The Virgin of Sorrows

The Virgin of Sorrows

Title

The Virgin of Sorrows

[Cat. Prague 2007, No. 23]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Cat. Prague 2007, No. 23]

The Virgin is shown as a half-length figure against a dark background. She faces left and over a blue dress she wears a red mantle, that also conceals her brown curls. Her head is circumscribed by a halo. In the top right corner there is a painted piece of paper,

The Virgin is shown as a half-length figure against a dark background. She faces left and over a blue dress she wears a red mantle, that also conceals her brown curls. Her head is circumscribed by a halo. In the top right corner there is a painted piece of paper, which shows among others a coat-of-arms.

[Görres, cda 2014]

Attributions
Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder (?)
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder (?)

[Cat. Prague 2007, No. 23]

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Exhib. Cat. Prague 2016, 89, No. 8]

Production dates
1500 - 1599
1635

Production dates

1500 - 1599

'16th century' [Cat. Prague 2007, No. 23]

about 1512 - 1516

[Exhib. Cat. Prague 2016, 89, No. 8]

1635

[Dating added later]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 63.1 x 47.2 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 63.1 x 47.2 cm

  • [Cat. Prague 2007, No. 23]

Signature / Dating

Dated '1635' (this appears to be a later addition, see technical examination and inscription)

Signature / Dating

  • Dated '1635' (this appears to be a later addition, see technical examination and inscription)

  • [cda 2014]

Inscriptions and Labels

Top right: Coat of arms with the inscription 'A. A. Z. G.' (Initiatials of an as yet unidentified abbot …

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

  • Top right:

  • Coat of arms with the inscription 'A. A. Z. G.' (Initiatials of an as yet unidentified abbot who, according to P. R. Pokorný, was not of Bohemian origin) and dated: '1634' [Cat. Prague 2007, No. 23]

  • Added at a later date [Exhib. Cat. Prague 2016, 89, No. 8]

Owner
Národní galerie v Praze (National Gallery in Prague)
Repository
Národní galerie v Praze (National Gallery in Prague)
Location
Prague
CDA ID
CZ_NGP_O528
FR (1978) Nr.
FR054A
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/CZ_NGP_O528/

Provenance

  • 1885 donated by Baron Vojtech (Adalbert) Lanna, Prague
    [Cat. Prague 2007, No. 23]

Exhibitions

Prague 2016, No. 8

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Exhib. Cat. Prague 2016 26, 86-89 8 Figs. pp. 26, 86, 87
EditorOlga Kotková
TitleCranach. Ze všech stran. From all sides.
Place of PublicationPrague
Year of Publication2016
Pages16-180
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Cat. Prague 2007 49 23
AuthorOlga Kotková
TitleNational Gallery in Prague. German and Austrian Painting of the 14th - 16th Centuries. Illustrated Summary Catalogue II/1
Place of PublicationPrague
Year of Publication2007
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 80 54A
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932 39 48
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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Cat. Prague 1912 193 616
AuthorP. Bergner
TitleKatalog obrazárny v dome umelcu Rudolfinum v Praze
Place of PublicationPrague
Year of Publication1912
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Cat. Prague 1889 223 689
AuthorV. Barvitius
TitleKatalog obrazárny v dome umelcu Rudolfinum v Praze
Place of PublicationPrague
Year of Publication1889
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  • The Virgin of Sorrows, 1500 - 1599

Images

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Technical studies

06. 2014Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared reflectography
  • irr

Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

Tools/Materials:

- fluid, black medium and brush

Type/Ductus:

- freehand underdrawing

- thin lines

Function:

- binding for the final painted version; lines delineate contours and describe the facial features; no representation of volume

Deviations:

- few alterations were made during the painting process to clearly define form

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- not possible

[Smith, Sandner, Heydenreich, cda 2014]

  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
  • photographed by Ingo Sandner

Date2005

Support

- Panel thinned and marouflaged on plywood

[Cat. Prague 2007, No. 29]

Paint Layers and Gilding

The microscopic and chemical analyses, carried out by Jana Odvárková, however, revealed that the painted paper label with the coat-of-arms was added later - the UV light exposed a transparent varnish layer which separates the individual layers of paint.

[Cat. Prague 2007, No. 27]

  • examined by Jana Odvárková

Condition Reports

Date2016

  • reverse thinner and glued to a plywood board

[Exhib. Cat. Prague 2016, 89, No. 8]

Conservation History

Date1970 - 1979

Conservation treatment in the 1970s

[Cat. Prague 2007, No . 23]

  • conservation treatment by Unknown

Date1942

  • conservation treatment by Karel Verselý

Versions

Virgin Mary as Mother of Sorrows
  • Virgin Mary as Mother of Sorrows, about 1512 - 1514
  • PRIVATE_NONE-P006
  • Painting
  • Private Collection

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