The Nativity and adoration of the Shepherds

The Nativity and adoration of the Shepherds

Titles

The Nativity and adoration of the Shepherds

[cda 2022]

Nativity, above angels, shepherds kneel on the right (Geburt Christi, oben Engel, rechts knien die Hirten)

[Cat. Bamberg 1927, 1, no. 7]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Museen der Stadt Bamberg, revised 2022]

The painting shows the Virgin Mary and Joseph kneeling beside the crib within a walled stable. It contains the naked infant Christ surrounded by numerous angels. More angels frolic in the clouds above. At the left edge of the painting the amazed shepherds appear, while at the right edge an

The painting shows the Virgin Mary and Joseph kneeling beside the crib within a walled stable. It contains the naked infant Christ surrounded by numerous angels. More angels frolic in the clouds above. At the left edge of the painting the amazed shepherds appear, while at the right edge an opening in the wall reveals a landscape, showing a small representation of the annunciation to the shepherds in the distance.

[cda 2022]

Attributions
Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Museen der Stadt Bamberg, cda 2022]

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Cat. Bamberg 1927, 1, no. 7]

Production dates
before 1750
1540

Production dates

before 1750

[cda 2022]

1540

[dated, not genuine, cda 2022]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 73 x 127 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 73 x 127 cm

  • [Museen der Stadt Bamberg, revised 2022]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia on the crib: serpent with wings, facing left and dated '1540'; in yellow paint [not genuine, cda 2022]

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia on the crib: serpent with wings, facing left and dated '1540'; in yellow paint [not genuine, cda 2022]

Owner
Museen der Stadt Bamberg
Repository
Museen der Stadt Bamberg
Location
Bamberg
CDA ID
DE_HMB_7
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_HMB_7/

Provenance

  • 1832 bequested by the minister Andreas Schellenberger (1746-1832)
    [Museen der Stadt Bamberg, revised 2022]

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Cat. Dessau 1927 1 007
Authorn. a.
TitleKatalog der städtischen Kunst und Gemäldesammlung Bamberg
Place of PublicationBamberg
Year of Publication1927
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Research History / Discussion

Other versions of this composition are recorded. One has the same horizontal format, but its present whereabout are unknown. The composition of anoter one has been adapted to a vertical format [PL_MNP_Mo108].

[cda 2022]

  • The Nativity and adoration of the Shepherds, before 1750

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Technical studies

12.08.2022Scientific analysis

  • Instrumental material analysis

Sample paint spots were anayliszed employing XRF and the following elements in the paint were detected:

Sample 1: angel's wing

Elements detected: Sn, Pb, Hg, Fe, Cu, Ca

Interpretation: Pb: lead white/red lead; Sn, Pb: lead tin yellow; Cu: pigment containing copper/siccative; Fe: iron oxide or ochre; Ca: chalk or gypsum

Sample 2: blue robe

Elements detected: Pb, Cu, Fe, Ca

Interpretation: Pb: lead white/red lead; Cu: pigment containing copper/siccative; Fe: iron oxide or ochre; Ca: chalk or gypsum

[see graph showing XRF results]

  • analysed by Diana Blumenroth
  • analysiert von Gunnar Heydenreich

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