St Apollonia

St Apollonia

Title

St Apollonia

[Cat. Karlsruhe 1966, 94]

Painting on limewood

Medium

Painting on limewood

[Klein, Report 2013]
[Klein, Report 2008]
[Cat. Karlsruhe 1966, 93]

The painting depicts the saint as a full-length figure facing right against a red velvet curtain behind which a landscape is visible. The young woman wears an elaborately decorated green velvet dress with a straight collar and a broad-rimmed black hat. She looks out of the picture to the right.

The painting depicts the saint as a full-length figure facing right against a red velvet curtain behind which a landscape is visible. The young woman wears an elaborately decorated green velvet dress with a straight collar and a broad-rimmed black hat. She looks out of the picture to the right. In her hands she holds the symbols of her martyrdom - pliers and a tooth.

[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: 55.7 x 33.8 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 55.7 x 33.8 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 a black boader and handwritten annotations:
'Staatl. Kunsthalle …

Inscriptions and Labels

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

  • Reverse of the panel: - top, right:

  • printed white label with a black boader and handwritten annotations:

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

  • printed yellow label with a black boarder and typewritten additions:

  • 'Staatl. Kunsthalle Karlsruhe

  • Cranach Werkstatt [typewritten]

  • Inv. Nr. 117 [number typewritten]

  • Die heilige Apollonia [typewritten]

  • Eingetragen

  • Geprüft 1957 [number typewritten]'

  • [Görres, cda 2012]

Owner
Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe
Repository
Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe
Location
Karlsruhe
CDA ID
DE_SKK_0117
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_SKK_0117/

Provenance

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

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Cat. Karlsruhe 1966 94
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 Apollonia, about 1530 - 1549

Images

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Technical studies

08.04.2013Scientific analysis

  • Identification of wood species / Dendrochronology

Support

Identification of wood species: limewood (Tilia sp.)

  • 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:

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

Deviations:

- minor alterations made during the painting process to clearly define form

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- workshop

[Smith, Sandner, Heydenreich, cda 2012]

  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
  • photographed by Ingo Sandner

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