Klitten Altarpiece [right wing]: The Nativity with a Donor

Title

[cda 2017]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[cda 2017]

Inner side: The Nativity and the Adoration of the Shepherds

Exterior: The Virgin depicted as part of a representation of the Annunciation

Attribution: Workshop of Lucas Cranach the Younger

Attribution

Workshop of Lucas Cranach the Younger

[cda 2017]

Production date: before 1587

Production date

before 1587

[cda 2017]

Dimensions: Dimensions of visible painted surface: 159.2 x 56 cm

Dimensions

Dimensions of visible painted surface: 159.2 x 56 cm
Dimensions including frame: 178.5 x 75.5 cm
Dimensions of the whole Altarpiece: 244 x 305 cm
[cda 2017]

Signature / Dating: None

Owner: Ev. Kirchengemeinde Klitten
Repository: Ev. Kirchengemeinde Klitten
Location: Klitten

CDA ID: DE_KK_NONE-KK001c
FR (1978) Nr.: FR-none
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_KK_NONE-KK001c/

Connected Works

Provenance

In 1587 the Evangelical Parish Church received the valuable altarpiece by a follower of Lucas Cranach the Younger. The donor was count Kaspar von Nostitz. The beautiful painting was saved from the flames in 1944 by the courageous action of the local minister Dr. Alpermann.
[http://kirche-klitten.de/klitten/geschichte-klitten] (accessed 01-09-2017)

Klitten Altarpiece [right wing]: The Nativity with a Donor, before 1587

Images

Technical studies

09. 2016Technical examination / Scientific analysis

Infrared reflectography

Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION:

Tools/Material:

- initial design: dry, black drawing material, dark chalk; subsequently reinforced with brushed lines

Type/Ductus:

- freehand underdrawing (probably after a pre-existing design)

- delicate to bolder lines

Function:

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

Deviations:

- minor corrections were made to forms during the painting process; small changes

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- Workshop Lucas Cranach the Younger

[Sandner, Smith-Contini, Heydenreich, cda 2017]

photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
photographed by Ingo Sandner

Citing from the Cranach Digital Archive

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