Agony in the Garden

Agony in the Garden

Title

Agony in the Garden

[CDA 2011]

Painting on limewood

Medium

Painting on limewood

[Klein, Report 2013]
[Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 326]

Christ kneels in the garden of Gethsemane and looks up at an angel floating towards him bearing the cross that alludes to his impending Passion. In the distance Judas and the two thieves are visible between the rocky outcrops. The three apostles sleep in the left corner in the foreground.

Christ kneels in the garden of Gethsemane and looks up at an angel floating towards him bearing the cross that alludes to his impending Passion. In the distance Judas and the two thieves are visible between the rocky outcrops. The three apostles sleep in the left corner in the foreground. The panel has a half-rounded top.

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, revised 2011]

Production date
about 1520

Production date

about 1520

[Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 332]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 68 x 40.2 x 2 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 68 x 40.2 x 2 cm

  • [Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, revised 2011]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia bottom right (flagstone): winged serpent with elevated wings

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia bottom right (flagstone): winged serpent with elevated wings

Inscriptions and Labels

Reverse of the panel: [Gal.-Nr. mehrfach]; in black ink: 'S 97 LL; 992 LM'

[Schlegel 2003, 36][1]

Inscriptions and Labels

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

  • Reverse of the panel: [Gal.-Nr. mehrfach]; in black ink: 'S 97 LL; 992 LM'

  • [Schlegel 2003, 36][1]

  • [1][Schlegel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 332]

Owner
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
Repository
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
Location
Dresden
CDA ID
DE_SKD_GG1908
FR (1978) Nr.
FR091
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_SKD_GG1908/

Provenance

  • originally from the castle in Torgau
  • 1814 taken to Landschaftshaus in Dresden
    [Schuchardt 1851 A, Bd. 2, 53][1]
  • added to Riedel's inventory from 1820
    [HHADD, 13458 SKD, Inventar Nr. 360, 361][2]
  • 1945 lost during the war
  • 1958 turns up in an auction at Christie's
  • 1959 returned to Dresden
    [Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 334]

[1][Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 334]
[2][Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, revised 2011]

Exhibitions

Dresden 1899, No. 76
Dresden 1937, 13
Basel 1974, No. 328
Dresden 1998, 144
Chemnitz 2005, No. 22

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Krause 2013 189, 192-194 8
AuthorHans-Joachim Krause
TitleCranachs Bildaustattung der Torgauer Schloßkapelle. Eine Rekonstruktion
JournalZeitschrift des deutschen Vereins für Kunstwissenschaft
Place of PublicationBerlin
IssueSonderdruck aus Band 65
Year of Publication2013
Pages177-214
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Maaz 2010 44, 45
AuthorBernhard Maaz
TitleCranach in der Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister Dresden
Place of PublicationBerlin, Munich
Year of Publication2010
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Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005 260, 332-337 22 Pl. p. 333
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 C 532, 544-547, 549, 551, 552, 554-556, 558, 559, 572 22
AuthorKarin Kolb
TitleDokumentation zum Dresdener Cranach-Bestand
Publicationin Harald Marx, Ingrid Mössinger, Karin Kolb, eds., Cranach. Gemälde aus Dresden, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz
Place of PublicationCologne
Year of Publication2005
Pages526-572
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Schölzel 2005 191 22
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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Schlegel 2003 36
AuthorArmgard Schlegel
TitleTechnologische Untersuchungen an Holzbildträgern von Gemälden der Cranachwerkstatt in den Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen Dresden
Place of PublicationDresden
IssueSeminararbeit der Hochschule für Bildende Künste Dresden
Year of Publication2003
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Exhib. Cat. Dresden 1998 144
EditorHarald Marx, Jutta Charlotte von Bloh
TitleZurück in Dresden. Eine Ausstellung ehemals vermißter Werke aus Dresdener Museen. Skulpturensammlung, Rüstkammer, Kupferstich-Kabinett, Gemäldegalerie Alte und Neue Meister, Kunstgewerbemuseum, Porzellansammlung
Place of PublicationEurasberg
Year of Publication1998
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Cat. Dresden 1992 159
AuthorAngelo Walther
TitleGemäldegalerie Dresden. Alte Meister. Katalog der ausgestellten Werke
Place of PublicationLeipzig
Year of Publication1992
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 88 No. 91 Fig. 91
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
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Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974/1976 373, 480, 548 No. 328 Pl. 23
AuthorDieter Koepplin, Tilman Falk
TitleLukas Cranach. Gemälde, Zeichnungen und Druckgraphik
Volume1, 2
Place of PublicationBasel, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1974
Link http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-diglit-104522
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Schade 1974 460 No. 67
AuthorWerner Schade
TitleDie Malerfamilie Cranach
Place of PublicationDresden
Year of Publication1974
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/schade1974
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Seydewitz 1969 199-222
AuthorRuth Seydewitz, Max Seydewitz
TitleDer verschenkte Herkules. Geschichten um Bilder
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1969
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Menz 1961 A 18
AuthorHenner Menz
TitleZwei wiedergewonnene Cranach-Gemälde
JournalBildende Kunst
Issue9
Year of Publication1961
Pages16-19
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Exhib. Cat. Dresden 1937
Authorn. a.
TitleLucas Cranach der Ältere und der Jüngere. Ausstellung von Werken aus dem Besitze der Staatlichen Gemäldegalerie und dem Staatlichen Kupferstichkabinet
Place of PublicationDresden
Year of Publication1937
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932 83
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1932
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/friedlaender1932
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Heyck 1927 86
AuthorEduard Heyck
TitleLucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBielefeld
Year of Publication1927
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Glaser 1923 226
AuthorCurt Glaser
TitleLukas Cranach
Place of PublicationLeipzig
Year of Publication1923
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/glaser1923
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Heyck 1908 70
AuthorEduard Heyck
TitleLukas Cranach
SeriesKünstlermonographien
Volume95
Place of PublicationBielefeld
Year of Publication1908
Link https://archive.org/details/lukascranach01heycgoog
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Flechsig 1900 A 92, 278
AuthorEduard Flechsig
TitleCranachstudien
Volume1
Place of PublicationLeipzig
Year of Publication1900
Link page/n5/mode/2up
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Flechsig 1900 B No. 26
AuthorEduard Flechsig
TitleTafelbilder Lucas Cranachs d. Ä. und seiner Werkstatt
Volume1, 2
Place of PublicationLeipzig
Year of Publication1900
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/flechsig1900tafeln
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Exhib. Cat. Dresden 1899 No. 76
EditorKarl Woermann
TitleDeutsche Kunstausstellung Dresden 1899. Abteilung Cranach-Ausstellung. Wissenschaftliches Verzeichnis der ausgestellten Werke
Place of PublicationDresden
Year of Publication1899
Link http://resolver.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/SBB00002A2400000000
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Seidlitz 1893 377, 378
AuthorWoldemar von Seidlitz
TitleZu den echten Bildern des älteren Cranach
JournalRepertorium für Kunstwissenschaft
Issue16
Year of Publication1893
Pages377-378
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Lindau 1883 105, Fn. 2
AuthorMartin Bernhard Lindau
TitleLucas Cranach. Ein Lebensbild aus dem Zeitalter der Reformation
Place of PublicationLeipzig
Year of Publication1883
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Schäfer 1860 878
AuthorWilhelm Schäfer
TitleDie Königliche Gemälde-Gallerie im Neuen Museum zu Dresden. Beschreibung und Erläuterung sämmtlicher Gemälde nach der Ordnung der Räume begleitet von kunsgeschichtlichen und kritischen Erinnerungen
Volume1 - 3
Place of PublicationDresden
Year of Publication1860
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Schuchardt 1851 C 53
AuthorChristian Schuchardt
TitleLucas Cranach des Aeltern Leben und Werke. Zweiter Theil
Place of PublicationLeipzig
Year of Publication1851
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/schuchardt1851bd2
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Technical studies

08.04.2013Scientific analysis

  • Identification of wood species / Dendrochronology

Support

Identification of wood species: limewood

  • analysed by Peter Klein

23.10.2012Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared reflectography
  • irr

Underdrawing

Results

Drawing material:

- fluid (brush?)? and possibly also dry material?

Technique:

- There are only a few lines of underdrawing (fluid drawing medium?), in the boy sleeping on the left; changes were made during the painting process to the feet of Christ and in the landscape on the right (two pointed shapes) [1]

- Alterations: width of Peter's sword, the rock formation on the right edge of the painting and towards the centre along the horizon, right wing of the angel carrying the cross - the feathers point down on the inner sides of the wings.

[1][Schölzel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 332]

[Böhme, Schölzel, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, 2012]

  • photographed by Alexandra Böhme
  • photographed by Christoph Schölzel

2005Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared reflectography

Underdrawing

There are only a few lines of underdrawing (fluid drawing medium?), in the boy sleeping on the left; changes were made during the painting process to the feet of Christ and in the landscape on the right (two pointed shapes)

Framing

- new frame: simple, untreated oak wood frame, 20th century

[Schölzel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 332]

2003Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • reverse

Support

- limewood

- 2 cm thick (thinned)

- two boards, top half-round

- groove for a dovetail batten

- plane marks

[Schlegel 2003, 36][1]

[1][Schlegel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 332]

1995Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • X-radiography

1993Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • X-radiography
  • x_radiograph
  • x_radiograph
  • created by Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
  • created by G. Rüger

Condition Reports

Date2003

Support:

  • 2 cm thick (thinned)

  • the joins are interrupted by wedges inserted from the reverse

  • thin glaze on the reverse

  • extensive woodworm damage (open channels)

Painted surface:

  • isolated retouching (particularly along the joins)

  • overpaint at the top left of the panel

  • the paint surface is partially abraded

  • old, glossy varnish

[Schlegel 2003, 36][1]

[1][Schlegel, Schölzel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 332]

Conservation History

Date20.05.1992

[GGAM, Abt. Restaurierung, Meldung][1]

[1][Schölzel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 332]

see also pdf

Date06.08.1959 - 09.09.1959

[GGAM, Abt. Restaurierung, Restaurierungsprotokoll][1]

[1][Schölzel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 332]

see also pdf

Date1871

[Sächs, HStADD, 13458 SKD, GG Nr. 8 Bd. 4 Bl. 14 ][1]

[1] [Schölzel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 332]

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