Moritz, Elector of Saxony and his wife Agnes

Moritz, Elector of Saxony and his wife Agnes

Title

Moritz, Elector of Saxony and his wife Agnes

[CDA 2011]

Painting on limewood

Medium

Painting on limewood

[Schlegel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 444]

A half-length double portrait of Elector Moritz of Saxony (1521-1553) and his wife Agnes of Hessen (1527-1555) shown behind a balustrade against a blue background, both looking at the viewer.

[Herrschaft, cda 2015]

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Younger

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Younger

[Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 444]

Production date
1559

Production date

1559

[dated]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 44 x 65 x 1.2 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 44 x 65 x 1.2 cm

  • [Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 444]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia left (above the shoulder of Elector Moritz): winged serpent with dropped wings and dated '1559'

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia left (above the shoulder of Elector Moritz): winged serpent with dropped wings and dated '1559'

Inscriptions and Labels

'MAVRITIVS [SAXO]NIAE [GER]MANI IMPERII ARCHIMARSC[HALUS ET] ELECT[OR] [BURG]GRAVIVS MAGDEBURGENSIS: ETCZ TVRRIS. FORTISSIMA. NOMEN DOMINI. …

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

  • 'MAVRITIVS [SAXO]NIAE [GER]MANI IMPERII ARCHIMARSC[HALUS ET] ELECT[OR] [BURG]GRAVIVS MAGDEBURGENSIS: ETCZ TVRRIS. FORTISSIMA. NOMEN DOMINI. AD IPSAM CVRRIT IVSTVS ET EXALTABITVR: PROVERB: XVIII'

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

  • Rückseitig auf dem Bildträger: [Gal.-Nr., repeated]; Sammlungsnachweis Pillnitz: 'Inv. 46 [?]'; in blue chalk: '1945-219'; in red chalk on a label: '146'; in white chalk: '10, 135, 38'; in black ink on a label: '30 Kr 264 mAs 20.11.53, Inst. f. Denkmalpflege Halle'

  • [Schlegel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 444]

Owner
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
Repository
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
Location
Dresden
CDA ID
DE_SKD_GG1945
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_SKD_GG1945/

Provenance

  • 1658 acquire by Johann Georg II for the Kunstkammer as a gift from Martin Rattich
    [Sächs. HStADD, Cap. X a, Nr. 22 (Posse Bd. 1)][1]

  • [1722-1728 Inventar, A 1369][2]

  • the painting entered the gallery before 1835
    [Matthäi, Cat. Dresden 1835, Bd. 1 No. 84][3]

[1] [Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 446, 449, Fn. 1]
[2] [Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 446, 449, Fn. 2]
[3] [Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 446, 449, Fn. 4]

Exhibitions

Dresden 1937, 18
Weimar, Wittenberg 1953, 58
Chemnitz 1994, No. 3.3
Chemnitz 2005, No. 37

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Müller 2015 269, 270, Fn. 15 Fig. 3
AuthorMatthias Müller
TitleWiederkehr der Mimesis. Die höfische Porträtmalerei Lucas Cranachs des Jüngeren nach 1550 als paradigmatische Neuausrichtung des 'Cranach-Stils'
Publicationin Elke A. Werner, Anne Eusterschulte, Gunnar Heydenreich, eds., Lucas Cranach der Jüngere und die Reformation der Bilder
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication2015
Pages266-279
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Maaz 2010 90, 91
AuthorBernhard Maaz
TitleCranach in der Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister Dresden
Place of PublicationBerlin, Munich
Year of Publication2010
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Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005 441, 444-449 37 Pl. p. 445
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 130 37
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 537, 542-547, 549, 550, 552-554, 557 37
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 195 37
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. Chemnitz, Bochum, Prague 1994 No. 3.3
EditorBernd Ernsting
TitleGregorius Agicola. Bergwelten 1494-1994 [Städtische Kunstsammlungen, Chemnitz; Deutsches Bergbau-Museum, Bochum; Technisches Nationalmuseum, Prague]
Place of PublicationEssen
Year of Publication1994
Show Literature
Exhib. Cat. Weimar, Wittenberg 1953 No. 58
AuthorWalther Scheidig
EditorDeutsche Lucas Cranach Komitee
TitleLucas Cranach Ausstellung. Weimar und Wittenberg
Place of PublicationWeimar, Wittenberg
Year of Publication1953
Show Literature
Exhib. Cat. Dresden 1937 18
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
Glaser 1923 235
AuthorCurt Glaser
TitleLukas Cranach
Place of PublicationLeipzig
Year of Publication1923
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/glaser1923
Show Literature
Seidlitz 1921 144
AuthorWoldemar von Seidlitz
TitleDie Kunst in Dresden vom Mittelalter bis zur Neuzeit. Bd. I: 1464-1625
Volume1
Place of PublicationDresden
Year of Publication1921
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Sponsel 1906 071
AuthorJean Louis Sponsel
TitleFürsten-Bildnisse aus dem Hause Wettin
Place of PublicationDresden
Year of Publication1906
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Schäfer 1860 888, 890
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 40
AuthorGustav Friedrich Waagen
TitleEinige Bemerkungen über die neue Aufstellung, Beleuchtung und Catalogisierung der Königlichen Gemäldegallerie zu Dresden
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1858
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  • Moritz, Elector of Saxony and his wife Agnes, 1559

Images

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Documents

Technical studies

19.09.2012Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared reflectography
  • irr

Underdrawing

Results

Drawing material:

- dry

Technique:

- underdrawing in a dry material limited to the contours and a brief indication of the main features; economic use of hatching-strokes on the bridge of Agnes‘ nose; corrections in the underdrawing to the thumb of Moritz and the glove in his right hand (originally not angled but held horizontally) [1]

- further underdrawing: lines to indicate the frills on the cuff of Agnes' right sleeve?

[1][Schölzel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 444]

[Böhme, Schölzel, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, 2012]

  • photographed by Christoph Schölzel
  • photographed by Alexandra Böhme

2005Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared reflectography

Underdrawing

Underdrawing in a dry material limited to the contours and a brief indication of the main features; economic use of hatching-strokes on the bridge of Agnes‘ nose; corrections in the underdrawing to the thumb of Moritz and the glove in his right hand (originally not angled but held horizontally).

Framing

New frame: 19th or 20th century black profiled frame

[Schölzel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 444]

2003Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • detail
  • reverse

Support

- 1.2 cm thick

- original surface on the reverse

- three, horizontally aligned boards

- marks from a toothed plane

- rebate running around all four sides

[Schlegel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 444]

Condition Reports

Date2005

Support:

  • top and bottom edges trimmed

  • black coating applied to the reverse

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

Painted surface:

  • retouching in the robe, the face, the beard and forehead of Moritz, in the face of Agnes, in the background, top left

  • abrasion in the text field

  • thin, glossy varnish

[Schlegel, Schölzel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 444]

Conservation History

Date1972

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

[1][Schölzel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 444]

see also pdf

Date1933

[Sächs. HStADD, 13458 SKD, GG Nr. 8, Bd. 15, Bl. 171][1]

[1][Schölzel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 444]

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