisoned is visible in the background. St George is shown on the right wearing armour and a red hat on his head. He looks at St Barbara and has positioned the base of his lance on the slaughtered dragon at his feet.

[Görres, cda 2015]

Attributions
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder
Lucas Cranach the Elder and workshop

Attributions

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg, revised 2010]

Lucas Cranach the Elder and workshop

[Cat. Coburg 2018, 52]

Production dates
about 1513 - 1518
about 1510

Production dates

about 1513 - 1518

[Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg, revised 2010]

about 1510

[Maedebach, Exhib. Cat. Coburg 1972, No. 5]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 61 x 50.5 x 0.5 cm (original panel)/ 1.9 cm (including cradle)

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 61 x 50.5 x 0.5 cm (original panel)/ 1.9 cm (including cradle)

  • [Cat. Coburg 2018, 52]

  • Dimensions of support: 60.5 x 50.9 cm (the panel has been cropped at the bottom)

  • [Maedebach, Exhib. Cat. Coburg 1972, No. 5]

Signature / Dating

none

Inscriptions and Labels

none Reverse of the panel: - bottom right: remains of an adhesive label HKA
[Cat. Coburg 2018, 52]

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

  • none

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

  • Reverse of the panel: - bottom right: remains of an adhesive label HKA

  • [Cat. Coburg 2018, 52]

Owner
Veste Coburg Kunstsammlungen
Repository
Veste Coburg Kunstsammlungen
Location
Coburg
CDA ID
DE_KSVC_M032
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_KSVC_M032/

Provenance

  • ducal property, Coburg
  • 1876 Herzogliche Kunst- und Altertümersammlung der Veste Coburg (HKA)
  • 1919 Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg (KVC)
    [Cat. Coburg 2018, 52]

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Cat. Coburg 2018 52, 55, 56 7 Pl. p. 55
AuthorKlaus Weschenfelder
TitleCranach in Coburg. Gemälde von Lucas Cranach d.Ä., Lucas Cranach d.J., der Werkstatt und des Umkreises in den Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg
Place of PublicationRegensburg
Year of Publication2018
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Exhib. Cat. Coburg 1972 No. 5
EditorHeino Maedebach
TitleGraphik aus dem Kupferstichkabinett der Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg. Beiheft: Lucas Cranach d. Ae. und seine Werkstatt: Gemälde
Place of PublicationCoburg
Year of Publication1972
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Flechsig 1900 A 100
AuthorEduard Flechsig
TitleCranachstudien
Volume1
Place of PublicationLeipzig
Year of Publication1900
Link page/n5/mode/2up
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Schuchardt 1871 139-140 24
AuthorChristian Schuchardt
TitleLucas Cranach des Aeltern Leben und Werke. Dritter Theil
Place of PublicationLeipzig
Year of Publication1871
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/schuchardt1871bd3
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Connected Works

St Christopher and St Catherine
  • St Christopher and St Catherine, about 1513 - 1518
  • DE_KSVC_M040
  • Painting
  • Veste Coburg Kunstsammlungen
  • St George and St Barbara, about 1513 - 1518

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Documents

Technical studies

2018Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Dendrochronology / identification of wood species

Support

- fir

- cropped at the bottom. Three vertically aligned and butt-joined planks. Plank I: 24.5 cm; plank II: 15 cm; plank III: 9.3-10.8 cm

- marks from a saw visible on the reverse

- Dendrochronology: the following annual rings were measured: plank I: no measurements obtained; plank II: 55 annual rings1503-1449; plank III: 31 annual 1469-1439. The youngest annual ring is dated 1503. Generally with fir the whole section is used and only the bark is removed. We can therefore assume that the tree was not felled before 1503. This was followed by a two year period in which the wood was seasoned before it could be used as a painting support. [Klein 2016]

Ground and Imprimatura

- chalk ground

[Cat. Coburg 2018, 52]

03.03.2016Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Dendrochronology / identification of wood species

Support

Identification of wood species: fir

Dendrochronology: plank II 55 annual 1503 -1449; plank III 31 annual 1469 -1439

The youngest annual ring is from 1503

[Klein report, 03.03.2016]

  • analysed by Peter Klein

Condition Reports

Date2018

Support:

  • cropped at the bottom

  • the panel exhibits a convex warp

  • vertical cradle members, pine, the horizontal members were removed in 1985, causing vertical splitting in the panel. Later stabilised with 5 balsa wood blocks, 1 pine wood block and 1 beech wood block positioned varioiusly on the joins.

Varnish:

  • the painting has a glossy resin varnish, which was probably repeatedly applied with a brush. Only a few relatively new retouches could be identified under UV light because of the strong fluorescence of this layer.

[Cat. Coburg 2018, 52]

Conservation History

Date1998

Conservation treatment

[Cat. Coburg 2018, 52]

  • conservation treatment by Jürgen Holstein

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