The Annunciation

The Annunciation

Title

The Annunciation

[CDA 2011]

Painting on fir

Medium

Painting on fir

[Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 264]

The Virgin kneels on a prayer stool with an open book in front of her is a vase with lilies. The angel Gabriel approaches her from behind and in the background the Virgin's bed is visible. The Holy Spirit, represented by a dove in an aureole, hovers above the arch

The Virgin kneels on a prayer stool with an open book in front of her is a vase with lilies. The angel Gabriel approaches her from behind and in the background the Virgin's bed is visible. The Holy Spirit, represented by a dove in an aureole, hovers above the arch at the top of the panel.

[Görres, cda 2016]

Attributions
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 264]
[Posse [1930]][1]
[Woermann 1896, 622][2]
[Woermann 1887, 609][2]
[Schäfer 1864, 242][2]

[1][Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 267]
[2][Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 267, 268]

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Hübner 1962, No. 1742][1]
[1][Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 267, 268]

Production date
about 1515 - 1520

Production date

about 1515 - 1520

[Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 264]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 60 x 11.5 x 2.5 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 60 x 11.5 x 2.5 cm

  • [Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 264]

Signature / Dating

None

Inscriptions and Labels

Reverse of the panel: [Gal.-Nr. repeated]; in pencil: [triangular register mark open on the left] 'D, 240'; …

Inscriptions and Labels

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

  • Reverse of the panel: [Gal.-Nr. repeated]; in pencil: [triangular register mark open on the left] 'D, 240'; in black chalk: 'D'; in pencil: [Gal.-Nr.]; in black ink: (in cyrillic script) 'F 2321/31'

  • [Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 264]

Owner
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
Repository
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
Location
Dresden
CDA ID
DE_SKD_GG1932D
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_SKD_GG1932D/

Connected Works

Presentation in the Temple
  • Presentation in the Temple, about 1515 - 1520
  • DE_SKD_GG1932DD
  • Painting
  • Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden

Provenance

  • inventory 1809 (amendment from 1820), No. 1871: 'Lucas Müller genannt Cranach'
  • 1956 returned from Russia

[Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 266]

Exhibitions

Dresden 1937, 16
Chemnitz 2005, No. 11.1

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005 264-268, 368 11.1 Pl. p. 265, Figs. 122, 168
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 11.1
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, 554, 558 11.1
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 11.2
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 622
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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Seidlitz 1893 377
AuthorWoldemar von Seidlitz
TitleZu den echten Bildern des älteren Cranach
JournalRepertorium für Kunstwissenschaft
Issue16
Year of Publication1893
Pages377-378
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Cat. Dresden 1887 609
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. 1742
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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  • The Annunciation, about 1515 - 1520

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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:

- Linear underdrawing with a brush indicating the outlines of shapes with little deviation in the painted version: the steps in the foreground, the Virgin’s book, the contours of the angel’s wings and on the wings of the Holy Ghost [1]

- lines that cannot readily be identified as underdrawing are visible above the foreheads of the angels - one option was possibly executed during the painting process as a hairband?, underdrawing visible in the lectern and the vase in the foreground

- decorative pattern on the table cloth under the Bible was not indicated in the underdrawing

- painting process legible in the lower area of the left wing of the angel: initially a smaller version of the wing-tip was executed compared with the later and larger painted version

[1][Schölzel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 264]

[Böhme, Schölzel, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, 2012]

  • photographed by Christoph Schölzel
  • photographed by Alexandra Böhme

2005Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared reflectography

Underdrawing

Linear underdrawing with a brush indicating the outlines of shapes with little deviation in the painted version: the steps in the foreground, the Virgin’s book, the contours of the angel’s wings and on the wings of the Holy ghost

Framing

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

[Schölzel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 264]

2003Technical examination / Scientific analysis

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  • detail
  • other
  • reverse

Support

- fir

- 2.5 cm thick

- original surface on the reverse

- one plank, vertical grain

[Schlegel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 264]

Condition Reports

Date2005

Support:

  • the whole length of the panel is reinforced (right side), fixed with two dowels, the dowels are visible on the front

  • the heartwood is on the painted side of the panel

  • marks from a smoothing plane are visible on the right edge

  • three cropped dowels are visible on the left edge

  • rectangular breaks on the left and right edges of the reinforcement

  • woodworm damage (open channels)

Painted surface:

  • retouching in the bottom left corner and on the inside of the left arch

  • abrasion particularly in the top right corner

  • old, yellowed varnish

[Schlegel, Schölzel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 264]

Date1955

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

[1][Schölzel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 264]

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