Klieken Altarpiece of the Virgin [right wing]: Nativity of the Virgin [recto], Angel of the Annunciation [verso]

Klieken Altarpiece of the Virgin [right wing]: Nativity of the Virgin [recto], Angel of the Annunciation [verso]

Title

Klieken Altarpiece of the Virgin [right wing]: Nativity of the Virgin [recto], Angel of the Annunciation [verso]

[cda 2015]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[cda 2015]

Recto: St Anna lies in bed after childbirth and entrusts a maid in a red dress, standing at her left with her new born child. A rounded baldachin of a red material spans the bed and the bedcovers are made of gold brocade. A second maid stands at the

Recto: St Anna lies in bed after childbirth and entrusts a maid in a red dress, standing at her left with her new born child. A rounded baldachin of a red material spans the bed and the bedcovers are made of gold brocade. A second maid stands at the foot of the bed and fills a bath standing on a box with water.

Verso: The panel depicts the angel Gabriel at the annunciation as a full-length figure in a white robe with a green velvet cloak and standing against a neutral dark background. He holds a glass staff in his left hand and gestures with his right hand.

The wing panel is part of a triptych, the central section of which is occupied by a sculptural group. The Virgin and Child are positioned centrally on a pedestal and are flanked by the smaller figures of St Gertrude of Neville (a distaff and a book) on the left and St Christopher on the right. These two figures like the crucifix on top of the shrine were added later. A carved coat-of-arms belonging to the donor family Isenburg/Eisenberg is attached to the pedestal. The triptych rests on a more recent predella with a representation of the Last Supper.

[Görres, cda 2015]

Attribution
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Köhler, Titze 2009, 12]

Production date
about 1515

Production date

about 1515

[Köhler, Titze 2009, 12]

Dimensions
Dimensions of visible surface: 96.5 x 29 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of visible surface: 96.5 x 29 cm

  • [Heydenreich, cda 2015]

Signature / Dating

None

Owner
Evangelische Hoffnungsgemeinde Zieko
Repository
Kreuzkirche Klieken
Location
Coswig
CDA ID
DE_HZ-KK_NONE-HZ-KK001c
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_HZ-KK_NONE-HZ-KK001c/

Overall view of the piece
Connected Works

Klieken Altarpiece of the Virgin [left wing]: Meeting at the Golden Gate [recto], Virgin of the Annunciation [verso]
  • Klieken Altarpiece of the Virgin [left wing]: Meeting at the Golden Gate [recto], Virgin of the Annunciation [verso], about 1515
  • DE_HZ-KK_NONE-HZ-KK001b
  • Painting
  • Evangelische Hoffnungsgemeinde Zieko

Provenance

  • probably originally created for the German knight's order - Kommende in Aken
  • from there it arrived in Klieken, probably when Aken converted to the Reformation movement in 1540/1541
    [Prasse 2008]
  • 1980 stolen from the Kreuzkirche in Klieken
  • since 2009 returned to the Kreuzkirche Klieken
    [Wendland 2009, 4]

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Heydenreich 2017 A 75
AuthorGunnar Heydenreich
TitleCranach? Fragen der Zuschreibung im Lichte kunsttechnologischer Untersuchungen
Publicationin Gunnar Heydenreich, Daniel Görres, Beat Wismer, eds., Lucas Cranach der Ältere. Meister - Marke - Moderne. [Exhib. Cat. Düsseldorf 2017]
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication2017
Link https://lucascranach.org/application/files/7316/7870/1704/Heydenreich_2017_Cranach_Fragen_der_Zuschreibung.pdf
Pages72-81
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Rüber-Schütte 2016 137-167
EditorElisabeth Rüber-Schütte
TitleLucas Cranach in Sachsen-Anhalt
SeriesKleine Hefte zur Denkmalpflege
Volume10
Place of PublicationHalle
Year of Publication2016
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Titze 2016
AuthorMario Titze
TitleDer Kliekener Altar von Lucas Cranach d. Ä.
Publicationin Elisabeth Rüber-Schütte, ed., Lucas Cranach in Sachsen-Anhalt. Forschungen und Berichte aus der Denkmalpflege
SeriesKleine Hefte zur Denkmalpflege
Volume10
Place of PublicationHalle
Year of Publication2016
Pages137-167
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Exhib. Cat. Gotha, Kassel 2015 100 under No. 4
EditorJulia Carrasco, Justus Lange, Stiftung Schloss Friedenstein, Gotha, Benjamin D. Spira, Timo Trümper
TitleBild und Botschaft. Cranach im Dienst von Hof und Reformation, [Gotha, Herzogliches Museum; Kassel, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Schloss Wilhelmshöhe]
Place of PublicationHeidelberg
Year of Publication2015
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Sandner, Heydenreich, Smith-Contini 2015 131, Fn. 10
AuthorGunnar Heydenreich, Ingo Sandner, Helen Smith-Contini
TitleVeränderungen beim Unterzeichnen in Cranachs Werkstatt und die Arbeitsweise von Sohn Lucas
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/5215/6337/7366/Heydenreich_Sandner_Smith-Contini_2015_-_Unterzeichnung.pdf
Pages128-141
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Exhib. Cat. Halle 2009
EditorHarald Meller
TitleDer Kliekener Cranach-Altar. Rettungsaktion Landesschätze [Landesmuseum für Vorgeschichte Halle, 15.08.-01.11.2009]
SeriesBegleithefte zu Sonderausstellungen im Landesmuseum für Vorgeschichte Halle
Volume1
Place of PublicationHalle
Year of Publication2009
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Köhler, Titze 2009 63
AuthorMathias Köhler, Mario Titze
TitleDie beraubte Kirche von Klieken
Publicationin Harald Meller, ed., Der Kliekener Cranach-Altar. Rettungsaktion Landesschätze [Landesmuseum für Vorgeschichte Halle, 15.08.-01.11.2009]
Place of PublicationHalle
Year of Publication2009
Pages10-15
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Wendland 2009
AuthorUlrike Wendland
TitleHeimgekehrte Landesschätze
Publicationin Harald Meller, ed., Der Kliekener Cranach-Altar. Rettungsaktion Landesschätze [Landesmuseum für Vorgeschichte Halle, 15.08.-01.11.2009]
Place of PublicationHalle
Year of Publication2009
Pages4-5
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Prasse 2008
AuthorMatthias Prasse
TitleStammt Kliekens Altar aus Aken?
JournalMitteldeutsche Zeitung
Issue18.09.2008
Year of Publication2008
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Schade 1974
AuthorWerner Schade
TitleDie Malerfamilie Cranach
Place of PublicationDresden
Year of Publication1974
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/schade1974
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Büttner Pfänner zu Thal 1894 494-495
AuthorFranz Friedrich Ernst Büttner Pfänner zu Thal
TitleAnhalt Bau- und Kunstdenkmäler
Place of PublicationDessau, Leipzig
Year of Publication1894
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  • Klieken Altarpiece of the Virgin [right wing]: Nativity of the Virgin [recto], Angel of the Annunciation [verso], about 1515

Images

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Technical studies

03. 2015Technical examination / Scientific analysis

Support

- an application of tow is attached to the reverse

Framing

- the frame is not original

- the sculptural figures were worked up on the reverse, suggesting they were not originally intended to be placed in a shrine niche

[Heydenreich, cda 2015]

  • examined by Ingo Sandner
  • examined by Gunnar Heydenreich

03. 2015Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared reflectography
  • irr
  • irr

Underdrawing

The Birth of the Virgin [recto]

DESCRIPTION

Tools/Material:

- fluid black medium, brush

Type/Ductus:

- relatively summary freehand underdrawing

- thin to broader lines

- hatching-strokes

Function:

- relatively binding for the final painted version; lines delineate the main contours and define facial features; representation of volume with hatching-strokes

Deviations:

- minor alterations made during the painting process to clearly define forms; almost no changes

Angel from the Annunciation Scene [verso]

DESCRIPTION

Tools/Material:

- fluid black medium, brush

Type/Ductus:

- relatively summary and freehand underdrawing

- thin to broader lines

Function:

- relatively binding for the final painted version; lines delineate the main contours and define facial features; no representation of volume with hatching-strokes

Deviations:

- minor alterations made during the painting process to clearly define forms; almost no changes

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Sandner, Smith-Contini, Heydenreich, cda 2015]

  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
  • photographed by Ingo Sandner

Conservation History

Date2008 - 2009

Conservation treatment

  • conservation treatment by Landesamt für Denkmalpflege und Archäologie Sachsen-Anhalt, Halle

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