The Sermon of John the Baptist

The Sermon of John the Baptist

Title

The Sermon of John the Baptist

[cda 2018]

painting on wood, probably lime wood

Medium

painting on wood, probably lime wood

[Heydenreich, cda 2018]

Attributions
Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder

or workshop
[cda 2019]
'Kopie nach NONE-P263' (copy after...) [Buderer, Hofbauer, in Exhiib. Cat. Mannheim 2011, 26]

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

or copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder
[cda 2019]

Production date
after 1520

Production date

after 1520

[cda 2018]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 40.3 x 26.6 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 40.3 x 26.6 cm

  • [Heydenreich, cda 2018]

Owner
Private Collection
Repository
Museum Bautzen
Location
Bautzen
CDA ID
DE_MB_NONE-MB001
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_MB_NONE-MB001/

Provenance

  • from Schloss Baruth near Bautzen which belonged to the family of Count Solms-Baruth and was expropriated in 1945
  • The Sermon of John the Baptist, after 1520

Images

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Technical studies

03. 2019Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared reflectography
  • irr

Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

Tools/Material:

- initial design possibly executed with a dry drawing material, stylus; subsequently reinforced with a fluid, black medium using a brush

Type/Ductus:

- relatively detailed underdrawing; probably after a pre-existing design

- delicate to somewhat broader lines

Function:

- relatively binding for the final painted version; lines delineate the main contours and describe essential details and facial features; no representation of volume

Deviations:

- minor corrections were made to forms during the painting process; small changes (e. g. the castle in the background, the woman breastfeeding her child (foreground r.)

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- Cranach workshop or copy after Cranach

Comments:

- appears to be a workshop repetition or copy after the motif depicted in PRIVATE_NONE-P263

[Sandner, Smith-Contini, Heydenreich, cda 2019]

  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
  • photographed by Ingo Sandner

Support

- the support is probably lime wood, bad wood quality

- the original surface on the reverse was removed and an intermediate layer (board) was inserted

- the reverse exhibits rough tool marks and a black coating; there are two light areas where the bare wood is visible (fibres may have been removed from these zones)

[Heydenreich, cda 2018]

Versions

Saint John the Baptist preaching in the Wilderness
  • Saint John the Baptist preaching in the Wilderness, after 1520
  • PRIVATE_NONE-P263
  • Painting
  • Private Collection

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