Christiane Eulenau

Christiane Eulenau

Title

Christiane Eulenau

[CDA 2011]

Painting on beech wood

Medium

Painting on beech wood

[Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 488]
[Klein, Report 2004]

The painting depicts the sitter as a half-length figure, facing left against a green background. She is wearing a black dress with decorative slits in the sleeves, two chains, a choker and a black beret with a feather over a pearl snood.

[Görres, cda 2016]

Attributions
Lucas Cranach the Younger
Hans Cranach

Attributions

Lucas Cranach the Younger

[Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, 2011]
[Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 488]
[Koepplin, Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974, No. 628][1]
[Zimmermann 1969, 287][1]
[Flechsig 1900 A, No. 63][1]
[Schäfer, Cat. Dresden 1860, 987, 988][1]

[1][Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 490]

Hans Cranach

[Flechsig 1900 A, No. 63][1]
[1][Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 490]

Follower of Lucas Cranach the Elder

'Schule des Cranachs'
[Waagen 1858, No. 1666][1]
[1][Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 490]

Production date
1534

Production date

1534

[dated]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 20 x 14 x 0.3-0.25 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 20 x 14 x 0.3-0.25 cm

  • [Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 488]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia top right: winged serpent with elevated wings, facing left and dated '1534'

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia top right: winged serpent with elevated wings, facing left and dated '1534'

Inscriptions and Labels

Reverse of the panel: in black ink: 'K, CHRISTI? EULENAU'

[Schlegel 2003, 51][1]
[1][Schlegel, Exhib. Cat. …

Inscriptions and Labels

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

  • Reverse of the panel: in black ink: 'K, CHRISTI? EULENAU'

  • [Schlegel 2003, 51][1]

  • [1][Schlegel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 488]

Owner
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
Repository
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
Location
Dresden
CDA ID
DE_SKD_GG1913
FR (1978) Nr.
FR349
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_SKD_GG1913/

Provenance

  • 1722-1728 first identified with certainty
    [Sächs, HStADD 13458 SKD, Inventar Nr. 356, B554][1]

  • [Matthai, Cat. Dresden 1826, No. 561][1]

[1][Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 490]

Exhibitions

Dresden 1899, No. 63
Basel 1974, No. 628
Chemnitz 2005, No. 44

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Heydenreich 2015 122 Fig. 4g
AuthorGunnar Heydenreich
TitleHans Cranach. Auf der Suche nach seinem verlorenen Oeuvre
Publicationin Elke A. Werner, Anne Eusterschulte, Gunnar Heydenreich, eds., Lucas Cranach der Jüngere und die Reformation der Bilder
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication2015
Link https://lucascranach.org/application/files/5415/6232/3883/Heydenreich_2015_-_Hans_Cranach.pdf
Pages116 -127
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Müller 2015 268, Fn. 9 Fig. 1
AuthorMatthias Müller
TitleWiederkehr der Mimesis. Die höfische Porträtmalerei Lucas Cranachs des Jüngeren nach 1550 als paradigmatische Neuausrichtung des 'Cranach-Stils'
Publicationin Elke A. Werner, Anne Eusterschulte, Gunnar Heydenreich, eds., Lucas Cranach der Jüngere und die Reformation der Bilder
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication2015
Pages266-279
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Maaz 2010 74, 75
AuthorBernhard Maaz
TitleCranach in der Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister Dresden
Place of PublicationBerlin, Munich
Year of Publication2010
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Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005 488-491 44 Pl. p. 489
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 A 149 44
AuthorKarin Kolb
TitleCranach - Die Gemälde in Dresden und ihre Geschichte
Publicationin Harald Marx, Ingrid Mössinger, Karin Kolb, eds., Cranach. Gemälde aus Dresden, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz
Place of PublicationCologne
Year of Publication2005
Pages112-173
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Kolb 2005 C 538, 541-554, 547-550, 552, 554-559 44
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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Schlegel 2003 51
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
Show Literature
Cat. Dresden 1992 160
AuthorAngelo Walther
TitleGemäldegalerie Dresden. Alte Meister. Katalog der ausgestellten Werke
Place of PublicationLeipzig
Year of Publication1992
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 139 No. 349 Fig. 349
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 710 No. 628
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
Show Literature
Zimmermann E. H. 1969 287
AuthorErnst Heinrich Zimmermann
TitleZur Ikonographie von Damenbildnissen des älteren und des jüngeren Lucas Cranach
JournalPantheon
IssueXXVII, 4
Year of Publication1969
Pages283-293
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Rudloff-Hille 1960 151
AuthorGertrude Rudloff-Hille
TitleDresden. Gemäldegalerie
Place of PublicationLondon
Year of Publication1960
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932 283
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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Glaser 1923 233
AuthorCurt Glaser
TitleLukas Cranach
Place of PublicationLeipzig
Year of Publication1923
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/glaser1923
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Flechsig 1900 A No. 63
AuthorEduard Flechsig
TitleCranachstudien
Volume1
Place of PublicationLeipzig
Year of Publication1900
Link page/n5/mode/2up
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Exhib. Cat. Dresden 1899 No. 63
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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Lindau 1883 275
AuthorMartin Bernhard Lindau
TitleLucas Cranach. Ein Lebensbild aus dem Zeitalter der Reformation
Place of PublicationLeipzig
Year of Publication1883
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Schäfer 1860 987, 988
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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Waagen 1858 No. 1666
AuthorGustav Friedrich Waagen
TitleEinige Bemerkungen über die neue Aufstellung, Beleuchtung und Catalogisierung der Königlichen Gemäldegallerie zu Dresden
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1858
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Heller 1854 61
AuthorJoseph Heller
TitleLucas Cranach's Leben und Werke
Place of PublicationNuremberg
Year of Publication1854
Link http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015062799757
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Technical studies

28.09.2012Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared reflectography
  • irr

Underdrawing

Results

Drawing material:

- dry?

Technique:

- on the right eye and lacing around the waist a few thin lines deviate from the painted version (underdrawing?) [1]

- an underdrawing is suggested: along the contours of the nose, the left nostril as well as the left iris, and the contours of the hairnet towards the forehead

[1][Schölzel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 488]

[Böhme, Schölzel, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, 2012]

  • photographed by Alexandra Böhme
  • photographed by Christoph Schölzel

2005Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared reflectography

Underdrawing

- on the right eye and lacing around the waist a few thin lines deviate from the painted version (underdrawing?)

Framing

- new frame: simple brass strips, 20th century

[Schölzel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 488]

23.02.2004Scientific analysis

  • Identification of wood species / Dendrochronology

Support

Identification of wood species: beech wood

Youngest annual ring: 1525

  • analysed by Peter Klein

2003Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • reverse

Support

- beech wood

- original surface on the reverse

- one vertical plank

- prominent annual rings

- beveled at the top and bottom

- plane marks

[Schlegel 2003, 51-52][1]

[1][Schlegel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 488]

Condition Reports

Date25.09.2007

see pdf

[Giebe, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, 2007]

Date2003

Support:

  • marks from nails employed to fix the panel in a frame

  • the panel exhibits a convex warp on the front

Painted surface:

  • isolated retouches in the background, along the rebate and below the sleeves

  • thin, uniform varnish

[Schlegel 2003, 51][1]

[1][Schlegel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 488]

Date1955

[GGAM, Abt. Restaurierung, sowjetischer Gemäldepass][1]

[1][Schölzel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 488]

see also pdf

Conservation History

Date1933

[Sächs, HStADD, 13458 SKD, GG Nr. 8, Bd. 15, Bl. 202][1]

[1][Schölzel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 488]

Versions

Portrait of Christiane of Eulenau
  • Portrait of Christiane of Eulenau, 1534
  • DE_BStGS_13706
  • Painting
  • Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen

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