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
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
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
  • Hercules and the Erimanthian Boar, after 1537

Images

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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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