Sts James the Greater and John the Evangelist

Sts James the Greater and John the Evangelist

Title

Sts James the Greater and John the Evangelist

[Exhib. Cat. Prague 2005, 43-44, No. 28]

Painting on limewood

Medium

Painting on limewood

[Exhib. Cat. Prague 2005, 43-44, No. 28]

Attributions
Circle of Lucas Cranach the Elder
Master I W

Attributions

Circle of Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Exhib. Cat. Prague 2005, No. 28]
[Opitz 1930, 21, No. 23]

Master I W

[Exhib. Cat. Brüx 1928, 10]

Production date
about 1550

Production date

about 1550

[Exhib. Cat. Prague 2005, No. 28]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 138.5 x 96.7 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 138.5 x 96.7 cm

  • [Heydenreich, cda 2018]

Signature / Dating

None

Owner
Regionální muzeum v Teplicích
Repository
Regionální muzeum v Teplicích
CDA ID
CZ_MT_Osek44
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/CZ_MT_Osek44/

Provenance

  • from the collection of the former monastery gallery in Osek
  • removed in 1950
    [Exhib. Cat. Prague 2005, 43-44, No. 28]

Exhibitions

Brüx 1928
Prague 2005, No. 28

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Chamonikola 2005 B 24 (English version 10, 11)
AuthorKaliopi Chamonikola
TitleLucas Cranach a ceské zeme/ Lucas Cranach and the Czech Lands
Publicationin Kaliopi Chamonikola, ed., Pod znamením okrídleného hada. Lucas Cranach a ceské zeme, Under the winged Serpent, Lucas Cranach and the Czech Lands, Exhib. Prague 2005
Place of PublicationPrague
Year of Publication2005
Pages13-33 (6-15)
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Exhib. Cat. Prague 2005 112, 113, 146 (English version 43-44, 54) 28 Pl. p. 113
EditorObrazárna Pražského hradu, Kaliopi Chamonikola
TitlePod znamením okrídleného hada. Lucas Cranach a ceské zeme. Under the winged Serpent. Lucas Cranach and the Czech Land
Place of PublicationPrague
Year of Publication2005
Show Literature
Opitz 1930 21 23
AuthorJosef Opitz
TitleDie Galerie des Stiftes Ossegg
SeriesNordwestböhmische Heimatbücher
Volume3
Place of PublicationKomotau
Year of Publication1930
Show Literature
Exhib. Cat. Brüx 1928 10
AuthorJosef Opitz
TitleGotische Malerei und Plastik Nordwestböhmens
Place of PublicationBrüx-Komotau
Year of Publication1928
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  • Sts James the Greater and John the Evangelist, about 1550

Images

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Technical studies

03. 2018Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared reflectography
  • irr
  • irr

Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

Tools/Material:

- fluid, black medium, brush

Type/Ductus:

- freehand, detailed underdrawing

- thin to somewhat broader lines, occasional searching lines

- hatching strokes

Function:

- relatively binding for the final painted version; lines delineate the main contours and describe details and facial features; volume is represesented with hatching strokes

Deviations:

- corrections were made to forms during the painting process; numerous changes (e. g. the hunting scene between the two saints; the background etc.)

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- not possible

Comments:

- probably after a pre-existing design

[Sandner, Smith-Contini, Heydenreich, cda 2019]

  • photographed by Ingo Sandner
  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich

1981Technical examination / Scientific analysis

Support

- the limewood panel is 1 cm thick

Underdrawing

- Underdrawing black hatching strokes visible through paint layers

Paint Layers and Gilding

- The paint in the sky contains azurite

- flesh paint of St John: undermodelling ochre tones peach/yellowish admixture; in half shades greyish

[Exhib. Cat. Prague 2005, 43-43, No. 28]

Conservation History

Date1981

Conservation treatment

[Exhib. Cat. Prague 2005, 43-43, No. 28]

  • conservation treatment by Mojmír Hamsík
  • conservation treatment by Radana Hamsíková

Date1928

Restored before 1928

[Exhib. Cat. Prague 2005, 43-43, No. 28]

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