Roundel portrait of Katharina of Bora

Titles

Roundel portrait of Katharina of Bora	[KKL 2022]
Portrait of Katharina of Bora	[CDA 2011]

Painting on beech wood (Fagus sp.)

Medium

Painting on beech wood (Fagus sp.)

[Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel, revised 2011]

See German text version

Attribution: Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel, revised 2011] [KKL 2022]

Production date: 1525

Production date

1525	[dated; KKL 2022]

Dimensions: Dimensions including the frame: 14 cm (diameter) x 2 cm

Dimensions

Dimensions including the frame: 14 cm (diameter) x 2 cm
Dimensions of the painted surface: 10.2 cm (diameter)
[Heydenreich, cda 2010]

Signature / Dating: Artist's insignia bottom right: winged serpent with elevated wings, facing left and dated '152[5]'

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia bottom right: winged serpent with elevated wings, facing left and dated '152[5]'
[KKL 2022]

Owner: Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel
Repository: Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel
Location: Basel

CDA ID: CH_KMB_177a
FR (1978) Nr.: FR187-188
KKL-No: III.M1b, Part of portait group III
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/CH_KMB_177a/

Connected Works

Provenance

According to H. Koegler [Jahresbericht der Öffentl. Kunstsammlung 1919, 37] both round paintings (177) were in Basel during Holbein's time there, as Holbein used the portrait of Luther as a prototype for his woodcut
[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932]
Bequest from Prof. Johann Rudolf Thurneysen-Faesch 1762
[Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel, revised 2011]

Exhibitions

Basel 1974, No. 178
Düsseldorf 2017, No. 109

Literature

Reference on page

Catalogue Number

Figure / Plate

Tacke 2021

86, 87

Fig. 3

Author	Andreas Tacke
Title	Cranach-on-Demand. Zu Wiederholungen in der Malerei
Publication	in Dagmar Täube, ed., Lucas Cranach der Ältere und Hans Kemmer. Meistermaler zwischen Renaissance und Reformation [Lübeck, St. Annen-Museum]
Place of Publication	Munich
Year of Publication	2021
Pages	83-91

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Exhib. Cat. Düsseldorf 2017

201

No. 109

Editor	Gunnar Heydenreich, Daniel Görres, Beat Wismer
Title	Lucas Cranach der Ältere. Meister - Marke - Moderne. [anlässlich der Ausstellung "Cranach. Meister - Marke - Moderne", Stiftung Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf, 08. April 2017 - 30. Juli 2017]
Place of Publication	Munich
Year of Publication	2017

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Schade 1999

Author	Werner Schade
Title	Cranachs Bildnisse der Frau Katharina
Publication	in Martin Treu, ed.,"Lieber Herr Käthe" : Katharina von Bora, die Lutherin. Rundgang durch die Ausstellung
Place of Publication	Wittenberg
Year of Publication	1999
Pages	52-56

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Exhib. Cat. Kronach 1994

352

Editor	Claus Grimm, Johannes Erichsen, Evamaria Brockhoff
Title	Lucas Cranach. Ein Maler-Unternehmer aus Franken [Festung Rosenberg, Kronach 17.05 - 21.08.1994; Museum der Bildenden Künste, Leipzig 07.09 - 06.11.1994]
Series	Veröffentlichungen zur bayerischen Geschichte und Kultur
Volume	26
Place of Publication	Augsburg, Coburg
Year of Publication	1994

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Schade, Schuttwolf 1994

Author	Werner Schade, Allmuth Schuttwolf
Title	Malerei und Plastik
Publication	in Allmuth Schuttwolf, ed., Gotteswort und Menschenbild. Werke von Cranach und seinen Zeitgenossen, Exhib. Cat. Gotha
Place of Publication	Gotha
Year of Publication	1994
Pages	15-94

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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979

108

No. 188

Fig. 188

Author	Max J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
Editor	G. Schwartz
Title	Die Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of Publication	Basel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication	1979

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Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974/1976

161, 276, 278, 295

178

Pl. 9

Author	Dieter Koepplin, Tilman Falk
Title	Lukas Cranach. Gemälde, Zeichnungen und Druckgraphik
Volume	1, 2
Place of Publication	Basel, Stuttgart
Year of Publication	1974
Link	http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-diglit-104522

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Koegler 1921

35-47

Author	Hans Koegler
Title	Hans Holbeins d. J. Holzschnitt-Bildnisse von Erasmus und Luther
Journal	Jahresbericht der Öffentlichen Kunstsammlung Basel, Kunstmuseum, Museum für Gegenwartskunst
Place of Publication	Basel
Issue	J. 1920
Year of Publication	1921

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Flechsig 1900 A

257ff.

Author	Eduard Flechsig
Title	Cranachstudien
Volume	1
Place of Publication	Leipzig
Year of Publication	1900
Link	page/n5/mode/2up

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Roundel portrait of Katharina of Bora, 1525

Images

Technical studies

08. 2011Technical examination / Scientific analysis

X-radiography

created by Kunstmuseum Basel

2011Technical Examination

Framing

- original double frame (capsule portrait); framed together with 177

- the frame is attached to a circular wooden panel (glued? see x-radiograph)

- a piece of wood 2.5 cm in length was inserted into the bottom left quarter of the frame (the same was done with 177) and probably replaced a lock, which was originally there?

- split at the top and side

- the exterior and the interior exhibit a red bole ground; the exterior is painted black

- gilding: re-gilded; losses retouched with gold paint

[Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel, revised 2011]

03. 2010Technical examination / Scientific analysis

UV-light photography

photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich

03. 2010Technical examination / Scientific analysis

Infrared reflectography

Underdrawing

- an underdrawing is not readily visible; the design was possibly fixed with very diluted, fluid medium employing a brush

[Smith, Sandner, Heydenreich, cda 2012]

photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
photographed by Ingo Sandner

Date1992

written by Peter Berkes

Conservation History

Date1906

1906 restored by Fred Bentz:

Treatment: cleaned and enriched with Copaivabalsam

[Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel, revised 2011]

conservation treatment by Fred Bentz

Versions

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