St Lucia

St Lucia

Titles

St Lucia

[cda, 2011]

Female saint with sword (Lucia?)

[Cat. Karlsruhe 1966, 93]

Painting on alder wood

Medium

Painting on alder wood

[Klein, Report 2013]

lime wood

[Cat. Karlsruhe 1966, 93]

The panel depicts a female saint as a full-length figure facing left against a green curtain behind which there is a view into a landscape. The young woman wears a red velvet dress with brocade. In her left hand she holds a sword.

[Görres, cda 2012]

Attribution
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Cat. Karlsruhe 1966, 94]

Production date
about 1530 - 1549

Production date

about 1530 - 1549

"1530 - 1540er Jahre"
[Cat. Karlsruhe 1966, 94]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 53 x 34 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 53 x 34 cm

  • (support thinned und transferred to a new panel)

  • [Heydenreich, cda 2011]

Signature / Dating

None

Inscriptions and Labels

Reverse of the panel: - top, right:
printed white label with ablack frame and handwritten annotations:
'Staatl. Kunsthalle Karlsruhe …

Inscriptions and Labels

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

  • Reverse of the panel: - top, right:

  • printed white label with ablack frame and handwritten annotations:

  • 'Staatl. Kunsthalle Karlsruhe Standort: 15 [number handwritten]'

  • printed yellow label with a black frame and type script:

  • 'Staatl. Kunsthalle Karlsruhe

  • Cranach-Werkstatt [type script]

  • Inv. Nr. 110 [number type script]

  • weibl. Heilige mit Schwert [type script]

  • Eingetragen

  • Geprüft 1957 [number type script]'

  • [Görres, cda 2012]

Owner
Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe
Repository
Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe
Location
Karlsruhe
CDA ID
DE_SKK_0110
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_SKK_0110/

Provenance

probably from the collection of the Margrave of Baden
[Cat. Karlsruhe 1966, 94]

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Cat. Karlsruhe 1966 91 109
AuthorJan Lauts
TitleStaatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe. Katalog Alter Meister bis 1800
Volume1, 2
Place of PublicationKarlsruhe
Year of Publication1966
Michaelson 1902 113
AuthorHedwig Michaelson
TitleLukas Cranach der Ältere. Untersuchung über die stilistische Entwicklung seiner Kunst
Place of PublicationLeipzig
Year of Publication1902
  • St Lucia, about 1530 - 1549

Images

Compare images
  • overall
  • overall
  • reverse
  • irr
  • detail
  • detail
  • detail

Technical studies

08.04.2013Scientific analysis

  • Identification of wood species / Dendrochronology

Support

Identification of wood species: alder wood (Alnus sp.)

Examined in 2008. The result probably refers to the new auxillary support.

[Comment, cda 2011]

  • analysed by Peter Klein

07. 2011Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared reflectography
  • irr

Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

Tools/Materials:

- fluid, black medium and brush

Type/Ductus:

- freehand underdrawing

- thin lines

Function:

- roughly binding for the final painted version; lines delineate contours and describe the facial features; no representation of volume

Deviations:

- alterations made during the painting process to clearly define form; changes (e.g. in the face and chest area of the saint, at the bottom near the sword)

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- workshop

[Smith, Sandner, Heydenreich, cda 2012]

  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
  • photographed by Ingo Sandner

Citing from the Cranach Digital Archive

Entry with author
<author's name>, 'St Lucia', <title of document, data entry or image>. [<Date of document or image>], in: Cranach Digital Archive, https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_SKK_0110/ (Accessed {{dateAccessed}})
Entry with no author
'St Lucia', <title of document, data entry or image>. [<Date of document, entry or image>], in: Cranach Digital Archive, https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_SKK_0110/ (Accessed {{dateAccessed}})

Help us to improve the Cranach Digital Archive.

Please contact us, if you have noticed a mistake.