Roundel portrait of Katharina of Bora

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/

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
AuthorAndreas Tacke
TitleCranach-on-Demand. Zu Wiederholungen in der Malerei
Publicationin Dagmar Täube, ed., Lucas Cranach der Ältere und Hans Kemmer. Meistermaler zwischen Renaissance und Reformation [Lübeck, St. Annen-Museum]
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication2021
Pages83-91
Exhib. Cat. Düsseldorf 2017 . 201 No. 109
EditorGunnar Heydenreich, Daniel Görres, Beat Wismer
TitleLucas 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 PublicationMünchen
Year of Publication2017
Schade 1999 . 52
AuthorWerner Schade
TitleCranachs Bildnisse der Frau Katharina
Publicationin Martin Treu, ed.,"Lieber Herr Käthe" : Katharina von Bora, die Lutherin. Rundgang durch die Ausstellung
Place of PublicationWittenberg
Year of Publication1999
Pages52-56
Exhib. Cat. Kronach 1994 . 352
EditorClaus Grimm, Johannes Erichsen, Evamaria Brockhoff
TitleLucas Cranach. Ein Maler-Unternehmer aus Franken [Festung Rosenberg, Kronach 17.05 - 21.08.1994; Museum der Bildenden Künste, Leipzig 07.09 - 06.11.1994]
SeriesVeröffentlichungen zur bayerischen Geschichte und Kultur
Volume26
Place of PublicationAugsburg, Coburg
Year of Publication1994
Schade, Schuttwolf 1994 . 50
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
Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 . 108 No. 188 Fig. 188
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974/1976 . 161, 276, 278, 295 178 Pl. 9
AuthorDieter Koepplin, Tilman Falk
TitleLukas Cranach. Gemälde, Zeichnungen und Druckgraphik
Volume1, 2
Place of PublicationBasel, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1974
Link http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-diglit-104522
Koegler 1921 . 35-47
AuthorHans Koegler
TitleHans Holbeins d. J. Holzschnitt-Bildnisse von Erasmus und Luther
JournalJahresbericht der Öffentlichen Kunstsammlung Basel, Kunstmuseum, Museum für Gegenwartskunst
Place of PublicationBasel
IssueJ. 1920
Year of Publication1921
Flechsig 1900 A . 257ff.
AuthorEduard Flechsig
TitleCranachstudien
Volume1
Place of PublicationLeipzig
Year of Publication1900
Link page/n5/mode/2up

Connected Works

Roundel portrait of Martin Luther
  • Roundel portrait of Martin Luther, 1525
  • CH_KMB_177
  • Painting
  • Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel
  • Roundel portrait of Katharina of Bora, 1525

Images

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  • reverse
  • reverse
  • irr
  • x_radiograph
  • uv_light
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Technical studies

08. 2011Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • X-radiography
  • x_radiograph
  • created by Kunstmuseum Basel

2011Technical Examination

  • detail
  • detail

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

  • Infrared reflectography
  • irr

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

03. 2010Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • UV-light photography
  • uv_light
  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich

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

Roundel portrait of Katharina of Bora
  • Roundel portrait of Katharina of Bora, about 1525
  • UK_LH_9416
  • Painting
  • Collection of the Marquess of Bath, Longleat, Wiltshire
Roundel portrait of KAtherina of Bora
  • Roundel portrait of KAtherina of Bora, 1525
  • DE_smbGG_637
  • Painting
  • Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemäldegalerie
Poundel portrait of Katharina of Bora
  • Poundel portrait of Katharina of Bora, 1525
  • US_MLMNY_B3-114-Fb
  • Painting
  • The Morgan Library & Museum, New York

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