Altarpiece of George the Bearded [left wing]

Altarpiece of George the Bearded [left wing]

Title

Altarpiece of George the Bearded [left wing]

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 219]

Painting on wood, transferred to canvas

Medium

Painting on wood, transferred to canvas

[Exhib. Cat. Brussels 2010, 235-236, No. 156]
[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, 113-114, No. 219]

On the left wing the duke George the Bearded is depicted kneeling with his hands interlocked, facing towards the central panel and thus also Jesus. His guardian angel James the Greater and St Peter, identified on the basis of their attributes, stand behind him. There are two quotations from Epistle

On the left wing the duke George the Bearded is depicted kneeling with his hands interlocked, facing towards the central panel and thus also Jesus. His guardian angel James the Greater and St Peter, identified on the basis of their attributes, stand behind him. There are two quotations from Epistle of St Paul written to the Ephesians and Timothy at the top of the panel.

[see Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, 113-114, 219]

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Exhib. Cat. Brussels 2010, 235-236, No. 156]
[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, 113-114, No. 219]

Production date
1534

Production date

1534

[central panel dated]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 115.5 x 45.4 - 45.7 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 115.5 x 45.4 - 45.7 cm

  • [Exhib. Cat. Brussels 2010, 235-236, No. 156]

Inscriptions and Labels
  • At the top of the panel:
    two quotations from the Epistle of St Paul to the Ephesians and to …

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

    • At the top of the panel:

  • two quotations from the Epistle of St Paul to the Ephesians and to Timothy

  • [Exhib. Cat. Brussels 2010, 235-236, No. 156]

  • [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, 113-114, 219]

Owner
Hochstift Meißen
Repository
Dom zu Meißen
Location
Meissen
CDA ID
DE_DM_NONE-01
FR (1978) Nr.
FR219
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_DM_NONE-01/

Connected Works

Altarpiece of George the Bearded [central panel]
  • Altarpiece of George the Bearded [central panel], 1534
  • DE_DM_NONE-02
  • Painting
  • Hochstift Meißen
Altarpiece of George the Bearded [right wing]
  • Altarpiece of George the Bearded [right wing], 1534
  • DE_DM_NONE-03
  • Painting
  • Hochstift Meißen

Provenance

  • presumably commissioned by the elector after the death of his wife (17.01.1534)
    [Exhib. Cat. Brussels 2010, 235-236, No. 156]
    [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, 113-114, No. 219]

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Heydenreich 2015 124, Fn. 61
AuthorGunnar Heydenreich
TitleHans Cranach. Auf der Suche nach seinem verlorenen Oeuvre
Publicationin Elke A. Werner, Anne Eusterschulte, Gunnar Heydenreich, eds., Lucas Cranach der Jüngere und die Reformation der Bilder
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication2015
Link https://lucascranach.org/application/files/5415/6232/3883/Heydenreich_2015_-_Hans_Cranach.pdf
Pages116 -127
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Nurre 2015 258, 259 Fig. 2
AuthorAnastasia Nurre
TitleMemorializing Christian Authority. Secular Leadership and Lutheran Ideology in 'Epitaph for Johannes Bugenhagen'
Publicationin Elke A. Werner, Anne Eusterschulte, Gunnar Heydenreich, eds., Lucas Cranach der Jüngere und die Reformation der Bilder
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication2015
Pages256-265
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Schuchardt 2015 A 21
AuthorGünter Schuchardt
TitleCranach und Luther-Aspekte einer Partnerschaft
Publicationin Günther Schuchardt, ed., Cranach, Luther und die Bildnisse, Exhib. Cat. Eisenach 2015
Place of PublicationRegensburg
Year of Publication2015
Pages10-23
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Tacke 2015 86
AuthorAndreas Tacke
TitleGleich dem Kaninchen vor der Schlange? Altgläubige und die Wittenberger Bildpropaganda.
Publicationin Julia Carrasco, Justus Lange, Benjamin D. Spira, Timo Trümper, Stiftung Schloss Friedenstein Gotha and Museumslandschaft Hessen Kassel, eds., Bild und Botschaft. Cranach im Dienst von Hof und Reformation, [Exhib. Cat. Gotha, Kassel]
Place of PublicationHeidelberg
Year of Publication2015
Pages82-90
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Exhib. Cat. Brussels 2010 235-236 156 pp. 235, 258
EditorBozarbooks & Lannoo, Guido Messling
TitleDie Welt des Lucas Cranach. Ein Künstler im Zeitalter von Dürer, Tizian und Metsys [anlässlich der Ausstellung "Die Welt des Lucas Cranach", Palast der Schönen Künste, Brüssel, 20. Oktober 2010 - 23. Januar 2011]
Place of PublicationBrussels
Year of Publication2010
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Messling 2010 17
AuthorGuido Messling
TitleBlicke auf Cranach
Publicationin Guido Messling, ed., Die Welt des Lucas Cranach. Ein Künstler im Zeitalter von Dürer, Tizian und Metsys, Exhib. Cat. Brussels
Place of PublicationBrussels
Year of Publication2010
Pages12-25
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 113-114 No. 219 Fig. 219
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932 180-181
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1932
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/friedlaender1932
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Exhib. Cat. Dresden 1899 061
EditorKarl Woermann
TitleDeutsche Kunstausstellung Dresden 1899. Abteilung Cranach-Ausstellung. Wissenschaftliches Verzeichnis der ausgestellten Werke
Place of PublicationDresden
Year of Publication1899
Link http://resolver.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/SBB00002A2400000000
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Underdrawing

- an underdrawing is not readily visible; probably executed with very diluted medium and a brush

[Smith, Sandner, Heydenreich, cda 2012]

  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
  • photographed by Ingo Sandner

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