The saint kneels with her hands bound awaiting her execution with the sword. The executioner grabs her hair. On the left there are dignitaries and officers on horseback and on the right footsoldiers. In the background lightning and hail set the wheel alight upon which St Catherine is to be
The saint kneels with her hands bound awaiting her execution with the sword. The executioner grabs her hair. On the left there are dignitaries and officers on horseback and on the right footsoldiers. In the background lightning and hail set the wheel alight upon which St Catherine is to be martyred and thus incapacitates her pursuers.
[Löcher, Cat. Nuremberg 1997, 130]
- Attributions
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Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder
Lucas Cranach the Elder
Attributions
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder | [Löcher, Cat. Nuremberg 1997, 130] [1][Löcher, Cat. Nuremberg 1997, 131] |
Lucas Cranach the Elder | [Braune, Cat. Nuremberg 1909, No. 212][1] [1][Löcher, Cat. Nuremberg 1997, 131] |
- Production date
- after 1515
Production date
after 1515 | [Löcher, Cat. Nuremberg 1997, 130] |
- Dimensions
- Dimensions of support: 76.4 x 58.3 cm
Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 76.4 x 58.3 cm
[Löcher, Cat. Nuremberg 1997, 130]
- Signature / Dating
None
- Inscriptions and Labels
Reverse of the panel: - bottom left:
paper label: 'BStGS Inv. 1822' [printed] 'Nr. 1333' [in black …Inscriptions and Labels
Stamps, Seals, Labels:
Reverse of the panel: - bottom left:
paper label: 'BStGS Inv. 1822' [printed] 'Nr. 1333' [in black ink, crossed out with black paint]
paper label: 'Königl. Bayer./ Staats. Gemälde-Sammlung/ Wappen/ neues Inventar Nr. 1855 [printed] Nr. 1464 [in black ink]'
paper label: 'Lucas Cranach d. Ä. Enthauptung/der hl. Katharina' [in black ink], 'Königlich Bayerische/ Staats.-Gemälde-Sammlung / Inv. V. 1855 Nr.' [printed] /' Nr. 1464' [in black ink]/, Neues Inventar Nr.: '1905[printed], Nr. 1150' [in black ink]
small label attached over it with the No. '180' [Typed]
in white paint 'G. 212'
Reverse of the frame:
- bottom left:
in white paint 'G.M [with a stencil] 6/52'
[Löcher, Cat. Nuremberg 1997, 130]
- Owner
- Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen
- Repository
- Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg
- Location
- Nuremberg
- CDA ID
- DE_BStGS-GNMN_Gm212
- FR (1978) Nr.
- FR074A
- Persistent Link
- https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_BStGS-GNMN_Gm212/