Allegory of Love

Allegory of Love

Title

Allegory of Love

[CDA 2010]

Painting on limewood

Medium

Painting on limewood

[Klein report, 03.03.2016]

Painting on wood (hardwood: poplar or lime)

[Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg, revised 2010]

The Allegory of Love is personified as mother's love in the form of a woman, who holds a naked infant in her arms and embraces another child with her left arm.

[Herrschaft, cda 2015]

Attributions
Master HB (with a griffin's head)
Follower of Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Master HB (with a griffin's head)

[Cat. Coburg 2018, 110]

Follower of Lucas Cranach the Elder

Lucas Cranach der Ältere (Schule)
[Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg, revised 2010]

Production dates
1509
about 1540 - 1550

Production dates

1509

[dated]

about 1540 - 1550

[Cat. Coburg 2018, 110]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 51.5 x 38 (plus an additional 0.5 cm, which is hidden by the grooved frame) x 1.2 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 51.5 x 38 (plus an additional 0.5 cm, which is hidden by the grooved frame) x 1.2 cm

  • [Cat. Coburg 2018, 110]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia bottom right, above the remains of an old label: winged serpent and dated '1509' (the date is barely visible today)

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia bottom right, above the remains of an old label: winged serpent and dated '1509' (the date is barely visible today)

  • [Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg, revised 2010]

Inscriptions and Labels

none Reverse: - label HKA
[Cat. Coburg 2018, 110]

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

  • none

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

  • Reverse: - label HKA

  • [Cat. Coburg 2018, 110]

Owner
Veste Coburg Kunstsammlungen
Repository
Veste Coburg Kunstsammlungen
Location
Coburg
CDA ID
DE_KSVC_M057
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_KSVC_M057/

Connected Works

Allegory of Faith
  • Allegory of Faith, 1509
  • DE_KSVC_M058
  • Painting
  • Veste Coburg Kunstsammlungen

Provenance

  • 1826 Gotha, Art Cabinet, Friedenstein castle, Picture Gallery
  • 1856 Ducal Art and Antiquities Collection, Coburg (Herzogliche Kunst- und Altertümersammlung der Veste Coburg (HKA))
  • 1919 Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg (KVC)
    [Cat. Coburg 2018, 110]

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Cat. Coburg 2018 110-112, 114-116 19 Pl. p. 112, Fig. 2
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
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Rathgeber 1835 431
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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Research History / Discussion

Looks like 'Master H B with Griffon's Head'

[comment by cda user Paul Jeromack, 27 Jan. 2012]

  • Allegory of Love, 1509

Images

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  • overall
  • overall

Technical studies

2018Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared reflectography

Support

- limewood

- four vertically aligned boards with butt joints. (I: 8.0 cm; II: 14 cm; III: 12 cm; IV: 4 cm)

- saw marks are visible along the joins between boards I/II and III/IV

Ground and Imprimatura

- chalk ground

Underdrawing

- executed in a fluid medium with a broad brush, deviates considerably from the final painted version

Framing

- probably original frame

- fluted profile with two different finishes one on top of the other; the lower one is probably original

[Cat. Coburg 2018, 110]

03.03.2016Scientific analysis

  • Dendrochronology / identification of wood species

Support

Identification of wood species: limewood

[Klein report, 03.03.2016]

  • analysed by Peter Klein

Condition Reports

Date2018

Support:

  • the planks are warped and loose

  • the reverse exhibits toolmarks from the thinning process. The panel was thinned and chamfered along the edges to slide it into the grooved frame. Otherwise the surface is rather rough. Two paper strips were attached along the join between planks II and III. The reverse has been stained a reddish-brown

Paint layers:

  • various tiny point retouches

  • losses along the edges of the panel

  • the artist's insignia is located beneath a thick varnish layer

[Cat. Coburg 2018, 110]

Conservation History

Date2014

Conservation treatment (with a detailed treatment report)

[Cat. Coburg 2018, 110]

  • conservation treatment by Petra Zenkel-Schirmer

Date1985

Conservation treatment (with a detailed condition report)

[Cat. Coburg 2018, 110]

  • conservation treatment by Anita Krohmer

Citing from the Cranach Digital Archive

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