Christ appearing to the Virgin

Christ appearing to the Virgin

Title

Christ appearing to the Virgin

[CDA 2011]

Painting on limewood

Medium

Painting on limewood

[Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 271]

The risen Christ appears to his mother as the angel Gabriel had previously while she is praying. The Virgin kneels on a prayer stool Christ approaches her from behind wearing a red cloak and holding the victory banner.

[Görres, cda 2016]

Attributions
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 271]
[Posse 1930, Bd. 1, 54][1]
[Woermann 1896, 631, 632][1]
[Woermann 1887, 613][1]
[Schäfer 1864, 242][1]

[1][Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 272, 274]

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Hübner 1862, No. 1764][1]
[1][Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 272, 274]

Production date
about 1515 - 1520

Production date

about 1515 - 1520

[Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 271]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 39.5 x 17.5 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 39.5 x 17.5 cm

  • [Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 271]

Signature / Dating

None

Inscriptions and Labels

Reverse of the panel: [Gal.-Nr.]; Sammlungsnachweis Pillnitz (repeated): 'Inv. 48.'; in blue chalk: '33'

Reverse of the frame:
in …

Inscriptions and Labels

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

  • Reverse of the panel: [Gal.-Nr.]; Sammlungsnachweis Pillnitz (repeated): 'Inv. 48.'; in blue chalk: '33'

  • Reverse of the frame:

  • in white chalk: '64'; in blue ink on a label: '255 [?] 1480 [?]'

  • [Schlegel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 271]

Owner
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
Repository
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
Location
Dresden
CDA ID
DE_SKD_GG1933-2
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_SKD_GG1933-2/

Connected Works

Christ's Arrest
  • Christ's Arrest, about 1515 - 1520
  • DE_SKD_GG1933-1
  • Painting
  • Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden

Provenance

  • Kunstkammer inventory from 1700-1714
    [Sächs. HStADD, Cap X a, Nr. 4 (Posse) als Nr. 30][1]

  • 1830 entered the Gemäldegalerie

[1][Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 272, 274 Fn. 1]
[Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 272]

Exhibitions

Dresden 1937, 17
Chemnitz 2005, No. 12.2

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005 271-274 12.2 Pl. p. 271
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 533, 547, 549, 550, 551, 553, 554, 556, 571 12.2
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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Schölzel 2005 190 15
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 17
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, 632
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. 1764
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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  • Christ appearing to the Virgin, about 1515 - 1520

Images

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Documents

Technical studies

27.09.2012Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared reflectography
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  • irr

Underdrawing

Results

Drawing material:

- fluid (brush)

Technique:

- The underdrawing was executed with a brush, employing broad strokes for the outlines and thinner lines within the forms; hooks, squiggles and crescent-shaped arcs were employed to indicate the muscles and the features within the heads; the painted version deviates from the drawing in the Virgin's lectern, the perspectival lines indicating the depth of the room and particularly on the left leg and the feet of Christ; the window and the flag in the background exhibit a more expansive underdrawing. [1]

- further underdrawing: there was originally an additional church spire in the landscape at the top right, the position of the Virgin's eyes has been changed?

[1][Schölzel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 271]

[Böhme, Schölzel, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, 2012]

  • photographed by Christoph Schölzel
  • photographed by Alexandra Böhme

2005Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared reflectography

Underdrawing

The underdrawing was executed with a brush, employing broad strokes for the outlines and thinner lines within the forms; hooks, squiggles and crescent-shaped arcs were employed to indicate the muscles and the features within the heads; the painted version deviates from the drawing in the Virgin's lectern, the perspectival lines indicating the depth of the room and particularly on the left leg and the feet of Christ; the window and the flag in the background exhibit a more expansive underdrawing.

Framing

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

[Schölzel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 271]

2003Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • other
  • reverse

Support

- limewood

- 0.2 cm thick (thinned)

- single board, vertical grain

- marks from a toothed plane

[Schlegel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 271]

Condition Reports

Date2005

Support:

  • 0.2 cm thick (thinned)

  • trimmed along the top, bottom and side edges

  • cradle consisting of four vertical members and six horizontal members (pine wood)

  • panel separated after the cradle was attached

  • woodworm damage (open channels)

Painted surface:

  • split at the bottom edge

  • small retouches in the background (view of the landscape)

  • uneven varnish

[Schlegel, Schölzel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 271]

Conservation History

Date1996

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

[1][Schölzel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 271]

Date1958

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

[1][Schölzel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 271]

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