Votive Painting of Our Lady

Votive Painting of Our Lady

Titles

Votive Painting of Our Lady

[Felmayer 1994, 41]

Virgin and Child, the Child embracing his Mother

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 393]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Felmayer 1994, 43]

The Virgin is shown as a seated half-length figure against a dark background, looking directly at the viewer. Her long wavy hair is covered by a transparent veil, that also extends over the head of the infant Christ who embraces his mother. To achieve this he reaches up towards his

The Virgin is shown as a seated half-length figure against a dark background, looking directly at the viewer. Her long wavy hair is covered by a transparent veil, that also extends over the head of the infant Christ who embraces his mother. To achieve this he reaches up towards his mother, stretching out both arms and lifting his right leg, while standing with his left leg on his mother's lap. She supports the infant's bottom and upper body.

[Görres, cda 2014]

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 393]

Production dates
after 1537
about 1525

Production dates

after 1537

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 393]

1517

[Hirschberger 1924]

about 1525

[Felmayer 1994, 45]

Dimensions
Dimension of support: 85 x 60 cm [Felmayer 1994, 43]

Dimensions

  • Dimension of support: 85 x 60 cm [Felmayer 1994, 43]

  • Dimension of support 78.5 x 47.1 cm [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 393]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia centre left: winged serpent with dropped wings

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia centre left: winged serpent with dropped wings

  • [Felmayer 1994, 43]

Owner
Dompfarrei St. Jakob, Innsbruck
Repository
Dompfarrei St. Jakob, Innsbruck
Location
Innsbruck
CDA ID
AT_DJI_NONE-DJI001
FR (1978) Nr.
FR393
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/AT_DJI_NONE-DJI001/

Provenance

  • gift from Elector Johann Georg to Archduke Leopold V.
  • in 1650 his son, Archduke Ferdinand Karl, donates it to the citizens
  • first in Passau, then in Innsbruck castle
  • from 1650 in the cathedral (Dompfarrkirche) in Innsbruck [FR 393]
  • 1717-1724 in the Hospice church (Spitalskirche) Innsbruck [Felmayer 1994, 42]
  • since then in the cathedral (Dompfarrkirche) in Innsbruck

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 393]

Exhibitions

Insbruck 2022/23

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Resenberg 2022 9
AuthorLaura Resenberg
TitleRöntgenblick fürs Meisterstück. Gnadenbild Mariahilf strahlentechnisch untersucht.
JournalFerdinandea
Issue60
Year of Publication2022
Link https://www.ferdinandeum.at/info/ferdinandea/ferdinandea
Pages9
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Görres 2017 B 49 Fig. 5
AuthorDaniel Görres
TitleDer Mönch und der Maler - Luther und Cranach als Vermittler eines neuen Glaubens
Publicationin Gunnar Heydenreich, Daniel Görres, Beat Wismer, eds., Lucas Cranach der Ältere. Meister - Marke - Moderne. [Exhib. Cat. Düsseldorf 2017]
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication2017
Link https://lucascranach.org/application/files/4016/7870/1696/Goerres_2017_Der_Moench_und_der_Maler.pdf
Pages44-51
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Exhib. Cat. Weimar 2015 11
EditorWolfgang Holler, Karin Kolb
TitleCranach in Weimar, [Weimar, Schiller-Museum, 3 April - 14 June 2015]
Place of PublicationDresden
Year of Publication2015
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Tacke 2015 87
AuthorAndreas Tacke
TitleGleich dem Kaninchen vor der Schlange? Altgläubige und die Wittenberger Bildpropaganda.
Publicationin Julia Carrasco, Justus Lange, Benjamin D. Spira, Timo Trümper, Stiftung Schloss Friedenstein Gotha and Museumslandschaft Hessen Kassel, eds., Bild und Botschaft. Cranach im Dienst von Hof und Reformation, [Exhib. Cat. Gotha, Kassel]
Place of PublicationHeidelberg
Year of Publication2015
Pages82-90
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Tacke 2007 C 82 1
AuthorAndreas Tacke
TitleMit Cranachs Hilfe: Antireformatorische Kunstwerke vor dem Tridentiner Konzil
Publicationin Bodo Brinkmann, ed., Cranach der Ältere, [Exhib. Cat. Frankfurt am Main]
Place of PublicationOstfildern
Year of Publication2007
Link http://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/artdok/volltexte/2012/2000
Pages81-89
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Wittmann 1998 169, 179
AuthorJan Wittmann
TitleDie Bedeutung des Marienbildes im Schaffen Cranachs
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
Link http://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/artdok/volltexte/2012/2050
Pages169-180
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Felmayer 1994 43-44 18-20, 30
TitleDie sakralen Kunstdenkmäler der Stadt Innsbruck. Innere Stadtteile
SeriesÖsterreichische Kunsttopographie
Volume52.1
Place of PublicationVienna
Year of Publication1994
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Schade, Schuttwolf 1994 31
AuthorWerner Schade, Allmuth Schuttwolf
TitleMalerei und Plastik
Publicationin Allmuth Schuttwolf, ed., Gotteswort und Menschenbild. Werke von Cranach und seinen Zeitgenossen, Exhib. Cat. Gotha
Place of PublicationGotha
Year of Publication1994
Pages15-94
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Felmayer 1993
AuthorJohanna Felmayer
TitleAltäre von St. Jakob
JournalTiroler Heimatblätter
Issue1/3
Year of Publication1993
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Ströter-Bender 1992 85ff, 92-93, 148
AuthorJ. Ströter-Bender
TitleDie Muttergottes. Das Marienbild in der christlichen Kunst. Symbolik und Spiritualität
Place of PublicationCologne
Year of Publication1992
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 393
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
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Kolb 1974 10ff, 42ff, 80ff
AuthorKarl Kolb
TitleMariahilf. Marianische Gnadenstätten
Place of PublicationWürzburg
Year of Publication1974
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Sauser 1970 15-16
AuthorEkkart Sauser
TitleDas Bildnis Mariens in den Kirchen von Innsbruck
Place of PublicationInnsbruck
Year of Publication1970
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Kolb 1968 23
AuthorKarl Kolb
TitleEleusa. 2000 Jahre Madonnen-Bild
Place of PublicationTauberbischofsheim
Year of Publication1968
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932 317
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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Hirschberger 1924
AuthorH. Hirschberger
TitleDas Cranach'sche Maria-Hilf-Bild in Innsbruck
JournalInnsbrucker Nachrichten
Issue267
Year of Publication1924
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Weingartner 1921 144 44
AuthorJ. Weingartner
TitleDie Kirchen Innsbrucks
Place of PublicationAugsburg, Vienna
Year of Publication1921
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Strompen 1895 317-321
AuthorCarl Strompen
TitleMadonnenbilder Lucas Cranachs in Innsbruck
JournalZeitschrift des Ferdinandeums für Tirol und Vorarlberg
Issue39
Year of Publication1895
Link http://www.landesmuseum.at/pdf_frei_remote/VeroeffFerd_3_39_0303-0334.pdf
Pages305-334
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Schuchardt 1851 C 324
AuthorChristian Schuchardt
TitleLucas Cranach des Aeltern Leben und Werke. Zweiter Theil
Place of PublicationLeipzig
Year of Publication1851
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/schuchardt1851bd2
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  • Votive Painting of Our Lady, after 1537

Images

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Technical studies

2022Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Stereomicroscopy
  • Infrared reflectography
  • X-radiography

Ground and Imprimatura

- thin white ground (glue/chalk)

Underdrawing

- dark drawing material; no deviations from the underdrawing during the painting process; visible to the naked eye in the hands (evidently intentional to suggest veins rather than an increased transparency of the paint containing lead white)

Paint Layers and Gilding

- thin, semitransparent paint layers, particularly the flesh paint (little absorption of x-rays by the lead white); glaze application on the red coat probably vermilion; a window cross is reflected in the pupils

[Resenberg 2022, 9]

Versions

The Virgin with the Child embracing her
  • The Virgin with the Child embracing her, after 1537
  • DE_SMS_G575
  • Painting
  • Staatliches Museum Schwerin, Kunstsammlungen Schlösser, Gärten
Votive Painting of Our Lady
  • Votive Painting of Our Lady, 1738
  • HR_StNC_001
  • Painting
  • Župna crkva i franjevacki samostan svetog Nikole
Virgin and Child
  • Virgin and Child, about 1600 or later
  • AT_ZSL_NONE-001
  • Painting
  • Zisterzienserabtei Lilienfeld

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