St Jerome

Title

St Jerome

[CDA 2010]

Painting on wood, transferred to a new wooden support

Medium

Painting on wood, transferred to a new wooden support

[Weschenfelder, Exhib. Cat. Coburg 2003, 72]

In a wooded mountain landscape the saint kneels before a crucifix, which is mounted on a tree stump. He has put the cardinal's attributes, a red cloak and hat to one side so that he can beat his breast with a stone. The lion nuzzles up to him trustingly.

Attributions: Lucas Cranach the Elder
Lucas Cranach the Elder (and Workshop)

Attributions

Lucas Cranach the Elder	[Cat. Coburg 2018, 64] [Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg, revised 2010]
Lucas Cranach the Elder (and Workshop)	[Exhib. Cat. Düsseldorf 2017, 280, No. 173]

Production date: about 1515 - 1518

Production date

about 1515 - 1518

[Cat. Coburg 2018, 64] [Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg, revised 2010]

Dimensions: Dimensions of support: 37 x 27.2 x 0.2 cm (thinned original panel)/1.3 cm (including the attached blockboard)

Dimensions

Dimensions of support: 37 x 27.2 x 0.2 cm (thinned original panel)/1.3 cm (including the attached blockboard)
[Cat. Coburg 2018, 64]

Signature / Dating: none

Inscriptions and Labels: none Reverse: - label: 'Sammlung Georg Schäfer Schweinfurt Nr. 53472168'
[Cat. Coburg 2018, 64]

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

none

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

Reverse: - label: 'Sammlung Georg Schäfer Schweinfurt Nr. 53472168'
[Cat. Coburg 2018, 64]

Owner: Oberfrankenstiftung
Repository: Veste Coburg Kunstsammlungen
Location: Coburg

CDA ID: DE_KSVC_M415
FR (1978) Nr.: FR-none
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_KSVC_M415/

Provenance

1928 Galerie St. Lucas (Fred Mont), Vienna
1929 expertise Max J. Friedländer
1936 Collection D. A. E. Bye, Philadelphia, USA [Source: Courtauld Institute, Witt Library, London]
1936 expertise Max J. Friedländer, Berlin
1954 expertise Ernst Buchner, Munich and Max J. Friedländer, Amsterdam
1954 Heinrich Neufang and Martin Schoenemann
1958 Julius Böhler, Munich
1964 Collection Georg Schäfer, Schweinfurt (Inv. no. 4721) aquired by Scheidwimmer, Munich
2003 Oberfrankenstiftung, Bayreuth
since 2003 on permanent loan to the Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg
[Cat. Coburg 2018, 64]

Exhibitions

Coburg 2003
Düsseldorf 2017, no. 173

Literature

Reference on page

Catalogue Number

Figure / Plate

Cat. Coburg 2018

64-66

Pl. p. 65, Fig. 1

Author	Klaus Weschenfelder
Title	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 Publication	Regensburg
Year of Publication	2018

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Weschenfelder 2018 A

Author	Klaus Weschenfelder
Title	Cranach in Coburg.
Publication	in 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 Publication	Regensburg
Year of Publication	2018
Pages	7-23

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Exhib. Cat. Düsseldorf 2017

280-281

No. 173

Editor	Gunnar Heydenreich, Daniel Görres, Beat Wismer
Title	Lucas Cranach der Ältere. Meister - Marke - Moderne. [anlässlich der Ausstellung "Cranach. Meister - Marke - Moderne", Stiftung Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf, 08. April 2017 - 30. Juli 2017]
Place of Publication	Munich
Year of Publication	2017

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Heydenreich 2017 A

Author	Gunnar Heydenreich
Title	Cranach? Fragen der Zuschreibung im Lichte kunsttechnologischer Untersuchungen
Publication	in Gunnar Heydenreich, Daniel Görres, Beat Wismer, eds., Lucas Cranach der Ältere. Meister - Marke - Moderne. [Exhib. Cat. Düsseldorf 2017]
Place of Publication	Munich
Year of Publication	2017
Link	https://lucascranach.org/application/files/7316/7870/1704/Heydenreich_2017_Cranach_Fragen_der_Zuschreibung.pdf
Pages	72-81

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Wadum 2015

197

Author	Jorgen Wadum
Title	Cranach, His Sons, and Their Workshop. the Never-ending Problem of Hands (Part I)
Publication	in Elke A. Werner, Anne Eusterschulte, Gunnar Heydenreich, eds., Lucas Cranach der Jüngere und die Reformation der Bilder
Place of Publication	Munich
Year of Publication	2015
Pages	191-199

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Cat. Coburg 2003

Author	Klaus Weschenfelder
Editor	LWL-Museum für Kunst und Kultur, Münster, KulturStiftung der Länder
Title	Altdeutsche Bilder der Sammlung Georg Schäfer. Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg
Series	Patrimonia
Volume	256
Place of Publication	Berlin
Year of Publication	2003

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Exhib. Cat. Schweinfurt 1985

No. 9

Plate p. 70

Author	Isolde Lübbeke, Bruno Bushart
Title	Altdeutsche Bilder der Sammlung Georg Schäfer Schweinfurt
Place of Publication	Schweinfurt
Year of Publication	1985

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Research History / Discussion

There is another version in a Swiss private collection

[Heydenreich, CDA 2011]

'The popularity of the composition is proved by numerous versions of the same size, which differ only slightly, two of these owned by the Bayerischen Staatsgemäldesammlungen (WAF 187 and 189) demonstrate the manner in which the Cranach workshop reproduced a successful pictorial type on demand.'

[Weschenfelder, Exhib. Cat. Coburg 2003, 70]

St Jerome, about 1515 - 1518

Images

Technical studies

2018Technical Examination

Support

- two vertically aligned and butt-joined planks. Plank I: 20.7 cm; plank II: 6.5 cm

- according to Heinrich Neufang (see conservation report) the panel had not been cropped

Ground and Imprimatura

- chalk ground

[Cat. Coburg 2018, 64]

2017Technical examination / Scientific analysis

Infrared reflectography

Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

Tools/Material:

- fluid, black medium, brush; possibly executed in two stages

Type/Ductus:

- relatively freehand underdrawing; the carefully executed outlines suggest that they were probably transferred from a pre-existing design

- thin to somewhat broader lines

- occasional hatching-strokes in the body

Function:

- relatively binding for the painted version, lines define the main contours and describe essential details and facial features; occasional use of hatching-strokes to define volume

Deviations:

- minor corrections were made to forms during the painting process; small changes (e. g. the position of the lion’s eyes and his mouth; the hat and the robe

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- workshop of Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Sandner, Smith-Contini, Heydenreich, cda 2018]

photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
photographed by Ingo Sandner

Condition Reports

Date2018

Support:

the reverse is attached to a blockboard

Varnish:

relatively, matt varnish, slightly discoloured, drying cracks

[Cat. Coburg 2018, 64]

Conservation History

Date1954

transferred to a blockboard

[Cat. Coburg 2018, 64]

conservation treatment by Heinrich Neufang

Versions

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