Hercules and the Erimanthian Boar

Hercules and the Erimanthian Boar

Title

Hercules and the Erimanthian Boar

[Cat. Braunschweig 1976, 15] [http://bildarchiv.museum-braunschweig.de/displayimage.php?pid=690; 14.08.2012]

Painting on beech wood

Medium

Painting on beech wood

[Cat. Braunschweig 1976, 15]
[http://bildarchiv.museum-braunschweig.de/displayimage.php?pid=690; 14.08.2012]

Hercules looks to the right at the dead boar and at the same time takea a wide sidestep to the other side. He wears the usual fur robe and his club tucked into his belt. In the background is a forest on the left and a landscape on the right.

Hercules looks to the right at the dead boar and at the same time takea a wide sidestep to the other side. He wears the usual fur robe and his club tucked into his belt. In the background is a forest on the left and a landscape on the right.

The panel is part of the series 'The Labours of Hercules'.

[Görres, cda 2012]

Attributions
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

Not mentioned in Friedländer, Rosenberg 1978, but is most likely a part of series under No. 408A
[Görres, cda 2012]

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Cat. Braunschweig 1976, 15]

Production date
after 1537

Production date

after 1537

Not mentioned in Friedländer, Rosenberg 1978, but is most likely a part of series No. 408A
[Görres, cda 2012]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 111 x 91.5 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 111 x 91.5 cm

  • [Cat. Braunschweig 1976, 15]

  • [http://bildarchiv.museum-braunschweig.de/displayimage.php?pid=690; 14.08.2012]

Signature / Dating

None

Inscriptions and Labels

On the upper edge: 'ARCADIVM VA[.]IDO CORPORE PORTAT APRVM'

[cda 2013]

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

  • On the upper edge:

  • 'ARCADIVM VA[.]IDO CORPORE PORTAT APRVM'

  • [cda 2013]

Owner
Private Collection
Repository
Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum, Braunschweig
Location
Braunschweig
CDA ID
DE_HAUMB_GGL3
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_HAUMB_GGL3/

Provenance

  • on permanent loan from a private collection

[Cat. Braunschweig 1976, 15]
[http://bildarchiv.museum-braunschweig.de/displayimage.php?pid=690; 14.08.2012]

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Friedländer, Rosenberg 1978 408A
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
TitleThe Paintings of Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationNew York
Year of Publication1978
Show Literature
Cat. Braunschweig 1976 15 L 3
AuthorSabine Jacob, Rüdiger Klessmann
TitleVerzeichnis der Gemälde vor 1800. Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum Braunschweig
Place of PublicationBraunschweig
Year of Publication1976
Show Literature
Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932 328A
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
Show Literature
  • Hercules and the Erimanthian Boar, after 1537

Images

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  • overall
  • reverse
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Technical studies

03. 2013Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared reflectography
  • irr

Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

Tools/Materials:

- fluid, black medium and brush; in combination with dark chalk?

Type/Ductus:

- freehand underdrawing

- delicate, fine lines as well as thin to broader lines

Function:

- binding for the final painted version; lines delineate contours and describe the essential inner forms; no representation of volume

Deviations:

- minor alterations made during the painting process to clearly define form

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- workshop of Lucas Cranach the Elder; or Lucas Cranach the Younger?

Comments:

- the veins are indicated with dark lines

[Smith, Sandner, Heydenreich, cda 2013]

  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
  • photographed by Ingo Sandner

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