Sts Catharine and Margaret

Sts Catharine and Margaret

Title

Sts Catharine and Margaret

[Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011, 143]

Painting on softwood

Medium

Painting on softwood

[Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011, 143]

Both saints are depicted as full-length figures against a blue background. Catharine is wearing a dress with wide sleeves. In her hands she holds a sword, its point stands on the ground next to the destroyed wheel of martyrdom. St Margaret is wearing a green velvet dress with brocade ornamentation

Both saints are depicted as full-length figures against a blue background. Catharine is wearing a dress with wide sleeves. In her hands she holds a sword, its point stands on the ground next to the destroyed wheel of martyrdom. St Margaret is wearing a green velvet dress with brocade ornamentation and holds a cross-shaped rod in her hands. A dragon crouches at her feet. It appeared to her in a dream, but she defended herself with the sign of the cross. Each saint's head is encircled by a halo, which like the stars in the background is gilded with gold leaf.

[Görres, cda 2016]

Attributions
Anonymous Master from the Cranach Workshop
Master of the Pflock Altarpiece

Attributions

Anonymous Master from the Cranach Workshop

[Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, revised 2012]

Master of the Pflock Altarpiece

[Exhib. Cat. Aschaffenburg 2007, 388]
[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. Sup. 3]

Production date
about 1520 - 1530

Production date

about 1520 - 1530

[Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011, 143]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 220.7 x 74.2 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 220.7 x 74.2 cm

  • [Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011, 143]

Owner
Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen
Repository
Stiftspfarrei St. Peter und Alexander, Aschaffenburg
Location
Aschaffenburg
CDA ID
DE_BStGS_13224
FR (1978) Nr.
FRSup003
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_BStGS_13224/

Connected Works

Sts Barbara and Agnes
  • Sts Barbara and Agnes, about 1520 - 1530
  • DE_BStGS_13223
  • Painting
  • Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen
The Visitation
  • The Visitation, about 1520
  • PRIVATE_NONE-P097
  • Painting
  • Private Collection
The Nativity
  • The Nativity, about 1520
  • PRIVATE_NONE-P098
  • Painting
  • Private Collection
The Adoration of the Magi
  • The Adoration of the Magi, about 1520
  • PRIVATE_NONE-P099
  • Painting
  • Private Collection
The Presentation of Jesus in the Temple
  • The Presentation of Jesus in the Temple, about 1520
  • PRIVATE_NONE-P100
  • Painting
  • Private Collection

Provenance

  • 1935 purchased from the collection of Freiherrn von Miltitz, possibly originally from the collegial church, Halle[1]
  • Paul Graupe, Berlin 1935 (art market, Germany)[2]
  • Johannes Hinrichsen, Berlin, März 1938 (art market, Germany)[2]
  • Göring Collection; bought from the art dealer Hinrichsen, Berlin (March 1938) for RM 18.000.-- ( Akt.Gör. Pre-war Coll. ) [3]
  • whereabouts after 1945: Bavaria, Bay. Staatsgemäldesammlungen: 13224 [2]
  • 1961 transferred from State property [4]

[1][Exhib. Cat. Aschaffenburg 2007, 388]
[2]Kunstsammlung Göring: DHM Datenbank:
http://www.dhm.de/datenbank/goering/dhm_goering.php?seite=5&fld_0=RMG00461
[3]http://www.dhm.de/datenbank/ccp/dhm_ccp.php?seite=6&fld_1=6384&fld_3=&auswahl=6&fld_4=&fld_4a=&fld_5=&fld_6=&fld_7=&fld_8=&fld_9=&fld_10=&suchen=Suchen (accessed 29.01.2015)
[4][Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011, 143]

See also the entry in the Lost Art-Database, Stiftung Deutsches Zentrum für Kulturgutverluste: Lost Art-ID 391060; http://www.lostart.de/DE/Fund/391060 (accessed 17 Dec. 2019).

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011 143
AuthorMartin Schawe
EditorBayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen
TitleCranach in Bayern
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication2011
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Exhib. Cat. Aschaffenburg 2007 388 No. 127b Fig. p. 389
EditorGerhard Ermischer, Andreas Tacke
TitleCranach im Exil. Aschaffenburg um 1540. Zuflucht - Schatzkammer - Residenz. Ausstellungskatalog Schloss Johannisburg und Kunsthalle Jesuitenkirche
Place of PublicationRegensburg
Year of Publication2007
Show Literature
Von zur Mühlen 2004 No. 24
AuthorIlse Von zur Mühlen
TitleDie Kunstsammlung Herman Görings. Ein Provenienzbericht der Bayerischen Staatsgemäldesammlungen. Mit einem Beiträg von Albert A. Feiber
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication2004
Show Literature
Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 No. Sup 3
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
Show Literature
Cat. Aschaffenburg 1975 59-60
Authorn. a.
TitleBayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, Galerie Aschaffenburg. Katalog
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication1975
Show Literature
Gurlitt 1923 473-474
AuthorCornelius Gurlitt
TitleBeschreibende Darstellung der älteren Bau- und Kunstdenkmäler in Sachsen. Amtshauptmannschaft Meißen-Land
SeriesBeschreibende Darstellung der älteren Bau- und Kunstdenkmäler in Sachsen
Volume41
Place of PublicationDresden
Year of Publication1923
Show Literature
  • Sts Catharine and Margaret, about 1520 - 1530

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Technical studies

06. 2012Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared reflectography
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Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

Tools/Materials:

- fluid, black medium and brushes of varying widths

Type/Ductus:

- detailed and freehand underdrawing

- thin to broader lines

- occasional hatching-strokes

Function:

- relatively binding for the final painted version; lines delineate contours and describe the essential details and the facial features; some representation of volume (hatching-strokes)

Deviations:

- minor alterations made during the painting process to clearly define form; small changes (e.g. St Margaret's nose)

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- Simon Franck ?

[Smith, Sandner, Heydenreich, cda 2012]

  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
  • photographed by Ingo Sandner

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