Sts Genevieve and Apollonia [Copy of the retabel of St Catherine, exterior of left wing]

Sts Genevieve and Apollonia [Copy of the retabel of St Catherine, exterior of left wing]

Title

Sts Genevieve and Apollonia [Copy of the retabel of St Catherine, exterior of left wing]

[cda 2015]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Kulturstiftung Dessau Wörlitz; http://www.museum-digital.de/san/index.php?t=objekt&oges=16573; accessed 7 April 2015]

Saints Genevieve and Apollonia are shown standing against a black background beneath a golden garland of fruit. Genevieve is wearing a black and gold dress with the letters GSE on her chest and holds a long burning candle in her hands. Apollonia is dressed in red and holds a pair

Saints Genevieve and Apollonia are shown standing against a black background beneath a golden garland of fruit. Genevieve is wearing a black and gold dress with the letters GSE on her chest and holds a long burning candle in her hands. Apollonia is dressed in red and holds a pair of tongs as a symbol of her martyrdom.

The panel is a copy of the external right wing panel from the St Catharine Altarpiece by Lucas Cranach, now in the National Gallery London.

[http://www.museum-digital.de/san/index.php?t=objekt&oges=16573] (accessed 10.04.2015)

Attribution
Daniel Fritsch (Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder)

Attribution

Daniel Fritsch (Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder)

[Kulturstiftung Dessau Wörlitz; http://www.museum-digital.de/san/index.php?t=objekt&oges=16573; accessed 7 April 2015] [Schölzel 2005, 182]

Production date
1586

Production date

1586

[dated]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 125 x 64 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 125 x 64 cm

  • [Kulturstiftung Dessau Wörlitz; http://www.museum-digital.de/san/index.php?t=objekt&oges=16573; accessed 7 April 2015]

Signature / Dating

Central panel signed and dated.

Signature / Dating

  • Central panel signed and dated.

  • [cda 2015]

Inscriptions and Labels
  • on the dress of St Genevieve:
    'GSE'
    [cda 2015]

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

    • on the dress of St Genevieve:

  • 'GSE'

  • [cda 2015]

Owner
Kulturstiftung Dessau Wörlitz
Repository
Kulturstiftung Dessau Wörlitz, Gotisches Haus (The Gothic House)
Location
Wörlitz
CDA ID
DE_KsDW_I-187
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_KsDW_I-187/

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Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Exhib. Cat. Wörlitz 2015 130-131
EditorKulturstiftung Dessau Wörlitz
EditingWolfgang Savelsberg
TitleCranach im Gotischen Haus in Wörlitz, [Wörlitz, Gotisches Haus, 15 May - 4 Oct. 2015]
SeriesKataloge und Schriften der Kulturstiftung Dessau Wörlitz
Volume35
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication2015
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Kolb 2015 B 185
AuthorKarin Kolb
TitleCarl Heinrich von Heineken und die Cranach-Rezeption im 18. Jahrhundert
Publicationin Kulturstiftung Dessau-Wörlitz, ed., Cranach im Gotischen Haus in Wörlitz, Exhib. Cat. Wörlitz
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication2015
Pages179-193
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Melzer 2015 B 156-157
AuthorReinhard Melzer
TitleDer Cranach-Bestand des Gotischen Hauses
Publicationin Kulturstiftung Dessau-Wörlitz, ed., Cranach im Gotischen Haus in Wörlitz, Exhib. Cat. Wörlitz
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication2015
Pages149-162
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Rebmann 2015 224-225 7
AuthorRuben Rebmann
TitleDas Geistliche Cabinet im Dessauer Residenzschloss (1665-1750). Eine Cranach-Sammlung der Vorgänger des Fürsten Leopold III. Friedrich Franz von Anhalt Dessau
Publicationin Kulturstiftung Dessau-Wörlitz, ed., Cranach im Gotischen Haus in Wörlitz, Exhib. Cat. Wörlitz
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication2015
Pages217-228
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Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005 380, 381, 385 under No. 29 Fig. 173
EditorHarald Marx, Karin Kolb, Ingrid Mössinger
TitleCranach Anlässlich der Ausstellung Cranach vom 13. November 2005 bis 12. März 2006 in den Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz. Eine Ausstellung in Kooperation mit der Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister der Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen Dresden
Place of PublicationCologne
Year of Publication2005
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Kolb 2005 A 144
AuthorKarin Kolb
TitleCranach - Die Gemälde in Dresden und ihre Geschichte
Publicationin Harald Marx, Ingrid Mössinger, Karin Kolb, eds., Cranach. Gemälde aus Dresden, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz
Place of PublicationCologne
Year of Publication2005
Pages112-173
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Melzer 2005 49-51, 54 Pl. 16, Fig. 3
AuthorReinhard Melzer
TitleCranach in Wörlitz. Das Gotische Haus als frühe Sammlungsstätte altdeutscher Malerei
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Place of PublicationCologne
Year of Publication2005
Pages44-58
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Schölzel 2005 182
AuthorChristoph Schölzel
TitleZeichnungen unter der Farbschicht. Zu den Unterzeichnungen von Cranachs Gemälden in der Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister und in der Rüstkammer Dresden
Publicationin Harald Marx, Ingrid Mössinger, Karin Kolb, eds., Cranach. Gemälde aus Dresden, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz
Place of PublicationCologne
Year of Publication2005
Pages182-197
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Hartmann 1913
AuthorAdolph Hartmann
TitleDer Wörlitzer Park und seine Kunstschätze
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1913
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Rode 1818 2-5
AuthorAugust Rode
TitleDas Gothische Haus zu Wörlitz, nebst anderen Ergänzungen der Beschreibung des Herzoglichen Landhauses und Gartens zu Wörlitz
Place of PublicationDessau
Year of Publication1818
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