Magdalene Altar: St Valentine [fixed wing panel]

Magdalene Altar: St Valentine [fixed wing panel]

Title

Magdalene Altar: St Valentine [fixed wing panel]

[CDA 2011]

Painting on limewood

Medium

Painting on limewood

[Exhib. Cat. Aschaffenburg 2007, 250]

'On ordinary days, the altar's wings remained closed hiding its large central panel. The weekday panels (outer panels) were deliberately painted in a less elaborate manner than the central panel, with a greatly reduced palette. On festive days, the opening of the altar ceremony was staged with great care. Of

'On ordinary days, the altar's wings remained closed hiding its large central panel. The weekday panels (outer panels) were deliberately painted in a less elaborate manner than the central panel, with a greatly reduced palette. On festive days, the opening of the altar ceremony was staged with great care. Of the four weekday panels, to this day, only three have survived and each of them depicts a saint.

St Valentine was the bishop of Interamna and the patron saint of epileptics. In the painting his patronage is implied by the man lying on his back at the saint's feet.'

[Display board, Stiftsmuseum Aschaffenburg, 2012]

Attributions
Anonymous Master from the Cranach Workshop
Master of the Mass of St Gregory

Attributions

Anonymous Master from the Cranach Workshop

[Exhib. Cat. Aschaffenburg 2007, 250]

Master of the Mass of St Gregory

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. Sup. 6B]

Simon Franck

[Tacke 1992, 33, 41-169]

Production date
about 1520 - 1525

Production date

about 1520 - 1525

[Exhib. Cat. Aschaffenburg 2007, 250]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 233 x 76 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 233 x 76 cm

  • [Exhib. Cat. Aschaffenburg 2007, 250]

Owner
Stiftspfarrei St. Peter und Alexander, Aschaffenburg
Repository
Stiftsmuseum Aschaffenburg
Location
Aschaffenburg
CDA ID
DE_MSA_DepKKPA24-2009
FR (1978) Nr.
FRSup006B
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_MSA_DepKKPA24-2009/

Connected Works

Magdalene Altar: The Resurrection [central panel]
  • Magdalene Altar: The Resurrection [central panel], about 1520 - 1525
  • DE_MSA_DepKKPA23-2009
  • Painting
  • Stiftspfarrei St. Peter und Alexander, Aschaffenburg
Magdalene Altar: Mary Magdalene
  • Magdalene Altar: Mary Magdalene, about 1520 - 1525
  • DE_BStGS_1045
  • Painting
  • Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen
Magdalene Altar: St Chrysostom
  • Magdalene Altar: St Chrysostom, about 1520 - 1525
  • DE_BStGS_1046
  • Painting
  • Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen
Magdalene Altar: St Martha
  • Magdalene Altar: St Martha, about 1520 - 1525
  • DE_BStGS_1047
  • Painting
  • Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen
Magdalene Altar: St Lazarus
  • Magdalene Altar: St Lazarus, about 1520 - 1525
  • DE_BStGS_1043
  • Painting
  • Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen
Magdalene Altar: Jonah and the Whale [predella]
  • Magdalene Altar: Jonah and the Whale [predella], about 1520 - 1525
  • DE_BStGS_9783
  • Painting
  • Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen

Provenance

  • until 1541 in the Stiftskirche Halle (Collegial Church, Halle)
    [Exhib. Cat. Aschaffenburg 2007, 250]

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Sandner 2021 78
AuthorIngo Sandner
TitleDie Werkstattpraxis Lucas Cranach des Älteren
Publicationin Dagmar Täube, ed., Lucas Cranach der Ältere und Hans Kemmer. Meistermaler zwischen Renaissance und Reformation [Lübeck, St. Annen-Museum]
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication2021
Pages71-81
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Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011 136 No. 1043
AuthorMartin Schawe
EditorBayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen
TitleCranach in Bayern
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication2011
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Exhib. Cat. Aschaffenburg 2007 248, 250 No. 1d Fig. p. 248
EditorGerhard Ermischer, Andreas Tacke
TitleCranach im Exil. Aschaffenburg um 1540. Zuflucht - Schatzkammer - Residenz. Ausstellungskatalog Schloss Johannisburg und Kunsthalle Jesuitenkirche
Place of PublicationRegensburg
Year of Publication2007
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Hubach 2007 137-138
AuthorHanns Hubach
TitleMein hend, die mus ich winden. Grünewalds Aschaffenburger "Beweinung Christi".
Publicationin Gerhard Ermischer, Andreas Tacke, eds., Cranach im Exil. Aschaffenburg um 1540. Zuflucht, Schatzkammer, Residenz, Exhib. Cat. Aschaffenburg
Place of PublicationRegensburg
Year of Publication2007
Pages137-155
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Münch 2007 126
AuthorBirgit Ulrike Münch
TitleEngelsglorie, Tricktrack-Teufel und Evas Kehrseite. Die Neuinszenierung der Auferstehung Christi im Mittelbild des Aschaffenburger Magdalenen-Altars.
Publicationin Gerhard Ermischer, Andreas Tacke, eds., Cranach im Exil, Exhib. Cat. Aschaffenburg
Place of PublicationRegensburg
Year of Publication2007
Pages123-135
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Schawe 2007 A 222
AuthorMartin Schawe
TitleCranach in Aschaffenburg. 1814 bis heute
Publicationin Gerhard Ermischer, Andreas Tacke, ed., Cranach im Exil- Aschafffenburg um 1540. Zuflucht, Schatzkammer, Residenz
Place of PublicationRegensburg
Year of Publication2007
Pages215-225
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Staudacher, Büchel 2007 227
AuthorBarbara Staudacher, Klaus Büchel
TitleLeuchtende Bilder. Die Restaurierung des Magdalenen-Altars
Publicationin Gerhard Ermischer, Andreas Tacke, eds., Cranach im Exil- Aschafffenburg um 1540. Zuflucht, Schatzkammer, Residenz, Exhib. cat. Aschaffenburg
Place of PublicationRegensburg
Year of Publication2007
Pages227-233
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Tacke 2007 B 111-117
AuthorAndreas Tacke
TitleCranach im Dienste der Papstkirche. Zum Magdalenen-Altar Kardinal Albrechts von Brandenburg
Publicationin Gerhard Ermischer, Andreas Tacke, eds., Cranach im Exil. Aschaffenburg um 1540. Zuflucht, Schatzkammer, Residenz, [Exhib. Cat. Aschaffenburg]
Place of PublicationRegensburg
Year of Publication2007
Link http://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/artdok/volltexte/2012/1999
Pages106-121
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Exhib. Cat. Halle 2006 178 086C (u.)
EditorThomas Schauerte
TitleDer Kardinal Albrecht von Brandenburg. Renaissancefürst und Mäzen. Bd. 1: Katalog
Place of PublicationRegensburg
Year of Publication2006
Show Literature
Smith 2006 28, 32, 37
AuthorJeffrey Chipps Smith
TitleDie Kunst des Scheiterns
Publicationin Thomas Schauerte, ed., Der Kardinal Albrecht von Brandenburg. Renaissancefürst und Mäzen. Bd. 1: Katalog
Place of PublicationRegensburg
Year of Publication2006
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Exhib. Cat. Aschaffenburg 2002 No. 154
EditorRainhard Riepertinger, Evamaria Brockhoff, Katharina Heinemann, Jutta Schumann
TitleDas Rätsel Grünewald [Schloss Johannisburg, Aschaffenburg]
Place of PublicationAugsburg
Year of Publication2002
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Tacke 1992 148-160
AuthorAndreas Tacke
TitleDer katholische Cranach. Zu zwei Großaufträgen von Lucas Cranach d. Ä., Simon Franck und der Cranach-Werkstatt (1520 - 1540)
SeriesBerliner Schriften zur Kunst
Volume2
Place of PublicationMainz
Year of Publication1992
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 No. Sup. 6B
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
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Steinmann 1968 A 73ff., 91f.
AuthorUlrich Steinmann
TitleDer Bilderschmuck der Stiftskirche zu Halle. Cranachs Passionszyklus und Grünewalds Erasmus-Mauritius-Tafel
Volume11
JournalForschungen und Berichte. Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1968
Pages69 - 104
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  • Infrared reflectography

Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

Tools/Materials:

- fluid, black medium and brush

Type/Ductus:

- detailed and freehand underdrawing

- thin to broader lines

Function:

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

Deviations:

- minor alterations made during the painting process to clearly define form

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- workshop of Simon Franck/ Master of the Mass of St Gregory?

[Smith, Sandner, Heydenreich, cda 2013]

  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
  • photographed by Ingo Sandner

Conservation History

Date2006

  • as yet no information available

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