Altarpiece from Thurnfeld Abbey [verso, left]: St Andrew

Title

[cda 2020]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[cda 2020]

St Andrew is represented here as a full-length figure against a landscape, wearing a timeless robe and displaying his attribute: the X-shaped cross.

[cda 2020]

Attributions: Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder	[cda 2020]
Lucas Cranach the Elder	[https://blog.hall-wattens.at/tag/kloster-thurnfeld/; accessed 02.10.2020]

Production dates: about 1535 - 1545
about 1520

Production dates

about 1535 - 1545	[cda 2020]
about 1520	[https://blog.hall-wattens.at/tag/kloster-thurnfeld/; accessed 02.10.2020]

Dimensions: Dimensions of support: 114 × 50 cm

Dimensions

Dimensions of support: 114 × 50 cm
[Diözese Innsbruck, revised 2020]

Signature / Dating: Artist's insignia lower edge: serpent with wings (not genuine)

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia lower edge: serpent with wings (not genuine)

Owner: Liegenschaftsstiftung der Diözese Innsbruck
Repository: Salesianerinnenkloster Thurnfeld
Location: Hall in Tirol

CDA ID: AT_SKT_NONE-SKT001d
FR (1978) Nr.: FR-none
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/AT_SKT_NONE-SKT001d/

Connected Works

Provenance

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Literature

Reference on page

Catalogue Number

Figure / Plate

Grass 1955

Author	Nikolaus Grass
Title	Der Thurnfelder Altar und seine Cranach-Bilder. Ein verborgenes Kunstwerk zu Hall in Tirol.
Publication	inBeiträge zur Kunstgeschichte Tirols. Festschrift zum 70. Geb. Josef Weingartners
Series	Schlern-Schriften
Volume	139
Place of Publication	Innsbruck
Year of Publication	1955
Pages	25-44

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Research History / Discussion

The altarpiece, which was consecrated in 1584, consists of columns bearing a triangular pediment and wing panels. When open, it shows nine images with scenes from the Life of Christ, and six saints are depicted on the inner sides of the wing panels. The exteriors of the wing panels and the reverse of the shrine show representations of Sts Kunigunde, Wolfgang, Andrew and Peter and were executed by Lucas Cranach (about 1520).

[Kloster Thurnfeld online, accessed 17.11.2020]

The wing panels in Thurnfeld Abbey and two other panels [DE_KHMM_G278] and [DE_KHMM_G277] were probably originally part of a larger retable.

[cda 2020]

Altarpiece from Thurnfeld Abbey [verso, left]: St Andrew, about 1535 - 1545

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