Presentation in the Temple

Presentation in the Temple

Title

Presentation in the Temple

[CDA 2011]

Painting on fir

Medium

Painting on fir

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

In accordance with Jewish tradition two doves are sacrificed for the infant Jesus. The old man Simeon blesses the child at the altar in the temple. Cherubs' heads are represented in the clouds above the arch at the top of the painting.

[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, 609][2]
[Woermann 1887, 622][2]
[Schäfer 1864, 242][2]

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

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Hübner 1862, 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 12 x 2.5 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 60 x 12 x 2.5 cm

  • [Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 264]

Signature / Dating

None

Inscriptions and Labels

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

Inscriptions and Labels

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

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

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

Owner
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
Repository
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
Location
Dresden
CDA ID
DE_SKD_GG1932DD
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_SKD_GG1932DD/

Connected Works

The Annunciation
  • The Annunciation, about 1515 - 1520
  • DE_SKD_GG1932D
  • 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. 11.2

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005 264-268, 368 11.2 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 C 530, 547, 549, 550, 552-554, 556-558 11.2
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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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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  • Presentation in the Temple, about 1515 - 1520

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Technical studies

27.09.2012Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared reflectography
  • irr

Underdrawing

Results

Drawing material:

- fluid (brush?)

Technique:

- Only a few of the lines from the underdrawing are visible beneath the painted contours, for example the steps in the foreground.[1]

- the shape of the dove cage was altered

- the eyes and the nose of the figure on the right edge of the painting exhibit underdrawing

[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

Only a few of the lines from the underdrawing are visible beneath the painted contours, for example the steps in the foreground.

Framing

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

[Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 264]

2003Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • other
  • reverse

Support

- fir

- 2.5 cm thick

- original surface on the reverse

- one plank, vertical grain

- marks from a block plane

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

Condition Reports

Date2005

Support:

  • reinforced (left side) over the entire height, fixed with two dowels, the dowels are visible on the front

  • there are dowels visible in the rectangular gaps on the left and right edges

  • woodworm damage (open channels)

Painted surface:

  • small paint losses and abrasion

  • paint loss around the wooden nail on the right edge of the painting (top, centre)

  • 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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