St Catharine in front of a landscape

St Catharine in front of a landscape

Title

St Catharine in front of a landscape

[CDA 2010]

Painting on softwood (fir wood)

Medium

Painting on softwood (fir wood)

[Gemäldegalerie, revised 2010]

St Catharine is depicted standing in front of a wall facing to the right. In her right hand she holds a sword and in her left a stone. Behind the wall a path through a landscape leads to a town at the top of the painting. The original composition is

St Catharine is depicted standing in front of a wall facing to the right. In her right hand she holds a sword and in her left a stone. Behind the wall a path through a landscape leads to a town at the top of the painting. The original composition is similar to that of the Dessau altarpiece or the composition of the painting in the cathedral of Erfurt.

[Cat. Berlin 1996, 35]

Attribution
Follower of Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Follower of Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Gemäldegalerie, revised 2010]

Production date
about 1520 - 1525

Production date

about 1520 - 1525

[Gemäldegalerie, revised 2010]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 65 x 40.9 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 65 x 40.9 cm

  • Dimensions including frame: 79.4 x 56 cm

  • [Gemäldegalerie, revised 2010]

Signature / Dating

None

Owner
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemäldegalerie
Repository
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemäldegalerie
Location
Berlin
CDA ID
DE_smbGG_1866
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_smbGG_1866/

Provenance

  • 1920 acquired as a gift from Dr. James Simon
  • lent to Büro Th. Demmler:
  • 1927 lent to James Simon
  • 1935 lent to the Deutsche Museum

[Gemäldegalerie, revised 2010]

Exhibitions

Berlin 1982

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Cat. Berlin 1996 35 Fig.100
AuthorRainald Grosshans, Henning Bock
EditorStaatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemäldegalerie
TitleGemäldegalerie Berlin. Gesamtverzeichnis
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1996
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Images

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  • overall
  • overall
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  • reverse
  • irr
  • x_radiograph
  • x_radiograph
  • uv_light
  • detail

Technical studies

01. 1994Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared photography
  • irr

DESCRIPTION

- an underdrawing is not readily visible

- an initial painted version shows an architectural element, which suggests that the panel together with the present pendant piece were originally part of a larger composition showing a Virgin and Child in the central position - this observation is confirmed in the x-radiograph.

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- not possible

[Sandner, Smith-Contini, Heydenreich, cda 2016]

  • photographed by Fotowerkstatt, Gemäldegalerie, Berlin

01. 1994Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • X-radiography
  • x_radiograph
  • x_radiograph
  • photographed by Fotowerkstatt, Gemäldegalerie, Berlin

01. 1994Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • UV-light photography
  • uv_light
  • photographed by Fotowerkstatt, Gemäldegalerie, Berlin

Condition Reports

Date2010

Support:

'Left 1 cm, right 2-4 cm: later addition'

[handwritten annotation in the documentation file]

[Gemäldegalerie, revised 2010]

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