Želina Altarpiece [right movable wing]: Birth of Christ, Adoration of the Magi [recto], St Sigismund [verso]

Želina Altarpiece [right movable wing]: Birth of Christ, Adoration of the Magi [recto], St Sigismund [verso]

Title

Želina Altarpiece [right movable wing]: Birth of Christ, Adoration of the Magi [recto], St Sigismund [verso]

[cda 2014]

Painting on fir

Medium

Painting on fir

[Conservation report 2008]

Recto: the right moveable wing depicts the Adoration of the Child in the upper field. Joseph, who holds a candle, and the Virgin with her hands folded in an attitude of prayer kneel in front of the crib containing the infant Christ. The lower field shows the three kings, who

Recto: the right moveable wing depicts the Adoration of the Child in the upper field. Joseph, who holds a candle, and the Virgin with her hands folded in an attitude of prayer kneel in front of the crib containing the infant Christ. The lower field shows the three kings, who approach the Virgin and the infant Christ from the left with gifts.

Verso: the reverse of the right moveable wing shows St Sigismund as a full-length figure wearing a regal robe and crown, holding an orb and a sceptre. He faces left and stands in front of a curtain. This conceals the room to which the arched architectural element with three circular openings belongs. The panel has a rounded top and is completed with golden spandrels decorated with organic ornamentation.

[Görres, cda 2014]

Attribution
Master IW

Attribution

Master IW

[Exhib. Cat. Prague 2005, no. 35]

Production date
1526

Production date

1526

[Central panel dated]

Dimensions
Dimensions of painted surfaces, recto: 81.5 x 64.4 (top), 82.2 x 64.4 cm (bottom)

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of painted surfaces, recto: 81.5 x 64.4 (top), 82.2 x 64.4 cm (bottom)

  • Dimensions of painted surface, verso: 171 x 64.3 cm

  • Dimensions including frame: 183.5 x 77.3 x 4.4 cm

  • [cda 2014]

Signature / Dating

Central panel with artist's insignia on the Virgin's bed: 'IW' and date '1526'

Signature / Dating

  • Central panel with artist's insignia on the Virgin's bed: 'IW' and date '1526'

  • [Exhib. Cat. Prague 2005, No. 35]

Owner
Oblastní Muzeum, Chomutov (Regional Museum Chomutov)
Repository
Oblastní Muzeum, Chomutov (Regional Museum Chomutov)
Location
Chomutov
CDA ID
CZ_OMC_O838
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/CZ_OMC_O838/

Overall view of the piece
Connected Works

Želina Altarpiece [central panel]: Death of the Virgin
  • Želina Altarpiece [central panel]: Death of the Virgin, 1526
  • CZ_OMC_O836
  • Painting
  • Oblastní Muzeum, Chomutov (Regional Museum Chomutov)
Želina Altarpiece [predella]: Lamentation of Christ
  • Želina Altarpiece [predella]: Lamentation of Christ, 1526
  • CZ_OMC_O837a
  • Painting
  • Oblastní Muzeum, Chomutov (Regional Museum Chomutov)
Želina Altarpiece [left movable wing]: Annunciation and Visitation of Mary [recto], St Wenceslaus [verso]
  • Želina Altarpiece [left movable wing]: Annunciation and Visitation of Mary [recto], St Wenceslaus [verso], 1526
  • CZ_OMC_O839
  • Painting
  • Oblastní Muzeum, Chomutov (Regional Museum Chomutov)
Želina Altarpiece [right fixed wing]: St Vitus
  • Želina Altarpiece [right fixed wing]: St Vitus, 1526
  • CZ_OMC_O840
  • Painting
  • Oblastní Muzeum, Chomutov (Regional Museum Chomutov)
Želina Altarpiece [left fixed wing]: St Adalbert
  • Želina Altarpiece [left fixed wing]: St Adalbert, 1526
  • CZ_OMC_O841
  • Painting
  • Oblastní Muzeum, Chomutov (Regional Museum Chomutov)

Provenance

  • from the parish church of St Lawrence in Želina near Kaaden
  • in 1945 it was discovered by the academic painter Jan Vísek in the attic of the church, in bad condition
  • Municipal Museum in Kaaden
  • Regional Museum in Chomutov

[Exhib. Cat. Prague 2005, no. 35]

Exhibitions

Chomutov 1996
Prague 2005, no. 35

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Exhib. Cat. Prague 2016 134, 136-139, 148, 151 Fig. pp. 136, 137
EditorOlga Kotková
TitleCranach. Ze všech stran. From all sides.
Place of PublicationPrague
Year of Publication2016
Pages16-180
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Exhib. Cat. Prague 2005 126-129, 148 (English version 47, 48, 55) 35 Pls. pp. 127, 129, Fig. p. 126 (detail)
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
Kesner 2005 34, 37, 38 (English version 16-18)
AuthorLadislav Kesner
TitleCranachuv zák - Mistr IW/ The pupil of Cranach - Master IW
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
Pages34-41 (16-18)
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Cat. Chomutov 1999 94-95
AuthorEva Samsulová
TitleDíla gotických mistrú. Katalog sbírky gotických plastik a deskových obrazu Okresního muzea v Chomutové
Place of PublicationChomutov
Year of Publication1999
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Madéra 1998
AuthorF. Madéra
TitleK nekterým heraldickým památkám v Chomutové
JournalPamátky - zivot - priroda. Vlastivedný ctvrtleník Chomutovska
Issue30
Year of Publication1998
Show Literature
Kyzourová 1996 B 261
AuthorIvana Kyzourová
TitlePrispevky k dílu Mistra IW
Volume44
JournalUmeni
Year of Publication1996
Pages261-270
Show Literature
Samsulová 1996 47-50
AuthorEva Samsulová
TitleNekolik poznámek k ikonografii deskových oltáru
JournalPamátky - zivot - priroda. Vlastivedný ctvrtleník Chomutovska
Issue28
Year of Publication1996
Show Literature
Exhib. Cat. Litomerice 1993 23-27
AuthorLadislav Kesner
TitleMistr IW. Galerie Výstarného Umení Litomeríce
Place of PublicationLitomerice
Year of Publication1993
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Samsulová 1989 36-37 38
AuthorEva Samsulová
TitleSbírka gotických plastik a deskových obrazu okresního muzea v Chomutové
Place of PublicationPrague
Year of Publication1989
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Samsulová 1987 70, 73
AuthorEva Samsulová
TitleVznik a vývoj gotické sbírky chomutovského muzea
JournalPamátky - zivot - priroda. Vlastivedný ctvrtleník Chomutovska
Issue19
Year of Publication1987
Show Literature
Samsulová 1984 80
AuthorEva Samsulová
TitleGotické umeni ve sbírkách chomutovského muzea
JournalPamátky - zivot - priroda. Vlastivedný ctvrtleník Chomutovska
Issue16
Year of Publication1984
Show Literature
Pesina 1967 344-351
AuthorJaroslav Pešina
TitleParalipomena k dejinám ceského malírstvi pozdní gotiky a renesance 1450-1550
JournalUmeni
Issue15
Year of Publication1967
Show Literature
Cat. Prague 1964 69
AuthorJaromír Homolka, Ladislav Kesner
TitleCeské umení gotické. Sbírka starého umení Narodni galerie v Praze
Place of PublicationPrague
Year of Publication1964
Show Literature
Umelecké 1957 908
AuthorUmelecké
TitleUmelecké památky Cech
Place of PublicationPrague
Year of Publication1957
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Matejcek 1931 19-20
AuthorA. Matejcek
TitleNepoznaný obraz monogramisty IW v Praze
JournalKniha o Praze. Prazský Almanach
Place of PublicationPrague
IssueII
Year of Publication1931
Show Literature
Opitz 1930 74, 76
AuthorJosef Opitz
TitleDie Galerie des Stiftes Ossegg
SeriesNordwestböhmische Heimatbücher
Volume3
Place of PublicationKomotau
Year of Publication1930
Show Literature
Opitz 1924 32
AuthorJosef Opitz
TitleAlte Kunst des Bezirks Kaaden-Pressnitz. Eine kurze Übersicht, geordnet nach Orten. Sonderdruck aus der Heimatsbeilage der Kaadener Zeitung
Place of PublicationKaaden
Year of Publication1924
Show Literature
Opitz 1922 148
AuthorJosef Opitz
TitleEin Bild des Meisters I. W. in der Jesuitenkirche zu Komotau
Volume18
JournalErzgebirgezeitung
Year of Publication1922
Pages5-6
Show Literature
Eigenberger 1914 69-76
AuthorRobert Eigenberger
TitleDie kirchlichen Kunstaltertümer des Pfarrsprengel Radonitz und Willowitz
JournalJahrbuch der Stadt Radonitz
Place of PublicationRadonitz
Year of Publication1914
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Gruber 1871 162-163
AuthorBernhard Gruber
TitleDie Kunst des Mittelalters in Böhmen nach den bestehenden Denkmalen geschildert
Volume4
Place of PublicationVienna
Year of Publication1871
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Research History / Discussion

The coat-of-arms belonging to the husband Opl of Fictum (Vitzthum) is on the right heraldic side, the golden shield features a black truncated branch with three red apples. The other side depicts the coat-of-arms of the family of his wife Perglar or Perglas, the shield on the crest is divided into three fields: black on top, white in the middle and black on the bottom.

[Exhib. Cat. Prague 2005, no. 35]

  • Želina Altarpiece [right movable wing]: Birth of Christ, Adoration of the Magi [recto], St Sigismund [verso], 1526

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06. 2014Technical examination / Scientific analysis

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Underdrawing

The Nativity [recto]

DESCRIPTION

Tools/Materials:

- fluid, black medium and brush in combination with a dry drawing material; facial features may have been executed with a fine pointed brush, the folds in the draperies (the Virgin’s robe) were executed employing a dry drawing material, chalk – this may also have been employed for the initial design?

Type/Ductus:

- mainly copied lines; freehand underdrawing in the draperies

- thin to slightly broader lines

Function:

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

Deviations:

- minor alterations made during the painting process to clearly define form; small changes (e. g. the horns of the ox)

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- Master IW

The Adoration of the Magi [recto]

DESCRIPTION

Tools/Materials:

- fluid, black medium and brush in combination with dry drawing material, chalk; facial features may have been executed with a fine pointed brush, folds in the draperies with a dry drawing material, chalk – this may have been employed for the initial design?

Type/Ductus:

- mainly copied lines; freehand underdrawing of the draperies

- thin to slightly broader lines

Function:

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

Deviations:

- minor alterations made during the painting process to clearly define form; small changes (e. g. chalice)

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- Master IW

St Sigismund [Verso]

DESCRIPTION

Tools/Materials:

- fluid, black medium and brush; facial features may have been executed with a fine pointed brush

Type/Ductus:

- mainly copied lines

- thin to slightly broader lines

Function:

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

Deviations:

- minor alterations made during the painting process to clearly define form

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- Master IW

[Smith, Sandner, Heydenreich, cda 2014]

  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
  • photographed by Ingo Sandner

06. 2014Technical Examination

Framing

Framing original

[cda 2014]

2008Scientific analysis

  • Identification of wood species / Dendrochronology

Support

Fir wood

[Conservation report 2008]

Condition Reports

Date1945

Reports bad condition

[Exhib. Cat. Prague 2005, No. 35]

  • created by Jan Vísek

Date1914

Reports bad condition

[Exhib. Cat. Prague 2005, No. 35]

  • created by Robert Eigenberger

Conservation History

Date2008

  • conservation treatment by Radana Hamsíková

Date2005

  • conservation treatment by N. Masková

Date1993

  • conservation treatment by J. Votocková

Date1976 - 1980

  • conservation treatment by R. Ondracek
  • conservation treatment by P. Kadlec

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