St Peter

Title

St Peter

[cda 2014]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[cda 2014]

Full-length depiction of St Peter with his attributes (a key and a book), facing right on a stony ground against a dark background.

Attribution: Lucas Cranach der Ältere

Attribution

Lucas Cranach der Ältere

[cartelen.louvre.fr/; 09.07.2014]

Production date: about 1500 - 1599

Production date

about 1500 - 1599

'16th century' [cartelen.louvre.fr/; 09.07.2014]

Dimensions: Dimensions of support: 113 x 54 cm

Dimensions

Dimensions of support: 113 x 54 cm
[cartelen.louvre.fr/; 09.07.2014]

Signature / Dating: None

Owner: Musée du Louvre, Paris
Repository: Musée du Louvre, Paris
Location: Paris

CDA ID: F_MdLP_MNR938
FR (1978) Nr.: FR-none
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/F_MdLP_MNR938/

Provenance

1927: in a polish private collection
1931: in the collection of Comtesse de Bonneval (private collection, France)
Hotel Drouot, Paris (art dealer, France)
Accession: Bruno Lohse, Paris, 15.06.1941 (agent)
1942/43 Paris (or 15.06.1941), bought by Göring through Lohse (Hotel Drouot); RM. 12.000,--
whereabouts after 1945:
registered at the central collecting point, Munich under the No. 6781
Restitution France: MNR 938
1952 transferred to the collection of the Musée de Louvre by the Office des Biens et Intérêts Privés
from 23.07.1964 until 1987 the panel was deposited in the Musée Anne-de-Beaujeu, Moulins
1987 Musée de Louvre, Paris
[cda 2015]

see: [http://www.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistral/mnrbis_fr]; [http://www.dhm.de/datenbank/goering/dhm_goering.php?seite=5&fld_0=RMG00501]

Connected Works

St Peter, about 1500 - 1599

Images

Documents

F_MdLP_MNR938_FR-none_1989_Analysis-report.pdf

Technical studies

1992 - 2012Technical examination / Scientific analysis

Micro-sampling / cross-sections

F_MdLP_MNR938_FR-none_1989_Analysis-report.pdf

Paint Layers and Gilding

Stratigraphic examination of the background:

- the background exhibits numerous layers of overpaint: the original paint layers shown a layer which probably contains azurite underlaid with a greyish-brown layer and overlaid by two layers containing cobalt

[Paris, C2RMF, numéro de reference: F1194]

examined by M. Eveno
examined by E. Martin
examined by A. Duval

Infrared reflectography

Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

- an underdrawing is not readily visible

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

photographed by Le Centre de recherche et de restauration des musées de France (C2RMF)

UV-light photography

photographed by Le Centre de recherche et de restauration des musées de France (C2RMF)

X-radiography

created by Le Centre de recherche et de restauration des musées de France (C2RMF)

Instrumental material analysis

Support

- the wooden support has a auxillary support attached to the reverse (?)

Ground and Imprimatura

- white ground containing calcium carbonate

[Paris, C2RMF, numéro de reference: F1193]

Condition Reports

Date1992 -

Stratigraphic examination of the background:

the background exhibits numerous layers of overpaint: the original paint layers shown a layer which probably contains azurite underlaid with a greyish-brown layer and overlaid by two layers containing cobalt

[Paris, C2RMF, numéro de reference: F1194]

examined by E. Martin
examined by A. Duval
examined by M. Eveno

Conservation History

Date10. 1993 -

Traitement de la couche pictorale: nettoyage, enlèvement des repeints, allégement du vernis, reintegration illusioniste

[Paris, C2RMF, numéro de reference: F1194]

conservation treatment by R. Moreira

Date1989 -

Renforcement des Joints et cassures, bouchages des galleries et doublage avec des blocs de balsa (cf. Rapport).

[Paris, C2RMF, numéro de reference: F1194]

conservation treatment by P. Mandron

Citing from the Cranach Digital Archive

Entry with author: <author's name>, 'St Peter', <title of document, data entry or image>. [<Date of document or image>], in: Cranach Digital Archive, https://lucascranach.org/en/F_MdLP_MNR938/ (Accessed {{dateAccessed}})
Entry with no author: 'St Peter', <title of document, data entry or image>. [<Date of document, entry or image>], in: Cranach Digital Archive, https://lucascranach.org/en/F_MdLP_MNR938/ (Accessed {{dateAccessed}})

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