The Adoration of the Magi

The Adoration of the Magi

Title

The Adoration of the Magi

[CDA 2011]

Painting on limewood

Medium

Painting on limewood

[Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 258]

The infant sits on the Virgin's lap and is flanked by the three kings and the gifts they have brought with them. The eldest king has already fallen to his knees in front of the child and has placed his hat in the foreground. The other two kings, who are

The infant sits on the Virgin's lap and is flanked by the three kings and the gifts they have brought with them. The eldest king has already fallen to his knees in front of the child and has placed his hat in the foreground. The other two kings, who are about to kneel down, are accompanied by other men.

[Görres, cda 2016]

Attributions
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 258]
[Posse 1930][1]
[Woermann 1896, 631][2]
[Woermann 1887, 613][2]
[Schäfer 1864, 242][2]

[1][Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 261]
[2][Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 261, 262]

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Hübner 1862, No. 1763][1]
[1][Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 261, 262]

Production date
about 1515

Production date

about 1515

[Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 258]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 32.5 x 10.5 x 1.8 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 32.5 x 10.5 x 1.8 cm

  • [Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 258]

Signature / Dating

None

Inscriptions and Labels

Reverse of the panel: [Gal.-Nr.]; in blue chalk: 'II'; in pencil: [triangular register mark, open to the …

Inscriptions and Labels

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

  • Reverse of the panel: [Gal.-Nr.]; in blue chalk: 'II'; in pencil: [triangular register mark, open to the left]; in pencil: '3'; in brown chalk: '1932 B-185'; in white chalk: '2'

  • [Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 258]

Owner
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
Repository
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
Location
Dresden
CDA ID
DE_SKD_GG1932B
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_SKD_GG1932B/

Connected Works

Christ in the Temple
  • Christ in the Temple, about 1515
  • DE_SKD_GG1932BB
  • Painting
  • Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden

Provenance

  • inventory from 1809 (amendment from 1820), No. 1871: 'Lucas Müller genannt Cranach'.

  • 1956 returned from Russia

[Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 260]

Exhibitions

Dresden 1937, 16

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005 258-263 10.1 Pl. p. 259, Fig. p. 263
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 173, Fn. 259 10.1
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 530, 547, 548, 550, 551, 553-555, 557, 558 10.1
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 186 10.1
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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Exhib. Cat. Dresden 1937 16
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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Cat. Dresden 1930 A 54
AuthorHans Posse
TitleDie Staatliche Gemäldegalerie zu Dresden. Herausgegeben im Auftrage des Ministeriums für Volksbildung. Katalog der alten Meister. Kleine Ausgabe
Place of PublicationDresden
Year of Publication1930
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Cat. Dresden 1896 631
AuthorKarl Woermann
TitleKatalog der Königlichen Gemäldegalerie zu Dresden. Grosse Ausgabe
Place of PublicationDresden
Year of Publication1896
Link https://archive.org/details/katalogderknigli1896geml/page/n3/mode/2up
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Cat. Dresden 1887 613
AuthorKarl Woermann
TitleKatalog der Königlichen Gemäldegalerie zu Dresden. Grosse Ausgabe
Place of PublicationDresden
Year of Publication1887
Link https://digital.slub-dresden.de/werkansicht/dlf/89861/5
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Schäfer 1864 242
AuthorWilhelm Schäfer
TitleFührer in der Königlichen Gemälde-Gallerie zu Dresden. Erläuterungen und Andeutungen zum Verständnisse sowie zur Würdigung sämmtlicher Gemälde der Galerie. nach der Ordnung der Räume nebst Register der laufenden Nummern
Place of PublicationDresden
Year of Publication1864
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Cat. Dresden 1862 No. 1763
AuthorJulius Hübner
TitleVerzeichniss der Königlichen Gemälde-Gallerie zu Dresden. Mit einer historischen Einleitung. Notizen über die Erwerbung und Angaben der Bezeichnung der einzelnen Bilder
Place of PublicationDresden
Year of Publication1862
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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

27.09.2012Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared reflectography
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Underdrawing

Results

Drawing material:

- fluid (brush)

Technique:

- An underdrawing executed with a brush is visible in the few areas where the painted version deviates, for example the contours of the Virgin’s cheeks, the lower tip of the Virgin’s robe; perspectival lines were drawn on the inside of the arch and the rendering on the building behind.[1]

[1][Schölzel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 258]

[Böhme, Schölzel, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, 2012]

  • photographed by Christoph Schölzel
  • photographed by Alexandra Böhme

2005Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared reflectography

Underdrawing

An underdrawing executed with a brush is visible in the few areas where the painted version deviates, for example the contours of the Virgin’s cheeks, the lower tip of the Virgin’s robe; perspectival lines were drawn on the inside of the arch and the rendering on the building behind.

Framing

New frame: profiled wooden frame with gilded members, 20th century

[Schölzel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 258]

2003Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • other
  • reverse

Support

- limewood

- 1.8 cm thick

- original surface on the reverse

- single board, vertical grain

- the heartwood is on the painted side of the panel

- marks from a block plane

[Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 258]

Condition Reports

Date2005

Support:

  • dovetailed notch with marks from a chisel

  • top left: three imprints from a clamp

  • along the top and bottom edges: marks from a smoothing plane

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

  • woodworm damage (open channels)

Painted surface:

  • small retouches spread over the entire surface of the painting

  • isolated abrasion on the tips of flakes in the areas of cupping

  • old, yellowed varnish

[Schlegel, Schölzel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 258]

Date1955

Conservation History

Date2005

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

[1][Schölzel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 205, 258]

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