Virgin and Child behind a Sill, before a Hanging held by Two Angels

Virgin and Child behind a Sill, before a Hanging held by Two Angels

Title

Virgin and Child behind a Sill, before a Hanging held by Two Angels

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 160]

Painting on beech wood

Medium

Painting on beech wood

[Report Peter Klein 1995]

The infant Christ stands on a balustrade at the bottom edge of the painting and is held in both hands by the Virgin. In the background there is an expansive landscape that is almost completely hidden by a large curtain held by two angels.

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, 103, No. 160]

Production dates
after 1517
about 1525

Production dates

after 1517

[Dendrochronological examination Peter Klein, 1995]

about 1525

[Sandner 1998 B, 89] [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, 103, No. 160]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 56.5 x 39.9-40.2 x 0.4 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 56.5 x 39.9-40.2 x 0.4 cm

  • Dimensions including frame: 92.5 x 76 x 12.5 cm

  • Heydenreich, unpublished examination report 1995]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia at the lower left: winged serpent (with elevated wings), in brown paint

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia at the lower left: winged serpent (with elevated wings), in brown paint

Inscriptions and Labels

on reverse, with pen: - '1586'?

  • 'LR 61'
  • label: 'Roselius Haus Bremen'
  • 'No. 16'

Inscriptions and Labels

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

  • on reverse, with pen: - '1586'?

    • 'LR 61'
    • label: 'Roselius Haus Bremen'
    • 'No. 16'
Owner
Private Collection
Repository
Private Collection
CDA ID
PRIVATE_NONE-P103
FR (1978) Nr.
FR160
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P103/

Provenance

  • in the collection of Freiherr von Mecklenburg
  • 03.06.1919 auctioned, No. 72
  • Roseliushaus, Bremen
    [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, 103, No. 160]

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Sandner, Heydenreich, Smith-Contini 2015 131, Fn. 20
AuthorGunnar Heydenreich, Ingo Sandner, Helen Smith-Contini
TitleVeränderungen beim Unterzeichnen in Cranachs Werkstatt und die Arbeitsweise von Sohn Lucas
Publicationin Elke A. Werner, Anne Eusterschulte, Gunnar Heydenreich, eds., Lucas Cranach der Jüngere und die Reformation der Bilder
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication2015
Link https://lucascranach.org/application/files/5215/6337/7366/Heydenreich_Sandner_Smith-Contini_2015_-_Unterzeichnung.pdf
Pages128-141
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Exhib. Cat. Eisenach 1998 140-141 No. 16.1 Figs. 16.1, 16.1a
EditorWartburg-Stiftung, Eisenach, Fachhochschule , Ingo Sandner
TitleUnsichtbare Meisterzeichnungen auf dem Malgrund. Cranach und seine Zeitgenossen. Ausstellungskatalog und Tagungsband Katalogteil 1; 2: Werkstatt und Schüler Cranachs; 3: Süddeutsche Meister; 4: Albrecht Dürer und sein Kreis; 5: Rheinische Meister
Place of PublicationRegensburg
Year of Publication1998
Pages229-240
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Sandner 1998 B 89
AuthorIngo Sandner
TitleCranach als Zeichner auf dem Malgrund
Publicationin Ingo Sandner, Wartburg-Stiftung Eisenach and Fachhochschule Köln, eds., Unsichtbare Meisterzeichnungen auf dem Malgrund. Cranach und seine Zeitgenossen, Exhib. Cat. Eisenach
Place of PublicationRegensburg
Year of Publication1998
Pages83-95
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 160
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
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Posse 1942 59
AuthorHans Posse
TitleLucas Cranach d. Ä.
Place of PublicationVienna
Year of Publication1942
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932 137
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1932
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/friedlaender1932
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Winkler, Plambeck 1930 23
AuthorFriedrich Horst Winkler, Otto Plambeck
TitleDas Roseliushaus in Bremen. Führer und Plan
SeriesSchriften der Böttcherstraße in Bremen
Volume3
Place of PublicationBremen
Year of Publication1930
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Documents

Technical studies

09.03.1995Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Identification of wood species / Dendrochronology

Support

Identification of wood species: beech wood

Youngest annual ring: 1515

[Klein Report, 09.03.1995]

  • examined by Peter Klein

1995Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared photography
  • irr

Underdrawing

DESCRIPTIOM

Tools/Material:

- fluid, black medium, brush

Type/Ductus:

- freehand underdrawing

- thin to thicker lines, often very short, arch-shaped strokes; the finger and toe nails are represented

-occasional hatching-strokes (the Virgin's sleeves)

Function:

- relatively binding for the final painted version; the lines delineate the main contours, desribe essential details within forms and define the facial features; very occasional representation of volume with hatching-strokes

Deviations:

- minor adjeustments were made to forms during the painting process; small changes

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

Lucas Cranach the Elder

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

  • photographed by Ingo Sandner
  • Stereomicroscopy
  • reverse
  • overall

Support

- the support consists of two beech wood planks, 31.9 and 24.6 cm in width

- horizontally aligned and butt-joined

- the panel has been thinned and cradled

Ground and Imprimatura

- white ground with a barb on all four sides

Framing

- old renaissance plate frame

[Heydenreich, unpublished examination report 1995]

Condition Reports

Date1995 -

  • good condition, the support is stable with some local woodworm damage

  • the glazes on the flesh paint in the areas of shadow are slightly thinned

  • along the join in the upper section of the Virgin's robe and Christ's flesh paint some overpaint

  • the green glazes have become brown and have been thinned

  • drying cracks in the red robe

  • a fine network of cracks (particularly in the flesh paint) is overlayed by a more coarse network in areas exhibiting a higher medium ratio (red and green)

  • examined by Gunnar Heydenreich

Conservation History

Date05. 1985 -

thinned and cradled

  • conservation treatment by Renate Kant

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