The Virgin and Child with Sts Catherine, Dorothy, Margaret and Barbara (so-called 'Marriage of St Catherine')

Title

[CDA 2011]

Painting on limewood

Medium

Painting on limewood

[Heydenreich 2007 A, 396]

[The painting] shows the Virgin and Child encircled by the four saintly virgins and martyrs Barbara, Dorothy, Catherine und Margaret, as 'virgo inter virgines'.

[Klingen, Cat. Dessau 1996, Bd. 1, 27]

Attribution: Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Melzer 2005, 54] [Anhaltische Gemälde-Galerie, revised 2011]

Production date: 1516

Production date

1516

[dated]

Dimensions: Dimensions of support: 119.4-119.6 x 96.5 x 1.2 cm

Dimensions

Dimensions of support: 119.4-119.6 x 96.5 x 1.2 cm
Dimensions including the frame: 138 x 116.5 x 7.3 cm
[Anhaltische Gemälde-Galerie, revised 2011]

Signature / Dating: Artist's insignia bottom right on St Catherine's sword: winged serpent with elevated wings and dated '1516'

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia bottom right on St Catherine's sword: winged serpent with elevated wings and dated '1516'
[CDA 2011]

Owner: Anhaltische Gemälde-Galerie, Dessau
Repository: Anhaltische Gemälde-Galerie, Dessau
Location: Dessau

CDA ID: DE_AGGD_10
FR (1978) Nr.: FR085
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_AGGD_10/

Provenance

old ducal Inv. No. 1484, Joachim-Ernst-Stiftung
acquired about 1800 by the Duke Leopold Friedrich (1740-1817) in Leipzig from the french art dealer Drapeau
[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 85]
since 1851 recorded in the Gotisches Haus in Wörlitz (Ministry cabinet)

[Klingen, Cat. Dessau 1996, Bd. 1, 27]

Exhibitions

Dresden 1899, No. 10
Erfurt 1903, No. 180
Berlin 1937, 142, No. 31, Fig. p. 32
Weimar, Wittenberg 1953, 23, No. 12
Dresden 1971, 104f., No. 109, Fig.
Weimar 1972, No. 15
Berlin 1983, 81, No. B6, Fig.
Kronach 1994, 191ff., 371, Figs. A135, A138, A.A139

Literature

Reference on page

Catalogue Number

Figure / Plate

Exhib. Cat. Wörlitz 2015

130-131

Editor	Kulturstiftung Dessau Wörlitz
Editing	Wolfgang Savelsberg
Title	Cranach im Gotischen Haus in Wörlitz, [Wörlitz, Gotisches Haus, 15 May - 4 Oct. 2015]
Series	Kataloge und Schriften der Kulturstiftung Dessau Wörlitz
Volume	35
Place of Publication	Munich
Year of Publication	2015

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Ruoss, Giesicke 2015

177

Author	Mylene Ruoss, Barbara Giesicke
Title	Die Glasgemälde als Bestandteil der altdeutschen Sammlung im Gotischen Haus zu Wörlitz
Publication	in Kulturstiftung Dessau-Wörlitz, ed., Cranach im Gotischen Haus in Wörlitz, Exhib. Cat. Wörlitz
Place of Publication	Munich
Year of Publication	2015
Pages	171-178

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Exhib. Cat. Brussels 2010

123

Editor	Bozarbooks & Lannoo, Guido Messling
Title	Die Welt des Lucas Cranach. Ein Künstler im Zeitalter von Dürer, Tizian und Metsys [anlässlich der Ausstellung "Die Welt des Lucas Cranach", Palast der Schönen Künste, Brüssel, 20. Oktober 2010 - 23. Januar 2011]
Place of Publication	Brussels
Year of Publication	2010

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Heydenreich 2007 A

46, 102, 134, 138, 206, 210, 290, 303

Figs. 22, 173

Author	Gunnar Heydenreich
Title	Lucas Cranach the Elder
Place of Publication	Amsterdam
Year of Publication	2007
Link	https://lucascranach.org/application/files/6116/2097/3099/Heydenreich_2007_Lucas_Cranach_the_Elder.pdf

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Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005

391

030 (mentioned under)

Fig. 175

Editor	Harald Marx, Karin Kolb, Ingrid Mössinger
Title	Cranach Anlässlich der Ausstellung Cranach vom 13. November 2005 bis 12. März 2006 in den Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz. Eine Ausstellung in Kooperation mit der Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister der Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen Dresden
Place of Publication	Cologne
Year of Publication	2005

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Melzer 2005

50, 51, 54

Fig. 3

Author	Reinhard Melzer
Title	Cranach in Wörlitz. Das Gotische Haus als frühe Sammlungsstätte altdeutscher Malerei
Publication	in Harald Marx, Ingrid Mössinger, Karin Kolb, ed., Cranach. Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz
Place of Publication	Cologne
Year of Publication	2005
Pages	44-58

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Sandner 1998 A

Fig. 7.8 [detail]

Author	Ingo Sandner
Title	Zeichengeräte um 1500
Publication	in Ingo Sandner, Wartburg-Stiftung Eisenach and Fachhochschule Köln, eds., Unsichtbare Meisterzeichnungen auf dem Malgrund. Cranach und seine Zeitgenossen, Exhib. Cat. Eisenach
Place of Publication	Regensburg
Year of Publication	1998
Pages	51-60

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Cat. Dessau 1996

27, 28

No. 10

Plate 6

Author	Stephan Klingen
Title	Die deutschen Gemälde des 16. und 17. Jahrhunderts, Kritischer Bestandskatalog
Volume	1
Place of Publication	Weimar
Year of Publication	1996

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Exhib. Cat. Kronach 1994

191ff., 371

Figs. A135, A138, A.A139

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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Sandner, Ritschel 1994

191

Fig. A137

Author	Ingo Sandner, Iris Ritschel
Title	Arbeitsweise und Maltechnik Lucas Cranachs und seiner Werkstatt
Publication	in Claus Grimm, Johannes Erichsen, Evamaria Brockhoff, eds., Lucas Cranach. Ein Maler-Unternehmer aus Franken, Exhib. Cat. Kronach 1994
Series	Veröffentlichungen zur bayerischen Geschichte und Kultur
Volume	26
Place of Publication	Augsburg, Coburg
Year of Publication	1994
Pages	186-193

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Schade, Schuttwolf 1994

17, 18

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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Schade 1993 B

6-25

with Fig.

Author	Werner Schade
Title	Lucas Cranach Gemälde zwischen 1510 und 1530
Place of Publication	Dessau
Year of Publication	1993

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Exhib. Cat. Berlin 1983

No. B6

with Fig.

Editor	Altes Museum, Berlin
Title	Kunst der Reformationzeit
Place of Publication	Berlin
Year of Publication	1983

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Hintzenstern 1981

60, 61

with Fig.

Author	Herbert von Hintzenstern
Title	Lucas Cranach d. Ä. Altarbilder aus der Reformationszeit
Place of Publication	Berlin
Year of Publication	1981

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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979

No. 85

Fig. 85

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. Weimar 1972 B

48, 49, 170

No. 15

with Fig.

Editor	Schlossmuseum Weimar
Title	Lucas Cranach 1472-1553. Ein großer Maler in bewegter Zeit
Place of Publication	Weimar
Year of Publication	1972

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Exhib. Cat. Dresden 1971

104f.

No. 109

with Fig.

Editor	Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
Title	Deutsche Kunst der Dürerzeit
Place of Publication	Dresden
Year of Publication	1971

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Exhib. Cat. Weimar, Wittenberg 1953

No. 12

Author	Walther Scheidig
Editor	Deutsche Lucas Cranach Komitee
Title	Lucas Cranach Ausstellung. Weimar und Wittenberg
Place of Publication	Weimar, Wittenberg
Year of Publication	1953

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Exhib. Cat. Berlin 1937

031

Pl. 32

Editor	Staatliche Museen, Berlin
Title	Lucas Cranach d. Ä. und Lucas Cranach d. J. Gemälde, Zeichnungen, Graphik
Place of Publication	Berlin
Year of Publication	1937

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Photoverzeichnis Marburg 1937

No. 77463

Author	n. a.
Title	Photoverzeichnis VII. Neuaufnahmen des Kunstgeschichtlichen Seminars in Marburg aus den Anhaltischen Sammlungen
Journal	Jahrbuch des Deutschen Vereins für Kunstwissenschaft
Issue	Bd. 4
Year of Publication	1937
Pages	I-VIII

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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932

Author	Max J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
Title	Die Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of Publication	Berlin
Year of Publication	1932
Link	http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/friedlaender1932

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Cat. Dessau 1929

No. 10

Author	Ludwig Grote
Title	Führer durch die Anhaltische Gemälde-Galerie
Place of Publication	Dessau
Year of Publication	1929

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Cat. Dessau 1927

No. 10

Author	Ludwig Grote
Title	Führer durch die Anhaltische Gemälde-Galerie
Place of Publication	Dessau
Year of Publication	1927

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Doering, Voss 1905

11f.

with Fig.

Editor	Oskar Doering, Georg Voss
Title	Meisterwerke der Kunst aus Sachsen und Thüringen. Gemälde, Skulpturen, Schnitzaltäre, Medaillen, Buchmalereien, Weberien, Goldschmiedekunst
Place of Publication	Magdeburg
Year of Publication	1905

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Exhib. Cat. Erfurt 1903

180

Editor	Oskar Doering
Title	Katalog der kunstgeschichtlichen Ausstellung zu Erfurt, September 1903
Place of Publication	Magdeburg
Year of Publication	1903
Link	https://archive.org/details/katalogderkunstg00ange/page/n1/mode/2up

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Flechsig 1900 A

12, 90, 95, 97, 101, 105, 128-130, 152, 252, 283, 287

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

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Flechsig 1900 B

Fig. 29

Author	Eduard Flechsig
Title	Tafelbilder Lucas Cranachs d. Ä. und seiner Werkstatt
Volume	1, 2
Place of Publication	Leipzig
Year of Publication	1900
Link	http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/flechsig1900tafeln

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Exhib. Cat. Dresden 1899

010

Editor	Karl Woermann
Title	Deutsche Kunstausstellung Dresden 1899. Abteilung Cranach-Ausstellung. Wissenschaftliches Verzeichnis der ausgestellten Werke
Place of Publication	Dresden
Year of Publication	1899
Link	http://resolver.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/SBB00002A2400000000

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Hosäus 1883

No. 1484

Author	Wilhelm Hosäus
Title	Worlitz. Ein Handbuch für die Besucher des Wörlitzer Gartens und der Wörlitzer Kunstsammlungen
Place of Publication	Dessau
Year of Publication	1883

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Parthey 1863-1864

687 (Bd. 1)

Author	Gustav Parthey
Title	Deutscher Bildersaal. Verzeichnis der in Deutschland vorhandenen Oelbilder verstorbener Maler aller Schulen
Volume	1, 2
Place of Publication	Berlin
Year of Publication	1864

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Schuchardt 1851 A

10, 66

Author	Christian Schuchardt
Title	Lucas Cranach des Aeltern Leben und Werke. Erster Theil
Place of Publication	Leipzig
Year of Publication	1851
Link	http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/schuchardt1851bd1

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Schuchardt 1851 C

153-154

457

Author	Christian Schuchardt
Title	Lucas Cranach des Aeltern Leben und Werke. Zweiter Theil
Place of Publication	Leipzig
Year of Publication	1851
Link	http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/schuchardt1851bd2

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The Virgin and Child with Sts Catherine, Dorothy, Margaret and Barbara (so-called 'Marriage of St Catherine'), 1516

Images

Technical studies

04. 2010Technical examination / Scientific analysis

Infrared reflectography

Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

Tools/Materials:

-fluid black pigmented medium, brush

Type/Ductus:

- freehand linear underdrawing

- thin lines, sometimes broken

Function:

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

Deviations:

- only minor alterations during the painted version to clearly define form

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- Lucas Cranach the Elder

Comments:

- possibly after a preparatory drawing; the main lines may have been transferred from a pre-existing design

- at times the broken lines suggest that the medium may have beaded off

[Smith, Sandner, Heydenreich, cda 2012]

photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
photographed by Ingo Sandner

1999Technical Examination

examined by Großmann

1993Technical examination / Scientific analysis

X-radiography

1992Technical Examination

Condition Reports

Date1996

There is a c. 13 cm wide addition along the left edge (this was first observed in [Exhib. Cat. Dresden 1899])

[Klingen, Cat. Dessau 1996, Bd. 1, 27]

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