The Last Judgement [recto]; St Elisabeth and St Magdalene [verso]

The Last Judgement [recto]; St Elisabeth and St Magdalene [verso]

Title

The Last Judgement [recto]; St Elisabeth and St Magdalene [verso]

[CDA 2010]

Painting on fir

Medium

Painting on fir

[Cat. Coburg 2018, 68]
[Klein report, 03.03.2016]

'Recto : The Last Judgement

Verso: St Elisabeth and St Magdalene

The scene is set in a landscape with a bizarre rocky background, in which a castle complex is visible (it recalls the Veste Coburg). St Elizabeth give a poor cripple bread.'

[Maedebach, Exhib. Cat. Coburg 1972, No. 9]

Attributions
Circle of Lucas Cranach the Elder
Hans Kemmer

Attributions

Circle of Lucas Cranach the Elder

Lucas Cranach the Elder (school/workshop)
[Cat. Coburg 2018, 68]
Circle of Lucas Cranach the Elder
[Heydenreich, cda 2010]

Hans Kemmer

'[...] possibly Hans Kemmer, Group of the resurrected after Wolf Huber.'
[Werner Schade, oral communication, 12.12.2002]

Production date
1519

Production date

1519

[dated] the date is located on top of an old varnish layer [Cat. Coburg 2018, 68]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 118 x 91 x 1.1 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 118 x 91 x 1.1 cm

  • [Cat. Coburg 2018, 68]

  • Dimensions of support: 119 x 89.5 cm

  • [Maedebach, Exhib. Cat. Coburg 1972, No. 9]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia bottom right: winged serpent and dated '1519'

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia bottom right: winged serpent and dated '1519'

  • Insignia and date are located above an old varnish layer [Cat. Coburg 2018, 68]

Inscriptions and Labels

none

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

  • none

Owner
Veste Coburg Kunstsammlungen
Repository
Veste Coburg Kunstsammlungen
Location
Coburg
CDA ID
DE_KSVC_M037
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_KSVC_M037/

Provenance

  • Gotha, Art Cabinet (Kunstkammer) Friedenstein castle, picture gallery
  • 1856 Ducal Art and Antiquities Collection, Veste Coburg (Herzogliche Kunst- und Altertümersammlung der Veste Coburg (HKA))
  • 1919 Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg (KVC)
    [Cat. Coburg 2018, 68]

Exhibitions

Leipzig 1937, no. 12
Coburg 1972, no. 9

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Cat. Coburg 2018 68, 70-75 11 Pl. p. 70, Fig. 1
AuthorKlaus Weschenfelder
TitleCranach in Coburg. Gemälde von Lucas Cranach d.Ä., Lucas Cranach d.J., der Werkstatt und des Umkreises in den Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg
Place of PublicationRegensburg
Year of Publication2018
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Weschenfelder 2018 A 14, 18
AuthorKlaus Weschenfelder
TitleCranach in Coburg.
Publicationin Klaus Weschenfelder, ed., Cranach in Coburg. Gemälde von Lucas Cranach d.Ä., Lucas Cranach d.J., der Werkstatt und des Umkreises in den Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg
Place of PublicationRegensburg
Year of Publication2018
Pages7-23
Show Literature
Exhib. Cat. Coburg 1972 No. 9
EditorHeino Maedebach
TitleGraphik aus dem Kupferstichkabinett der Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg. Beiheft: Lucas Cranach d. Ae. und seine Werkstatt: Gemälde
Place of PublicationCoburg
Year of Publication1972
Show Literature
Exhib. Cat. Leipzig 1937 012
EditorMuseum der bildenden Künste, Leipzig
TitleAlte Meister aus mitteldeutschem Besitz. Ausstellung Museum der Bildenden Künste
Place of PublicationLeipzig
Year of Publication1937
Show Literature
Voss, Lehfeldt 1907 561 No. 24
AuthorPaul Lehfeldt, Georg Voss
TitleBau- und Kunst-Denkmäler Thüringens. Herzogthum Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha; Amtsgerichtsbezirke Neustadt, Rodach, Sonnefeld, Königsberg, Coburg
SeriesBau- und Kunstdenkmäler Thüringens
VolumeIV
Place of PublicationJena
Year of Publication1907
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Rathgeber 1835 301
AuthorGeorg Rathgeber
TitleBeschreibung der Herzoglichen Gemälde-Galerie zu Gotha
Place of PublicationGotha
Year of Publication1835
Link https://dhb.thulb.uni-jena.de/receive/ufb_cbu_00011801
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  • The Last Judgement [recto]; St Elisabeth and St Magdalene [verso], 1519

Images

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  • overall
  • reverse
  • irr

Technical studies

2018Technical Examination

Support

- fir

- seven vertically aligned and butt-joined planks. Plank I: 13.7 cm; plank II: 12.8 cm; plank III: 11.8 cm; plank IV: 11.4 cm; plank V: 25.3 cm; plank VI: 12.5 cm, plank VII: 3.4 cm

Ground and Imprimatura

- chalk ground

Paint Layers and Gilding

- the panel is painted on both sides

[Cat. Coburg 2018, 68]

Framing

- frame after 1962 by Pfefferle, Munich; the panel is fixed in the grooved frame, dimensions: 136 x 109.5 x 5.4 cm

[Cat. Coburg 2018, 68]

03.03.2016Scientific analysis

  • Dendrochronology / identification of wood species

Support

Identification of wood species: fir

[Klein report, 03.03.2016]

  • analysiert von Peter Klein

09. 2010Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared reflectography
  • irr

Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

Tools / Materials:

- fluid grey/black medium, brush

Type/Ductus:

- detailed and freehand underdrawing

- fine and broader lines, long and unbroken in combination with some shorter strokes; some hatching-strokes

Function:

- relatively binding for the final painted version; lines delineate contours, define shapes and features; some representation of volume (with hatching strokes)

Deviations:

- minor alterations made during the painted version to clearly define form

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- the underdrawing was executed by an independent workshop member, either while he was still in the workshop or after (Meister IW?, Hans Kemmer?)

Comments:

- probably with reference to a preparatory drawing

[Smith, Sandner, Heydenreich, cda 2012]

  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
  • photographed by Ingo Sandner

Condition Reports

Date2018

Support:

  • fixed in a broad grooved frame (1962)

Varnish:

  • the painting has a glossy resin varnish, which was probably applied repeatedly with a brush. The strong fluorescence of this layer restricts the identification of retouches under UV light to a few relatively new ones.

[Cat. Coburg 2018, 68]

Conservation History

Date1962

Restoration

[Cat. Coburg 2018, 68]

  • conservation treatment by Richard Harzenetter

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