St Christopher and St Catherine

St Christopher and St Catherine

Title

St Christopher and St Catherine

[CDA 2010]

Painting on fir

Medium

Painting on fir

[Cat. Coburg 2018, 52]
[Klein report 03.03.2016]

On the left St Christopher carries the infant Christ on his shoulders across a river supported by a large stick. According to the legend a hermit, who is visible here in the background, lives on the banks of the river. St Catherine stands on the right with her back turned

On the left St Christopher carries the infant Christ on his shoulders across a river supported by a large stick. According to the legend a hermit, who is visible here in the background, lives on the banks of the river. St Catherine stands on the right with her back turned to St Christopher. She is wearing a crown and a golden dress with a red cloak. In her hand she holds the sword used to decapitated her.

[Görres, cda 2015]

Attributions
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder
Lucas Cranach the Elder and workshop

Attributions

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg, revised 2010]

Lucas Cranach the Elder and workshop

[Cat. Coburg 2018, 52]

Production dates
about 1513 - 1518
about 1510

Production dates

about 1513 - 1518

[Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg, revised 2010]

about 1510

[Maedebach, Exhib. Cat. Coburg 1972, No. 6]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 60.6 x 50.8 x 0.55 cm (original panel)/2.0 cm (including cradle)

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 60.6 x 50.8 x 0.55 cm (original panel)/2.0 cm (including cradle)

  • [Cat. Coburg 2018, 52]

  • Dimensions of support: 60.5 x 50.9 cm (the panel has been trimmed at the bottom)

  • [Maedebach, Exhib. Cat. Coburg 1972, No. 6]

Signature / Dating

none

Inscriptions and Labels

none Reverse of the panel: - handwritten: 'No.'
[Cat. Coburg 2018, 52]

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

  • none

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

  • Reverse of the panel: - handwritten: 'No.'

  • [Cat. Coburg 2018, 52]

Owner
Veste Coburg Kunstsammlungen
Repository
Veste Coburg Kunstsammlungen
Location
Coburg
CDA ID
DE_KSVC_M040
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_KSVC_M040/

Connected Works

St George and St Barbara
  • St George and St Barbara, about 1513 - 1518
  • DE_KSVC_M032
  • Painting
  • Veste Coburg Kunstsammlungen

Provenance

  • ducal property, Coburg
  • 1876 Herzogliche Kunst- und Altertümersammlung der Veste Coburg (HKA)
  • 1919 Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg (KVC)
    [Cat. Coburg 2018, 52]

Exhibitions

Coburg 1972, no. 6

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Cat. Coburg 2018 52, 55, 56 6 Pl. p. 54
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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Exhib. Cat. Coburg 1972 No. 6
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
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Flechsig 1900 A 100
AuthorEduard Flechsig
TitleCranachstudien
Volume1
Place of PublicationLeipzig
Year of Publication1900
Link page/n5/mode/2up
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Schuchardt 1871 139-140 23
AuthorChristian Schuchardt
TitleLucas Cranach des Aeltern Leben und Werke. Dritter Theil
Place of PublicationLeipzig
Year of Publication1871
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/schuchardt1871bd3
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  • St Christopher and St Catherine, about 1513 - 1518

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Documents

Technical studies

2018Technical Examination

Support

- fir

- two vertically aligned planks, widths (recto from the right): plank I: 30 cm, plank II: 20.8 cm

Ground and Imprimatura

- chalk ground

[Cat. Coburg 2018, 52]

03.03.2016Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Dendrochronology / identification of wood species

Support

Identification of wood species: fir (Abies sp.).

[Klein report, 03.03.2016]

  • analysed by Peter Klein

Condition Reports

Date2018

Support:

  • cropped at the bottom and top

  • the panel exhibits a convex warp

  • vertical cradle members, pine, the horizontal members were removed in 1985, causing vertical splitting. Later stabilised with 6 balsa wood blocks distributed along the join and splits; two more flat rectangular beech wood blocks; relatively new toolmarks, probably created wen the panel was smoothed

Varnish:

  • the painting has a glossy resin varnish, which was probably repeatedly applied with a brush. Only a few relatively new retouches could be identified under UV light because of the strong fluorescence of this layer.

[Cat. Coburg 2018, 52]

Conservation History

Date1998

Restored

[Cat. Coburg 2018, 52]

  • conservation treatment by Jürgen Holstein

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