Saints Barbara and Dorothy

Saints Barbara and Dorothy

Title

Saints Barbara and Dorothy

[cda 2018]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Heydenreich, cda 2018]

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder and Workshop

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder and Workshop

[cda 2018]

Production date
about 1510 - 1514

Production date

about 1510 - 1514

[cda 2018]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 49.4 x 42.4 cm (cropped)

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 49.4 x 42.4 cm (cropped)

  • [Heydenreich, cda 2018]

Owner
Private Collection
Repository
Museum Bautzen
Location
Bautzen
CDA ID
DE_MB_NONE-MB003
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_MB_NONE-MB003/

Provenance

  • from Schloss Baruth near Bautzen which belonged to the family of Count Solms-Baruth and was expropriated in 1945

Research History / Discussion

This wing panel might originally have belonged to an altarpiece ensemble together with the fragment depicting Sts Ottilia and Kunigunde [DE_MB_NONE-MB002].

[cda 2018]

  • Saints Barbara and Dorothy, about 1510 - 1514

Images

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Technical studies

03. 2018Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared reflectography
  • irr

Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

Tools/Material:

- fluid, black medium, brush

Type/Ductus:

- freehand underdrawing

- thin to broader lines

- isolated hatching strokes (on St Dorothy’s neck)

Function:

- relatively binding for the final painted version; lines delineate the main contours and describe essential details and facial features; isolated representation of volume with hatching strokes

Deviations:

- minor corrections were made to forms during the painting process; small changes (e. g. St Barbara’s forehead and the position of St Dorothy’s eyes)

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- Workshop of Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Sandner, Smith-Contini, Heydenreich, cda 2019]

  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
  • photographed by Ingo Sandner

Support

- wooden support; thinned (2-3 mm) and cradled on the reverse

- the panel has been cropped along the top and lower edges; the left edge has been trimmed slightly

Ground and Imprimatura

- the barbe has been preserved along the right edge of the painting

Paint Layers and Gilding

- the background was originally gilded

[Heydenreich, cda 2018]

Condition Reports

  • the panel has been considerably cropped, thinned and cradle

  • numerous losses and reworked areas, particularly in the background (originally gilded)

[Heydenreich, cda 2018]

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