Epitah painting for Princess Agnes of Anhalt: Crucified Christ

Epitah painting for Princess Agnes of Anhalt: Crucified Christ

Titles

Epitah painting for Princess Agnes of Anhalt: Crucified Christ

[cda 2015]

Epitaph for Princess Agnes of Anhalt

[Schulze 2004, 168]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Schade 1974, 389]

The painting depicts a crucifixion in front of an expansive landscape. Christ's loincloth extends out on either side creating artifical arabesque forms and beneath him the duke of Anhalt's family kneels in an attitude of prayer. Joachim Ernst of Anhalt is shown on the left, his two sons Johann Georg

The painting depicts a crucifixion in front of an expansive landscape. Christ's loincloth extends out on either side creating artifical arabesque forms and beneath him the duke of Anhalt's family kneels in an attitude of prayer. Joachim Ernst of Anhalt is shown on the left, his two sons Johann Georg I. and Christian I. in front of him. Agnes, duchess of Anhalt, born Countess of Barby, who died in 1559 and to whom her husband dedicated this epitaph is represented on the right. The daughters Anna-Maria, Agnes, Elizabeth and Sybille kneel in front of her.

Beneath the dark cloudy sky, that can be associated with the crucifixion, an expansive landscape extends into the pictorial space. It shows a veduta of Nienburg, which was the Anhalt seat of residence.

[Görres, cda 2015]

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Younger

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Younger

[Schade 1974, 95] [Melzer 2005, 56]

Production date
1570

Production date

1570

[dated]

Dimensions
Dimensions of visible surface: 292.5 x 231.5 cm [Heydenreich, cda 2015]

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of visible surface: 292.5 x 231.5 cm [Heydenreich, cda 2015]

  • Dimensions including frame: 305 x 240 cm [Schade 1974, 389]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia and date on the cross: serpent with dropped wings and dated '1570'.

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia and date on the cross: serpent with dropped wings and dated '1570'.

  • [cda 2015]

Inscriptions and Labels

On the cross: 'INRI'
[cda 2015]

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

  • On the cross:

  • 'INRI'

  • [cda 2015]

Owner
Evangelische Kirchengemeinde St. Johannis und St. Marien, Nienburg
Repository
Evangelische Kirchengemeinde St. Johannis und St. Marien, Nienburg
Location
Nienburg
CDA ID
DE_KJMN_NONE-KJMN001
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_KJMN_NONE-KJMN001/

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Dülberg 2015 43-45
AuthorAngelica Dülberg
TitleDie Gestaltung des zweiten Eingangsraumes im Gotischen Haus mit Gemälden und Reliefs aus dem Dessauer Renaissanceschloss
Publicationin Kulturstiftung Dessau-Wörlitz, ed., Cranach im Gotischen Haus in Wörlitz, Exhib. Cat. Wörlitz
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication2015
Pages37-46
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Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005 466, 467 040 (under) Fig. 206
EditorHarald Marx, Karin Kolb, Ingrid Mössinger
TitleCranach Anlässlich der Ausstellung Cranach vom 13. November 2005 bis 12. März 2006 in den Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz. Eine Ausstellung in Kooperation mit der Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister der Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen Dresden
Place of PublicationCologne
Year of Publication2005
Show Literature
Melzer 2005 56
AuthorReinhard Melzer
TitleCranach in Wörlitz. Das Gotische Haus als frühe Sammlungsstätte altdeutscher Malerei
Publicationin Harald Marx, Ingrid Mössinger, Karin Kolb, ed., Cranach. Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz
Place of PublicationCologne
Year of Publication2005
Pages44-58
Show Literature
Schulze 2004 167, 214, 217 p. 168
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
Show Literature
Wiemers 2000 21
AuthorMichael Wiemers
TitleDie Ehebildnisse des Fürsten Joachim Ernst von Anhalt und seiner Gemahlin Agnes von Barby von Lucas Cranach dem Jüngeren
Publicationin Ulf Dräger, Kristina Bake, eds., "Die Güter dieser Welt": Schätze der Lutherzeit aus den Sammlungen der Moritzburg Halle [Exhib. Cat. Halle]
Place of PublicationHalle
Year of Publication2000
Pages11-21
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Lorenz 1993
AuthorUdo Lorenz
TitleDie ehemalige Klosterkirche St. Marien und St. Cyprian in Nienburg an der Saale
SeriesGroße Baudenkmäler
Volume479
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication1993
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Schade 1974 95, 98, 389, 468 p. 433a
AuthorWerner Schade
TitleDie Malerfamilie Cranach
Place of PublicationDresden
Year of Publication1974
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/schade1974
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Schade 1968 B 74 3
AuthorWerner Schade
TitleDie Epitaphbilder Lucas Cranach d. J.
Publicationin Bozena Steinborn, ed., Ze Studiów nad Sztuka XVI Wieku na Slasku i w Krajach Sasiednich(Materialy z konferencji urzadzonej przez Muzeum Slaskie we Wroclaw 10 i 17 grudnia 1966 roku)
Place of PublicationBreslau
Year of Publication1968
Pages63-76
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Technical studies

03. 2015Technical examination / Scientific analysis

Support

The support consists of 22 vertically aligned planks

[Heydenreich, cda 2015]

  • examined by Gunnar Heydenreich

03. 2015Technical examination / Scientific analysis

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Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

Tools/Material:

- dry drawing material (dark chalk)

Type/Ductus:

- very detailed freehand underdrawing

- fine lines

Function:

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

Deviations:

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

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- Lucas Cranach the Younger

Comments:

- the heads were presumably transferred (traced) from a pre-existing design

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

  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
  • photographed by Ingo Sandner

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