The Pfirtsch Altar: St Erasmus [separated verso of the left wing panel)

The Pfirtsch Altar: St Erasmus [separated verso of the left wing panel)

Titles

The Pfirtsch Altar: St Erasmus [separated verso of the left wing panel)

[CDA 2011]

Wing of The Angel Altar

[cda 2018]

Painting on beech wood (Fagus sp.)

Medium

Painting on beech wood (Fagus sp.)

[Klein, Report 2013]
[Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, revised 2011]
[Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011, 140, No. 6272]

St Erasmus is depicted as a full-length figure in front of a landscape and is inclined slightly to the right.

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]
[Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011, 140, No. 6272]

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
1524

Production dates

1526

[Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011, 140, No. 6272]

1524

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

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 93.1 x 40.6 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 93.1 x 40.6 cm

  • [Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, revised 2011]

  • [Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011, 140, No. 6272]

Signature / Dating
None
Owner
Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen
Repository
Staatsgalerie im Schloss Johannisburg, Aschaffenburg
Location
Aschaffenburg
CDA ID
DE_BStGS_6272
FR (1978) Nr.
FRSup007-008
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_BStGS_6272/

Provenance

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

[Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, revised 2011]
[Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011, 140, No. 6272]

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Schawe 2021 . Fig. 4
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
Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011 . 140 No. 6272
AuthorMartin Schawe
EditorBayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen
TitleCranach in Bayern
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication2011
Exhib. Cat. Aschaffenburg 2007 . 263 No. 11c Fig. p. 266
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
Merkel 2007 A . 81 Fig. 4
AuthorKerstin Merkel
TitleDie Konkubinen des Kardinals - Legenden und Fakten
Publicationin Gerhard Ermischer, Andreas Tacke, eds., Cranach im Exil, Exhib. Cat. Aschaffenburg
Place of PublicationRegensburg
Year of Publication2007
Pages77-97
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
Emmendörffer 1998 . 216, 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
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
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

Connected Works

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. Stephan [fixed wing panel, right]
  • The Pfirtsch Altar: St. Stephan [fixed wing panel, right], 1526
  • DE_BStGS_6262
  • Painting
  • Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen
The Pfirtsch Altar: Mary Magdalene [recto right wing]
  • The Pfirtsch Altar: Mary Magdalene [recto right wing], 1526
  • DE_BStGS_6261
  • 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
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  • 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
  • The Pfirtsch Altar: St Erasmus [separated verso of the left wing panel), 1526

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Documents

Technical studies

24.11.2013Scientific analysis

  • Identification of wood species / Dendrochronology

Support

- 4 planks

- youngest annual ring 1513

- examined on the 17.06.2010

[Martin Schawe, Alte Pinakothek München, 01.04.2011]

Examined in 2010

[Comment, cda 2014]

  • analysed by Peter Klein

06. 2012Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared reflectography

Underdrawing

  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
  • photographed by Ingo Sandner

2010Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared reflectography
  • irr

Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

Tools/Materials:

- fluid, dark medium and brush

Type/Ductus:

- freehand schematic underdrawing (where visible)

- thin lines

Function:

- relatively binding for the final painted version; lines (presumably) delineate contours and indicate the essential features; no representation of volume

Deviations:

- almost no alterations made during the painting process; small changes (e.g. the town in the background; the brocade band on the robe)

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- Workshop of Lucas Cranach the Elder or workshop of Simon Franck?

[Smith, Sandner, Heydenreich revised 2014]

  • photographed by BStGS Doerner Institut

Condition Reports

Date01.04.2011

Support:

  • thinned

  • top left corner reconstructed

  • written by Martin Schawe

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