Apollo and Diana

Title

Apollo and Diana

[Angermuseum, revised 2012]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood	[cda 2012]
Alder wood	[Cat. Erfurt 1924, 30, No. 138]

The classical Sun God Apollo is depicted in front of a landscape with his twin sister Diana, the Goddess of the Moon. Diana is also the Goddess of Hunting and the Forest, which is illustrated by the stag she sits on. Apollo was also revered as God of the Arts

[Herrschaft, cda 2015]

Attribution: Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Angermuseum, revised 2012]
[Cat. Erfurt 1924, 30, No. 138]

Production date: about 1550

Production date

about 1550

[Angermuseum, revised 2012]
[Cat. Erfurt 1924, 30, No. 138]

Dimensions: Dimensions of support: 50.5 x 38 cm

Dimensions

Dimensions of support: 50.5 x 38 cm
[cda 2012]
[Cat. Erfurt 1924, 30, No. 138]
Dimensions including frame: 60 x 48 x 5.5 cm
[cda 2012]

Signature / Dating: None

Inscriptions and Labels

Reverse of the cradle:

right, top batten: in red paint: 'MA 70'

Reverse of the frame:

top:
in red paint: '3345'

Inscriptions and Labels

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

Reverse of the cradle:
- right, top batten: in red paint: 'MA 70'
Reverse of the frame:
- top:
in red paint: '3345'

Owner: Angermuseum, Erfurt
Repository: Angermuseum, Erfurt
Location: Erfurt

CDA ID: DE_AME_MA70
FR (1978) Nr.: FR-none
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_AME_MA70/

Provenance

Wilczek Collection
[Cat. Erfurt 1924, 30, No. 138]

Literature

Reference on page

Catalogue Number

Figure / Plate

Wadum 2015

197, Fn. 23

Author	Jorgen Wadum
Title	Cranach, His Sons, and Their Workshop. the Never-ending Problem of Hands (Part I)
Publication	in Elke A. Werner, Anne Eusterschulte, Gunnar Heydenreich, eds., Lucas Cranach der Jüngere und die Reformation der Bilder
Place of Publication	Munich
Year of Publication	2015
Pages	191-199

Show Literature

Cat. Erfurt 1924

138

Author	n. a.
Title	Katalog des Städtischen Museums zu Erfurt. Mittelalterliche Sammlung. Gemäldegalerie
Place of Publication	Erfurt
Year of Publication	1924

Show Literature

Apollo and Diana, about 1550

Images

Technical studies

03. 2012Technical examination / Scientific analysis

Infrared reflectography

Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

Tools/Materials:

- fluid, black medium and brush; combined with a dry drawing material, dark chalk (in the background)

Type/Ductus:

- presumably copied lines

- thin combined with delicate, fine lines (in the background)

Function:

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

Deviations:

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

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder?

Comments:

- probably after a pre-existing design by Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Smith, Sandner, Heydenreich, cda 2013]

photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
photographed by Ingo Sandner

Condition Reports

Date2012

thinned and cradled

[cda 2012]

Versions

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