The Pfirtsch Altar: Mary Magdalene [recto right wing]

The Pfirtsch Altar: Mary Magdalene [recto right wing]

Titles

The Pfirtsch Altar: Mary Magdalene [recto right wing]

[CDA 2011]

Wing of The Angel Altar

[cda 2018]

Painting on beech wood (Fagus sp.)

Medium

Painting on beech wood (Fagus sp.)

[Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, revised 2011]
[Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011, 140, No. 6261]

Mary Magdalene is depicted as a full-length figure, standing in front of a landscape and inclined slightly to the left. she holds a jar of ointment in both hands.

Attributions
Anonymous Master from the Cranach Workshop
Master of the Mass of St Gregory

Attributions

Anonymous Master from the Cranach Workshop

[Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, revised 2011]

Master of the Mass of St Gregory

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. Sup. 7 - Sup. 8]

Hans Abel the Younger

together with Heinrich Vogtherr the Elder
[Cat. Aschaffenburg 1932][1]
[1][Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. Sup. 7 - Sup. 8]

Heinrich Vogtherr

together with Hans Abel the Younger
[Cat. Aschaffenburg 1932][1]
[1][Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. Sup. 7 - Sup. 8]

Simon Franck

[Tacke 1992, 33, 41-169]

Production dates
1526
about 1530

Production dates

1526

[Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011, 140, No. 6261]

1524

[Exhib. Cat. Aschaffenburg 2007, No. 11, 263]

about 1530

[Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011, 140, No. 6261]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 92.7 x 40.8 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 92.7 x 40.8 cm

  • [Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, revised 2011]

Signature / Dating

None

Owner
Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen
Repository
Staatsgalerie im Schloss Johannisburg, Aschaffenburg
Location
Aschaffenburg
CDA ID
DE_BStGS_6261
FR (1978) Nr.
FRSup007-008
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_BStGS_6261/

Connected Works

The Pfirtsch Altar: St. Stephan [fixed wing panel, right]
  • The Pfirtsch Altar: St. Stephan [fixed wing panel, right], 1526
  • DE_BStGS_6262
  • Painting
  • Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen
The Pfirtsch Altar: St Martin [fixed wing panel, left]
  • The Pfirtsch Altar: St Martin [fixed wing panel, left], 1526
  • DE_BStGS_6264
  • Painting
  • Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen
The Pfirtsch Altar: St Erasmus [separated verso of the left wing panel)
  • The Pfirtsch Altar: St Erasmus [separated verso of the left wing panel), 1526
  • DE_BStGS_6272
  • Painting
  • Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen
The Pfirtsch Altar: St Maurice [recto left wing]
  • The Pfirtsch Altar: St Maurice [recto left wing], 1526
  • DE_BStGS_6263
  • Painting
  • Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen
The Pfirtsch Altar: St Ursula [separated verso of the right wing panel]
  • The Pfirtsch Altar: St Ursula [separated verso of the right wing panel], 1526
  • DE_BStGS_6268
  • Painting
  • Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen
Pfirtscher Altarpiece: Christ as the Man of Sorrows, seated on a sarcophagus between the Virgin and St John [central panel]
  • Pfirtscher Altarpiece: Christ as the Man of Sorrows, seated on a sarcophagus between the Virgin and St John [central panel], 1524
  • DE_AMF-MFFF_M3-M
  • Painting
  • Münsterfabrikfonds Freiburg

Provenance

  • until 1541 in the Collegial Church, Halle
  • from the Collegial Church, Aschaffenburg

[Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, revised 2011]
[Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011, 140, No. 6261]

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Schawe 2021 Fig. 3
AuthorMartin Schawe
TitleDas Holz der Bilder. Zum Pfirtschen Altar aus dem Neuen Stift Halle.
Publicationin Dagmar Täube, ed., Lucas Cranach der Ältere und Hans Kemmer. Meistermaler zwischen Renaissance und Reformation [Lübeck, St. Annen-Museum]
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication2021
Pages145-157
Show Literature
Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011 140 No. 6261
AuthorMartin Schawe
EditorBayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen
TitleCranach in Bayern
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication2011
Show Literature
Exhib. Cat. Aschaffenburg 2007 263-265 No. 11b Figs. pp. 264, 265
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
Schawe 2007 A 215, 221 Fig. 1
AuthorMartin Schawe
TitleCranach in Aschaffenburg. 1814 bis heute
Publicationin Gerhard Ermischer, Andreas Tacke, ed., Cranach im Exil- Aschafffenburg um 1540. Zuflucht, Schatzkammer, Residenz
Place of PublicationRegensburg
Year of Publication2007
Pages215-225
Show Literature
Emmendörffer 1998 218
AuthorChristoph Emmendörffer
TitleDie selbständigen Cranachschüler
Publicationin Ingo Sandner, Wartburg-Stiftung Eisenach and Fachhochschule Köln, eds., Unsichtbare Meisterzeichnungen auf dem Malgrund. Cranach und seine Zeitgenossen, Exhib. Cat. Eisenach
Place of PublicationRegensburg
Year of Publication1998
Pages203-228
Show Literature
Tacke 1992 33, 41-169
AuthorAndreas Tacke
TitleDer katholische Cranach. Zu zwei Großaufträgen von Lucas Cranach d. Ä., Simon Franck und der Cranach-Werkstatt (1520 - 1540)
SeriesBerliner Schriften zur Kunst
Volume2
Place of PublicationMainz
Year of Publication1992
Show Literature
Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 161 No. Sup7-8
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
Show Literature
Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974/1976 37, 447 Fig. 246
AuthorDieter Koepplin, Tilman Falk
TitleLukas Cranach. Gemälde, Zeichnungen und Druckgraphik
Volume1, 2
Place of PublicationBasel, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1974
Link http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-diglit-104522
Show Literature
  • The Pfirtsch Altar: Mary Magdalene [recto right wing], 1526

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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 brush

Type/Ductus:

- freehand and in part traced underdrawing

- thin 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 ; changes (e.g. the hem of the undergarment)

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- workshop of Simon Franck/Master of the Mass of St Gregory?

[Smith, Sandner, Heydenreich, cda 2013]

  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
  • photographed by Ingo Sandner

Condition Reports

Date01.04.2011

Support:

  • thinned and reinforced with an auxillary support

  • top left corner reconstructed

  • written by Martin Schawe

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