Bust portrait of the apostles James the Greater and Andrew

Bust portrait of the apostles James the Greater and Andrew

Title

Bust portrait of the apostles James the Greater and Andrew

[Stiftung der Herzog von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha'schen Familie, revised 2016]

Painting on fir

Medium

Painting on fir

[Cat. Coburg 2018, 46]
[Klein report, 03.03.2016]

This fragment of an originally considerably taller panel depicts a bust-length image of the two saints. James the Greater on the left is as clearly recognizable by the scallop shell on his hat as Andrew, who is represented leaning against the beam of an X-shaped cross and reading a book.

This fragment of an originally considerably taller panel depicts a bust-length image of the two saints. James the Greater on the left is as clearly recognizable by the scallop shell on his hat as Andrew, who is represented leaning against the beam of an X-shaped cross and reading a book. Only the top ends of the cross are visible, and St James¿ pilgrim¿s staff has been considerably cropped at the bottom edge of the panel.

[Görres, cda 2017]

Attributions
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder
Master of the Pflock Altarpiece

Attributions

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Cat. Coburg 2018, 46] [Stiftung der Herzog von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha'schen Familie, revised 2016]

Master of the Pflock Altarpiece

[Grimm 1998, 81]

Production dates
about 1515
about 1513

Production dates

about 1515

[Grimm 1998, 80][Exhib Cat. Kronach 1994, No. 135]

about 1513

[Cat. Coburg 2018, 46]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 40.5 x 49.5 x 0.4 cm (original thickness)/ 1.8 cm (including cradle)

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 40.5 x 49.5 x 0.4 cm (original thickness)/ 1.8 cm (including cradle)

  • [Cat. Coburg 2018, 46]

  • Dimensions with frame: 58 x 70 cm

  • [Stiftung der Herzog von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha'schen Familie, revised 2016]

Signature / Dating

none

Inscriptions and Labels

none Reverse of the panel: - numerous round stamps 'Eigentum de Herzogl. Familienstiftung'

  • adhesive label with a blue boarder and …

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

  • none

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

  • Reverse of the panel: - numerous round stamps 'Eigentum de Herzogl. Familienstiftung'

    • adhesive label with a blue boarder and serrated edge: '2'
    • handwritten in red: 'V 30'
    • adhesive label: 'Coburg Reidenzschloss'

  • [Cat. Coburg 2018, 46]

Owner
Stiftung der Herzog von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha'schen Familie
Repository
LWL-Museum für Kunst und Kultur, Münster
Location
Coburg
CDA ID
DE_SHSCGF_XI70
FR (1978) Nr.
FR064B
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_SHSCGF_XI70/

Provenance

  • originally conceived for the chapel (Schlosskirche) in the Veste Coburg (?)
    [Exhib. Cat. Frankfurt 2007, No. 28, 29]
  • ducal property, Coburg, Ehrenburg castle
  • 1921 displayed in the Ducal Palace (Fürstenbau)in the Veste Coburg
  • since 2015 in the Veste Coburg on permanent loan from the Stiftung der Herzog von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha'schen Familie (Ducal art collection)
    [Cat. Coburg 2018, 46]

Exhibitions

Kronach 1994, no. 135a

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Cat. Coburg 2018 46-48, 50, 51, 124-126 4 Pl. p. 48, Figs. 2, 4; Fig. 4, p. 125
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
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Weschenfelder 2018 A 18, 20, 23
AuthorKlaus Weschenfelder
TitleCranach in Coburg.
Publicationin 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 PublicationRegensburg
Year of Publication2018
Pages7-23
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Weschenfelder 2018 B 29 Fig. 7
AuthorKlaus Weschenfelder
TitleVorbemerkung zum Katalog
Publicationin 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 PublicationRegensburg
Year of Publication2018
Pages27-29
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Grimm 1998 80, 81 Fig. 9.28
AuthorClaus Grimm
TitleDie Anteile von Meister und Werkstatt. Zum Fall Lucas Cranach d.Ä.
Publicationin Ingo Sandner, Wartburg-Stiftung Eisenach and Fachhochschule Köln, eds., Unsichtbare Meisterzeichnungen auf dem Malgrund. Cranach und seine Zeitgenossen, Exhib. Cat. Eisenach
Place of PublicationRegensburg
Year of Publication1998
Pages67-82
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Exhib. Cat. Kronach 1994 315-316 135a
EditorClaus Grimm, Johannes Erichsen, Evamaria Brockhoff
TitleLucas Cranach. Ein Maler-Unternehmer aus Franken [Festung Rosenberg, Kronach 17.05 - 21.08.1994; Museum der Bildenden Künste, Leipzig 07.09 - 06.11.1994]
SeriesVeröffentlichungen zur bayerischen Geschichte und Kultur
Volume26
Place of PublicationAugsburg, Coburg
Year of Publication1994
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Lehfeldt 1900 col. 162-163
AuthorPaul Lehfeldt
TitleÜber zwei Gemälde im Stadtschloß bezw. auf der Veste Coburg
JournalKunstchronik
IssueNF., XI, Jg., 1900
Year of Publication1900
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Research History / Discussion

The fragment was originally part of the wing panel of a retable and was located at the upper third on the outside of the left wing The inner side showed a portrait of Elector Friedrich III of Saxony as a worshiper.

[Exhib. Cat. Kronach 1994, No. 135]

Connected Works

Friedrich III the Wise, Elector of Saxony
  • Friedrich III the Wise, Elector of Saxony, about 1515
  • DE_KSVC_M166
  • Painting
  • Veste Coburg Kunstsammlungen
  • Bust portrait of the apostles James the Greater and Andrew, about 1515

Images

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Technical studies

2018Technical Examination

Support

- fir

- four planks vertically aligned and butt-joined. Plank I: 8 cm; plank II: 15. 4 cm; plank III: 9.6 cm, plank IV: 12.5 cm

- the edges were thinned with a toothed plane at the front to a thickness of 0.1 cm so that the panel could be slotted into the original frame

Ground and Imprimatura

- chalk ground

[Cat. Coburg 2018, 46]

03.03.2016Scientific analysis

  • Dendrochronology / identification of wood species

Support

Identification of wood species: fir

[Klein report, 03.03.2016]

  • analysed by Peter Klein

Condition Reports

Date2018

Support:

  • the original panel is trimmed on all four sides

  • an additional batten of c. 0.7-0.9 cm was attached to each of the sides

  • a maple wood crade was attached to the reverse

  • the cradle and the original surface of the reverse were stained brown

Varnish:

  • the painting has a glossy resin varnish, which was probably applied repeatedly with a brush. The strong fluorescence of this layer restricts the identification of retouches under UV light to a few relatively new ones.

[Cat. Coburg 2018, 46]

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