Eve

Eve

Title

Eve

[CDA 2011]

Painting on limewood

Medium

Painting on limewood

[Klein, Report 2013]

Wood

[Guratzsch, Cat. Leipzig 1995, 35]

A small format representation of Eve with the serpent and the apple facing left against a dark background and standing beside the tree of knowledge, that is cropped by the left edge of the panel. A depiction of Adam with similar compositional elements serves as the pendant to this panel.

A small format representation of Eve with the serpent and the apple facing left against a dark background and standing beside the tree of knowledge, that is cropped by the left edge of the panel. A depiction of Adam with similar compositional elements serves as the pendant to this panel. On the latter the tree is located on the right.

[Görres, cda 2015]

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Guratzsch, Cat. Leipzig 1995, 35]

Production date
about 1512

Production date

about 1512

[CDA, 2011]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 29 x 10.5 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 29 x 10.5 cm

  • [Guratzsch, Cat. Leipzig 1995, 35]

  • Dimensions including frame: 34.4 x 15.0 x 1.5 cm

  • Dimensions including frame (Adam): 34.4 x 15.0/15.1 x 1.5 cm

  • Dimensions when open: 34.4 x 31.0 x 1.5 cm

  • Dimensions when closed: 34.4 x 15.0/15.1 x 3.1 cm

  • [Rüdiger Beck, Museum der bildenden Künste, revised 11.06.2014]

Signature / Dating

None

Owner
Museum der bildenden Künste, Leipzig
Repository
Museum der bildenden Künste, Leipzig
Location
Leipzig
CDA ID
DE_MdbKL_1269b
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_MdbKL_1269b/

Provenance

  • 1931 Blumenreich, Berlin
  • 1936 acquired as part of an exchange from the art dealer P. de Boer, Amsterdam
    [Guratzsch, Cat. Leipzig 1995, 35]

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Sandner 2021 72
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
Cat. Coburg 2018 35 under no. 1
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
Böhlitz 2005 43 Pl. 15
AuthorMichael Böhlitz
TitleAltargemälde von Lucas Cranach dem Älteren, Lucas Cranach dem Jüngeren und ihren Schülern im Chemnitzer Raum
Publicationin Harald Marx, Ingrid Mössinger, Karin Kolb, ed., Cranach. Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz
Place of PublicationCologne
Year of Publication2005
Pages18-43
Exhib. Cat. Bonn 1994 35
EditorHerwig Guratzsch, Museum der bildenden Künste, Leipzig
TitleVon Lucas Cranach bis Caspar David Friedrich [Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn]
Place of PublicationStuttgart
Year of Publication1994
  • Eve, about 1512

Images

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  • reverse
  • irr
  • uv_light
  • detail
  • detail
  • detail

Technical studies

11.06.2014Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Identification of wood species / Dendrochronology
  • Infrared reflectography
  • Stereomicroscopy

Support

- limewood (Tilia sp.). Identification of wood species, from the 26.10.2013, report in the painting file MdbK, carried out by Prof.Dr. Peter Klein

- no knots; cut could not be determined

- single board, fitted in the original engaged frame

- dimensions: Adam, left: 10.4 cm top/ 10.2 cm bottom; Eve, right: 10.3 cm top/ 10.2 cm bottom

- vertical marks from a simple plane

- the joins are not reinforced

Ground and Imprimatura

- white, probably chalk/glue (not tested)

- thin

- the panel was fitted in the engaged frame when the grund was applied. Wood shrinkage on both panels along the right edge has caused a continuous split along the barb, this has shifted 2 mm into the pictorial plane. The barb is minimally split at the top and bottom along the edge of the frame.

- incised lines are in part visible along the inner edge of the frame

- no imprimatura

Underdrawing

- the figures are loosely sketched with a quill by a competent draughtsman

- faintly visible to the naked eye under some parts of the flesh paint

- no alterations in the painted version except in the position of eve's right eye, body parts like hands, arms and feet are in some places somewhat larger in the painted version.

- no evidence that the design was transferred

Paint Layers and Gilding

- background: dark grey underpaint under the black paint layer

- the composition was initially laid in with different grey admixtures on the white ground. The background was initially painted with a cool, opaque dark grey, leaving the the figures, the trees and the ground in reserve. Streaky, grey washes were in part employed for the initial layer of the trees and the ground, the areas of shadow in the flesh paint were also executed with a thin greyish-brown wash. flesh tones were applied over this employing a semi-transparent paint. Finally highlights, contours and fine lines were added. The hair, the trees and the ground were laid in with monochrom semi-opaque brown admixtures. Afer drying the shadows were indicated with brown tones and in part blended, fine lines and fleeting grey highlights were added last.

- brush application, glazes, almost graphic isolated and linear highlights

- small to smallest size brush

- examination under the stereomicroscope showed that the engaged frame was finished after the panel had been painted. Thin black lines (executed witha pointed brush) run along the inner edge of the frame and cover small particles of gold attached to the painted surface. See photograph.

Framing

- original

- hardwood

- engaged frame with a sill. Dimesions when open: 34.4 x 31.0 x 1.5 cm; when closed: 34.4 x 15.0/15.1 x 3.1 cm; Corner joins top: overlapping on the reverse, mitred at the front; bottom (sill): overlapping on the reverse, mortise and tenon on the front; Finish: original black coating on the reverse and along the outer edges. Front: flute blue, the narrow flat section, the rebate and the sill gilded. the original hinge and nails have been preserved, the clasp has not survived (marks from the clasp are visible on the vertical external sides.

[Museum der bildenden Künste, 11.06.2014]

  • examined by Rüdiger Beck

26.10.2013Scientific analysis

  • Identification of wood species / Dendrochronology

Support

Identification of wood species: limewood (Tilia sp.)

  • analysed by Peter Klein

09. 2012Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • UV-light photoggraphy
  • uv_light
  • photographed by Museum der bildenden Künste, Leipzig

06. 2010Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared reflectography
  • irr

Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

Tools/Materials:

- fluid black pigmented medium, quill

Type/Ductus:

- freehand underdrawing

- thin, often broken lines

Function:

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

Deviations:

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

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Smith, Sandner, Heydenreich, cda 2012]

  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
  • photographed by Ingo Sandner

2007Technical Examination

  • overall
  • reverse

Framing

Original engaged frame: deep coved profile, sill, gold coloured metal leaf gilding, dark blue paint (reworked)

Connected with two hinges to the pendant 'Adam'

[Heydenreich 2007 A, 335]

Condition Reports

Date11.06.2014

  • the panel is in a stable condition, no visible flaking

  • Adam: hairline crcking in the ground and paint layers

  • slight wood shrikage; more in the vertical direction

  • little evidence of retouching, Eve more retouches

  • grey discoloured retouches in the flesh paint of Eve (titainium white)

  • no original varnish, cleaned on numerous occasions, thin varnish slightly yellowed, relatively even gloss

[Museum der bildenden Künste, 11.06.2014]

  • examined by Rüdiger Beck

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