The Raising of Lazarus

The Raising of Lazarus

Title

The Raising of Lazarus

[CDA 2011]

Painting on beech wood

Medium

Painting on beech wood

[Klein, Report 2003]

Lime wood

[Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 312]

Christ, who has already raised Lazarus from the dead, stands at the right edge of the picture. The grave is open. Supported by the apostle Peter the pale figure of Lazarus climbs out und looks up at Jesus. His sisters Mary Magdalene and Martha kneel with folded hands at the

Christ, who has already raised Lazarus from the dead, stands at the right edge of the picture. The grave is open. Supported by the apostle Peter the pale figure of Lazarus climbs out und looks up at Jesus. His sisters Mary Magdalene and Martha kneel with folded hands at the edge of the grave. A group of men and women witness the miracle. Beyond their heads an expansive landscape is visible.

[Görres, cda 2016]

Attributions
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder
Lucas Cranach the Younger

Attributions

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 312]
[Schäfer 1860][1]
[Schuchardt 1851 A][1]

[1][Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 314]

Lucas Cranach the Younger

`reasonable painting from the early period of Lucas Cranach the Younger'
[Waagen 1858][1]
[1][Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 314]

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Matthäis, Cat. Dresden 1835, Bd. 1, No. 159][1]
[1][Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 314, 316]

Production dates
about 1535
after 1537

Production dates

about 1535

'Kind observation by Prof. Dr. Dieter Koepplin, Basel, written correspondance on the 30.07.2005'
[Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 314, 316, Fn. 5]

after 1537

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 123 x 85 x 1.4 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 123 x 85 x 1.4 cm

  • [Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 312]

Signature / Dating

None

Inscriptions and Labels

Reverse of the panel:
[Gal.-Nr., repeated]; label: '9'

Reverse of the frame:
in blue chalk: '105'

[Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz …

Inscriptions and Labels

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

  • Reverse of the panel:

  • [Gal.-Nr., repeated]; label: '9'

  • Reverse of the frame:

  • in blue chalk: '105'

  • [Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 312]

Owner
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
Repository
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
Location
Dresden
CDA ID
DE_SKD_GG1934
FR (1978) Nr.
FR366B
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_SKD_GG1934/

Provenance

  • among the 18 Cranach painting that Elector Johann Georg II admitted into the Kunstkammer on the 20.11.1657
    [Sächs. HStADD, Cap. X a, Nr. 36 (Posse)[1]

  • transferred to the Gemäldegalerie after the Kunstkammer was dissolved

  • [Matthäi, Cat. Dresden 1835, Bd. 1 No. 159][1]

  • returned from Russia

[Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 314]
[1][Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 314, 316]

Exhibitions

Dresden 1937, 17
Chemnitz 2005, No. 19

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Görres 2015 A 254
AuthorDaniel Görres
TitleVon Fürsten und Bürgern, Theologen und Malern. Repräsentation und Memoria in Bildprogrammen Cranachs des Jüngeren
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/4615/6232/3882/Goerres_2015_-_Fuersten_und_Buerger.pdf
Pages141-151
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Görres et al. 2015 254
AuthorDaniel Görres, Gunnar Heydenreich, Jana Herrschaft
TitleDie Werkstatt Cranachs des Jüngeren
Publicationin R. Enke, K. Schneider, J. Strehle, eds., Lucas Cranach der Jüngere. Entdeckung eines Meisters
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication2015
Link https://lucascranach.org/application/files/7116/2097/3065/Heydenreich_Goerres_Herrschaft_2015_Die_Werkstatt_Cranachs_des_Juengeren.pdf
Pages64-77
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Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005 312-317, 346 19 Pl. p. 313
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
Show Literature
Kolb 2005 A 173 Fn. 259 19
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 531, 541-547, 549-551, 553-557 19
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
Show Literature
Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 143 No. 366B
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. 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
Show Literature
Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932 293c
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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Cat. Dresden 1887 613, 614
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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Lindau 1883 283
AuthorMartin Bernhard Lindau
TitleLucas Cranach. Ein Lebensbild aus dem Zeitalter der Reformation
Place of PublicationLeipzig
Year of Publication1883
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Schäfer 1860 909, 910
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 38
AuthorGustav Friedrich Waagen
TitleEinige Bemerkungen über die neue Aufstellung, Beleuchtung und Catalogisierung der Königlichen Gemäldegallerie zu Dresden
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1858
Show Literature
Schuchardt 1851 C 45 238
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
Show Literature
Cat. Dresden 1835 No. 159
AuthorFriedrich Matthäi
TitleVerzeichniss der Königlich Sächsischen Gemälde-Galerie zu Dresden. Erste Hauptabteilung. Die Gemälde der äusseren Galerie; Zweite Hauptabteilung. Die Gemälde der inneren Galerie, der Abteilung H. der äusseren galerie, und des Pastellcabinets
Volume1, 2
Place of PublicationDresden
Year of Publication1835
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  • The Raising of Lazarus, about 1535

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Documents

Technical studies

26.10.2012Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared reflectography
  • irr

Underdrawing

Results

Drawing material:

Technique:

- very few lines deviate from the contours of the painted version (linear underdrawing or painted outlines of the forms?), for example on the hand of Christ, which points down, in the landscape background in the centre of the painting and on Lazarus‘ heel [1]

[1][Schölzel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 312]

[Böhme, Schölzel, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, 2012]

  • photographed by Christoph Schölzel
  • photographed by Alexandra Böhme

2005Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared reflectography

Underdrawing

Very few lines deviate from the contours of the painted version (linear underdrawing or painted outlines of the forms?), for example on the hand of Christ, which points down, in the landscape background in the centre of the painting and on Lazarus‘ heel.

Framing

New frame: gilded stucco frame in the style of the 18th and 19th century Dresden gallery frames

[Schölzel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 312]

31.10.2003Scientific analysis

  • Identification of wood species / Dendrochronology

Support

Identification of wood species: beech wood

Youngest annual ring: 1530

[Klein Report, 31.10.2003]

  • analysed by Peter Klein

2003Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • reverse

Support

- 1.4 cm thick

- original surface on the reverse

- four planks, vertical grain

- marks from a block plane

- rebate running around the edge on all four sides

- joins covered with an application of tow

[Schlegel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 312]

Condition Reports

Date2005

Support:

  • splits covered with an application of tow

  • the second join has been filled with wood chip and covered with an application of tow

  • the joins have been reinforced with wooden blocks

Painted surface:

  • woodworm damage (exit holes)

  • retouching particularly along the join, in the man with a red robe shown in profile and along the bottom edge

  • small areas of abrasion and small losses along the edge of the craquelée

  • old, yellowed varnish

[Schlegel, Schölzel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 312]

Date1955

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

[1][Schölzel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 312]

Conservation History

Date2005

  • in preparation for the Cranach exhibition in Chemnitz (frame)

see pdf

Date1991

see pdf

Date1973

see pdf

Date1843

Written reference to a restoration attached to the reverse of the panel

[Schölzel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 312]

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