Venus with a Tiara

Venus with a Tiara

Titles

Venus with a Tiara

[Schade, Exhib. Cat. Berlin 2009, 84]

Venus

[Cat. Karlsruhe 1966, 95]

Painting on fir

Medium

Painting on fir

[Cat. Karlsruhe 1966, 95]

The fragment depicts the Goddess Venus as a half-length figure. In contrast with the dark background her porcelain skin radiates. Her reddish blond hair is parted and falls in long locks over her shoulders and back. The Goddess wears a headdress set with pearls, earrings, a broad neckband and a

The fragment depicts the Goddess Venus as a half-length figure. In contrast with the dark background her porcelain skin radiates. Her reddish blond hair is parted and falls in long locks over her shoulders and back. The Goddess wears a headdress set with pearls, earrings, a broad neckband and a linked chain. A thin veil covers her left shoulder.

[Görres, cda 2012]

Attributions
Heinrich Bollandt
Workshop of Lucas Cranach the Younger

Attributions

Heinrich Bollandt

[Schade, Exhib. Cat. Berlin 2009, 84]

Workshop of Lucas Cranach the Younger

[Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, revised 2011]

'A partial copy after the depiction of 'Venus and Cupid', an autograph work by Lucas Cranach the Younger from about 1540, which is now in the Alte Pinakothek, Munich (No. 5465)'
[Cat. Karlsruhe 1966, 96]

Production date
about 1620 - 1630

Production date

about 1620 - 1630

[Schade, Exhib. Cat. Berlin 2009, 84]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 46.7 x 42.3 cm (fragment)

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 46.7 x 42.3 cm (fragment)

  • [Cat. Karlsruhe 1966, 95]

Signature / Dating

None

Inscriptions and Labels

Reverse of the panel: - on the left side:
serrated label: 'No. [1] 85 Inv. Rastatt. [2]'

  • beneath:

Inscriptions and Labels

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

  • Reverse of the panel: - on the left side:

  • serrated label: 'No. [1] 85 Inv. Rastatt. [2]'

    • beneath:

  • yellowed square label:

  • '81 [unterstrichen] Sal. 16 No. 85' [2]

    • centre:

  • red wax seal, probably the Baden-Saxon-Lauenburg allied coat-of-arms

    • on the right side:

  • white label:

  • 'Staatl. Kunsthalle Karlsruhe Standort: [1] 15 g [2] [überschrieben mit roter Farbe:] 13 K [2]'

    • beneath:

  • yellow label with a black boarder:

  • 'Badisches Kunsthalle Karlsruhe [1]

  • Fot. [2]

  • Inv. Nr. [1] 124. Cranach-(W). Venus [illegible word in brackets] [2]

  • Geprüft 1937 [last figure handwritten]'

  • [1] printed

  • [2] handwritten

  • [Görres, cda 2012]

Owner
Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe
Repository
Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe
Location
Karlsruhe
CDA ID
DE_SKK_0124
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_SKK_0124/

Provenance

  • from the collection of the Margrave of Baden-Baden
  • in the 18th century in the castle of Rastatt (Inventory from 1772, fol. 219 r.)
    [Kircher 1949, 531][1]
    [Kircher 1955, 222, 244][1]

[1] [Cat. Karlsruhe 1966, 95, 96]

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Exhib. Cat. Berlin 2009 A 84
EditorStiftung Preussische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg
TitleCranach und die Kunst der Renaissance unter den Hohenzollern. Kirche, Hof und Stadtkultur
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication2009
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Schade 2009 81, 84 Fig. 6
AuthorWerner Schade
TitleBollandt als Nachbildner Cranachs
Publicationin Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg, Evangelische Kirchengemeinde St. Petri-St. Marien, eds., Cranach und die Kunst der Renaissance unter den Hohenzollern: Kirche, Hof und Stadtkultur Exhib. Cat. Berlin
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication2009
Pages80-85
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Cat. Karlsruhe 1966 95, 96
AuthorJan Lauts
TitleStaatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe. Katalog Alter Meister bis 1800
Volume1, 2
Place of PublicationKarlsruhe
Year of Publication1966
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Kircher 1955 222, 244
AuthorGerda Franziska Kircher
TitleDie Einrichtung des Rastatter Schlosses im Jahre 1772
JournalZeitschrift für die Geschichte des Oberrheins
IssueBd.103, N.F.64 (1955)
Year of Publication1955
Pages205ff.
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Kircher 1949 531
AuthorGerda Franziska Kircher
TitleNeue Forschungen zur Porträt- und Sammlungsgeschichte der Zähringer
JournalZeitschrift für die Geschichte des Oberrheins
Issue97 (NF 58), 1949
Year of Publication1949
Pages498
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Michaelson 1902 112
AuthorHedwig Michaelson
TitleLukas Cranach der Ältere. Untersuchung über die stilistische Entwicklung seiner Kunst
Place of PublicationLeipzig
Year of Publication1902
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Connected Works

Cupid with an Arrow
  • Cupid with an Arrow, about 1620 - 1630
  • DE_SKK_0810
  • Painting
  • Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe
  • Venus with a Tiara, about 1620 - 1630

Images

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Technical studies

07. 2011Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared reflectography
  • irr

Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

Tools/Materials:

- dry drawing material, dark chalk

Type/Ductus:

- freehand underdrawing

- delicate, fine 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 of Lucas Cranach the Younger or follower

Comments:

- possibly after a prototype

[Smith, Sandner, Heydenreich, cda 2012]

  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
  • photographed by Ingo Sandner

2011Technical Examination

  • reverse

Support

- two vertically aligned softwood planks

[Heydenreich, cda 2011]

Condition Reports

Date2011

Support:

  • thinned to a thickness of c. 3 mm and laminated onto a new panel (1.5 cm thick)

[Heydenreich, cda 2011]

Versions

Venus and Cupid
  • Venus and Cupid, about 1620 - 1630
  • DE_BStGS_5465
  • Painting
  • Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen
Cupid with an Arrow
  • Cupid with an Arrow, about 1620 - 1630
  • DE_SKK_0810
  • Painting
  • Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe

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