Retabel of the Vineyard in the Franciscan church, Salzwedel [central panel]: The Lord's Vineyard

Retabel of the Vineyard in the Franciscan church, Salzwedel [central panel]: The Lord's Vineyard

Title

Retabel of the Vineyard in the Franciscan church, Salzwedel [central panel]: The Lord's Vineyard

[cda 2013]

Painting on oak wood

Medium

Painting on oak wood

[cda 2013]

The Lord's Vineyard is defined as the central motif of the composition by a surrounding fence, which separates it from the landscape behind. A path divides this vineyard into two sections: in the left half the catholic clerics practice exhaustive cultivation, while in the right half leading figures of Protestantism

The Lord's Vineyard is defined as the central motif of the composition by a surrounding fence, which separates it from the landscape behind. A path divides this vineyard into two sections: in the left half the catholic clerics practice exhaustive cultivation, while in the right half leading figures of Protestantism nurture the vines and allow them to flourish in luscious green. In the foreground a procession of clerics, lead by the pope, has stepped beyond the fenced area to meet with Christ and the apostles. Christ appears to have just placed a coin in the pope's hand.

[Görres, cda 2013]

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Younger and Workshop

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Younger and Workshop

[Schade 1974, 96, 98]

Production date
1582

Production date

1582

[dated]

Dimensions
Dimension of painted surface: 167.5 x 145.4 (clear dimension)

Dimensions

  • Dimension of painted surface: 167.5 x 145.4 (clear dimension)

  • Dimensions including frame: 192 x 169.8 x 6.7 cm

  • [cda 2013]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia winged serpent with dropped wings, facing left, and dated '1582'

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia winged serpent with dropped wings, facing left, and dated '1582'

  • [cda 2013]

Inscriptions and Labels

Each of the 20 reformers is furnished with a letter in alphabetical order.

on the sheets held by Luther:
'Servus …

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

  • Each of the 20 reformers is furnished with a letter in alphabetical order.

  • on the sheets held by Luther:

  • 'Servus LEO X. PP servorum

  • Indulgentiae plenariae, plus

  • valent in fatis faci

  • ento et relaxando tot

  • aliter celeriter et sin

  • gulariter, sed opera'

  • (Servants of the servant Pope Leo X complete indulgence can be achieved more by one who does penance and the forgiveness is total, quick and unique, but also the work is meaningful)

  • 'So balt der grosch

  • Im Kasten klingt

  • Alsbald die seel

  • gehn Himmel sich

  • schwingt'

    • on a book in Luther's pile:
  • 'DECRETALES' (canonical code)

    • on the handle of Luther's rake:
  • 'QVIA TVRB[A]STI NOS, EXTRVRBET TE DEVS IN DIE HAC'

  • (because you have bewildered us, may God dispel you on Judgement Day.)

    • on the predella beneath the panel in three columns:
  • 'Wundern Magstu o leserr mildt,

  • Was das sey Für Ein seltzam Bildt,

  • So stehen thut an Dieser Stadt,

  • Vnd viel gemeldes insich hadt.

  • So wisse und merke fleissig drauff,

  • Was beteuten die zwene hauff.

  • Der bergk die Christliche Kirch bedeudt,

  • Daein seindt bos vndt fromme leudt.

  • Auff Einer Seidt papisten sindt,

  • Ein bos vnd Abgöttisch gesindt

  • Die reissen Gottes Weinberg Ein.

  • So er gebawet durchs wordt sein,

  • Den brunn Des Lebens sie auch Füllen,

  • Durch ihre werck gottes gnade zu hüllen,

  • Verfinstern also gottes wordt.

  • Das leuchtet klar an allem Ort.

  • Dargegen auff der andern Seit

  • Stehen viel tapfer gelerte leut,

  • Mit ihren Instrumenten all

  • So man inn Weinberg haben sol

  • Die reumen schneiden binden hawen,

  • Die kirche gottes Thun sie bauwen,

  • Sie tilgen auss alle Falsche lehr,

  • Thun Trewlich fordern gottes ehr.

  • Den brun des lebens auch gar Rein,

  • Sie wider thun aus reumen fein,

  • Vndt machen wider offenbar,

  • Gottes gnade so verfinstert war.

  • Die rechte meinung O frommer Christ,

  • Dieses Kunstreichen bildes ist.

  • Darumb danck du gott für Seine gnad,

  • Der vns sein wort wider geben hat,

  • Vnd bit Das Ers erhalte Rein,

  • Bis wir kommen Ihns Reich sein,

  • Welches vns von Christo ist bereit,

  • Mit allen gleubigen in Ewigkeit.'

  • [Kalmbach 2007, 29-30]

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

    • incised in the fountain on the right:
  • 'IWC'

  • 'SN'

  • 'IN:NRP'

  • [Kalmbach 2007, 29-30]

Owner
Johann-Friedrich-Danneil-Museum Salzwedel
Repository
Johann-Friedrich-Danneil-Museum Salzwedel
Location
Salzwedel
CDA ID
DE_JFDMS_K700a
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_JFDMS_K700a/

Provenance

  • from the church in the former Franciscan monastery, Salzwedel, there until 1968
    [Kalmbach 2007, 5]

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Sandner, Heydenreich, Smith-Contini 2015 128, 136, 138, Fn. 80 Figs. 0, 9
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
Slenczka 2011 429-435, 439
AuthorRuth Slenczka
TitleStädtische Konfessionskultur im Spiegel der Kirchenausstattung: Die Mönchskirche von Salzwedel und das Weinbergretabel von Lucas Cranach d. J. (1582)
Publicationin Jirí Fajt, Wilfried Franzen, Peter Knüvener, eds., Die Altmark von 1300 bis 1600. Eine Kulturregion im Spannungsfeld von Magdeburg, Lübeck und Berlin
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication2011
Pages421-439
Kalmbach 2007
AuthorUlrich Kalmbach
TitleDer Weinberg-Altar von Lucas Cranach d. J. aus der Mönchskirche in Salzwedel
Place of PublicationLeipzig
Issue2nd edition
Year of Publication2007
Schulze 2004 195-198, 201-202
AuthorIngrid Schulze
TitleLucas Cranach d. J. und die protestantische Bildkunst in Sachsen und Thüringen. Frömmigkeit, Theologie, Fürstenreformation
Place of PublicationBucha near Jena
Year of Publication2004
Schade 1974
AuthorWerner Schade
TitleDie Malerfamilie Cranach
Place of PublicationDresden
Year of Publication1974
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/schade1974

Research History / Discussion

Kalmbach 2007, 14 assumes the letters asigned to each reformer infer that the retabel originally had a written key, which contained the names of the represented figures.

[Görres, cda 2013]

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07. 2013Technical examination / Scientific analysis

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Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

Tools/Materials:

- initial design fixed with a dry drawing material; dark chalk

Type/Ductus:

- freehand underdrawing

- delicate, fine to thin lines

- very occasional hatching-strokes

Function:

- relatively binding for the final painted version; lines delineate contours and indicate the essential features; occasional representation of volume with hatching-strokes

Deviations:

- alterations made during the painting process

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- Lucas Cranach the Younger

[Smith, Sandner, Heydenreich revised 2014]

  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
  • photographed by Ingo Sandner

2013Technical Examination

Support

The support consists of vertically aligned old planks, on the recto the original dovetails are visible

[cda 2013]

  • examined by Gunnar Heydenreich
  • examined by Ingo Sandner

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