The Angel Gabriel

The Angel Gabriel

Title

The Angel Gabriel

[cda 2020]

Medium

Painting on wood [cda 2020]
[Exhib. Cat. Berlin 1937, no. 28]
Painting on oak wood [handwritten annotation on the reverse of a B/W photograph, Koepplin Archive]

The panel depicts the angel Gabriel appearing to the virgin (who was probably depicted on the left wing) at the annunciation from the right. He is shown as a full-length figure in a white robe with a brocade cloak, standing against a gilded background. He holds a sealed letter in

The panel depicts the angel Gabriel appearing to the virgin (who was probably depicted on the left wing) at the annunciation from the right. He is shown as a full-length figure in a white robe with a brocade cloak, standing against a gilded background. He holds a sealed letter in his left hand and makes a blessing with his right hand. The wing panel is part of a larger altarpiece, probably a triptych.

[cda 2020]

Attributions
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[cda 2020]

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Exhib. Cat. Berlin 1937, no. 28]

Production dates
about 1515 - 1520
about 1515

Production dates

about 1515 - 1520

[cda 2020]

about 1515

[Exhib. Cat. Berlin 1937, no. 28]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 69.5 x 27 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 69.5 x 27 cm

  • [handwritten annotation on the reverse of a B/W photograph, Koepplin Archive]

Signature / Dating

None

Owner
Federal Republic of Germany
Repository
Schloss Cappenberg, Selm
Location
Unna
CDA ID
DE_BRD-SC_001
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_BRD-SC_001/

Provenance

  • 1935 Julius Böhler, Munich (Art market, Germany)
  • gift from the 'Reichskreditgesellschaft' (wedding gift?), 10.04.1935
  • 1937 in Hermann Göring's collection [1]
  • whereabouts after 1945: Munich collecting point (Mü-Nr.: 5550)
  • property of the Federal Republic of Germany
  • on loan to the Museum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, Dortmund (29.09.2009)
  • on loan to Schloss Cappenberg
    [1][Exhib. Cat. Berlin 1937, no. 28]
    [DHM online database: https://www.dhm.de/datenbank/goering/dhm_goering.php?seite=5&fld] (incomplete)

Exhibitions

Berlin 1937, no. 28
Bielefeld, Düsseldorf, Cologne 1972, no. 1

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Exhib. Cat. Bielefeld 1972 1
EditorHans Georg Gmelin
TitleLukas Cranach der Ältere 1472-1553. Grafik[Bielefeld, Kunsthalle, 23. Januar bis 26. März 1972; Düsseldorf, Kunstmuseum, 8. April bis 17. Mai 1972; Köln, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, 26. Mai bis 16. Juli 1972]
Place of PublicationBielefeld
Year of Publication1972
Show Literature
Cat. Selm 1969 Fig. p. 15
AuthorHeinrich Sonderman
EditorHorst Appuhn, Museum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte der Stadt Dortmund
Title Meisterwerke in Schloß Cappenberg ; Museum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte der Stadt Dortmund
Place of PublicationDortmund
Year of Publication1969
Show Literature
Exhib. Cat. Berlin 1937 20 028
EditorStaatliche Museen, Berlin
TitleLucas Cranach d. Ä. und Lucas Cranach d. J. Gemälde, Zeichnungen, Graphik
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1937
Show Literature
  • The Angel Gabriel, about 1515 - 1520

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