August, Elector of Saxony

August, Elector of Saxony

Title

August, Elector of Saxony

[Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 458]

Painting on paper on cardboard

Medium

Painting on paper on cardboard

[Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 458]

The painting is a portrait study of Elector August of Saxony (1526-1586) that was employed by the Cranach workshop as a template for numerous subsequent representative works.

[Herrschaft, cda 2015]

Attributions
Lucas Cranach the Younger
Circle of Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Lucas Cranach the Younger

[Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 458]

Comment on the meeting from the 05.02.1859
[Sachs HStADD, GG, Nr. 8, Bd. 3][1]
[1][Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 460, 461, Fn. 7, 463]

Circle of Lucas Cranach the Elder

'Cranachs Schule'
[Cat. Dresden 1843][1]
[1][Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 460]

Unknown

[Matthäi, Cat. Dresden 1835, Bd. 1, No. 88][1]
[1][Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 460, Fn. 6, 463]

Albrecht Dürer

[Inventar 1722-1728 A 285][1]
[1][Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 460, Fn. 5, 463]

Production date
about 1564

Production date

about 1564

[Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 458]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 36.7 x 27.6 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 36.7 x 27.6 cm

  • (without additions)

  • Dimensions of support: 40.5 x 32.5 cm

  • (with additions)

  • [Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 458]

Signature / Dating

None

Inscriptions and Labels

Reverse of the support:
[Gal.-Nr. mehrfach]; scratched in: '39'; in white chalk: '33 [?]'

[Schlegel, Exhib. Cat. …

Inscriptions and Labels

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

  • Reverse of the support:

  • [Gal.-Nr. mehrfach]; scratched in: '39'; in white chalk: '33 [?]'

  • [Schlegel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 458]

Owner
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
Repository
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
Location
Dresden
CDA ID
DE_SKD_GG1947
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_SKD_GG1947/

Provenance

  • 1696 first possible record: 'Ao. 1696 Mense July Hat auf Befehl und Vorwißen des Herrn Hauß-Marschalls von Erdmannsdorff der Ober-Hof-Mahler Bodschild follgende Schildereyen aus seinen bißherigen Bilder Cammer, weil aus solcher Gemächer vord Fr:Zimmer gemachet, in die Kunstk: geliefert [...] Drey Köpffe Churf. Mauritius, Churf. Augustus und Luthers: von Kranachen in Ramen, klein'
    ('Anno 1696 Mense July following the orders of the Haus-Marschall von Erdmannsdorf the court painter Bodschild gave the following description of the Picture chamber [...] three heads of Elector Mauritius, Elector Augustus and Luther: by Kranachen in frames, small')
    [Sachs HStADD, Cap. X a, Nr. 16, Kreigsverlust 1945, Teile in: Forschungsarchiv SKD, Nachlass Hans Posse Bd. 10][1]

  • 1707 among the paintings , which were removed from the Kunstkammer following the King's orders
    [Sachs HStADD, Cap. X a, Nr. 39 Kreigsverlust 1945, Teile in: Forschungsarchiv SKD, Nachlass Hans Posse Bds. 1, 13][2]

  • Inventory 1722-1728: A 285

  • 1835 first mentioned in the catalogue by Matthäi [Bd. 1, No. 88]

  • 1956/57 returned from Russia

[1][Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 460, Fn. 1, 463]
[2][Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 460, Fn. 3, 463]
[Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 460, 461]

Exhibitions

Dresden 1937, 18
Chemnitz 2005, No. 39

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Müller 2015 272, 273, Fn. 25-27 Fig. 9
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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Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005 441, 442, 458-463, 470, 471, 521 39 Pl. p. 459
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 535, 542-546, 548-550, 552-556, 558, 559, 560 39
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 194 39
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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Cat. Dresden 1992 162
AuthorAngelo Walther
TitleGemäldegalerie Dresden. Alte Meister. Katalog der ausgestellten Werke
Place of PublicationLeipzig
Year of Publication1992
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Schade 1974 102
AuthorWerner Schade
TitleDie Malerfamilie Cranach
Place of PublicationDresden
Year of Publication1974
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/schade1974
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Menz 1962 16
AuthorHenner Menz
TitleDie Dresdener Gemäldegalerie
Place of PublicationMunich, Zurich
Year of Publication1962
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Schade 1961/1962 41
AuthorWerner Schade
TitleZum Werk der Cranach
JournalJahrbuch der Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen Dresden
Issue3/4
Year of Publication1962
Pages29-49
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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
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Posse 1930 55 (Bd. 1)
AuthorHans Posse
TitleDresdner Cranach-Erwerbungen
JournalPantheon
Issue3
Year of Publication1930
Pages495-500
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Seidlitz 1921 185, 195
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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Cat. Dresden 1896 636
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 618
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 1860 885 - 887
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 No. 1671
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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Schuchardt 1851 C 45
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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Cat. Dresden 1835 No. 88 (Bd. 1)
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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Technical studies

22.10.2012Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared reflectography
  • irr

Underdrawing

Results

Drawing material:

Technique:

- the few visible lines in the face cannot be clearly distinguished from the thin contours described in the final painted version [1]

- the edges are overpainted

[1][Schölzel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 458]

[Böhme, Schölzel, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, 2012]

  • photographed by Christoph Schölzel
  • photographed by Alexandra Böhme

2005Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared reflectography

Underdrawing

'the few visible lines in the face cannot be clearly distinguished from the thin contours described in the final painted version'

Framing

New frame: stucco frame in the style of the Dresden Gallery frames of the 18th, 19th centuries

[Schölzel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 458]

2003Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • reverse

Support

- paper laminated onto a spruce wood panel

[Schlegel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 458]

Condition Reports

Date2005

Support:

  • laminated onto a spruce wood panel

  • one plank with the grain running vertically

  • three knots

  • reddish glaze on the reverse of the panel

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

Frame:

  • slitted auxillary frame

  • trapez-shaped notch on the lower frame member top and bottom edges trimmed

Painted surface:

  • the overpaint covering the additions extends over the original paint

  • the paint surface is abraded

  • small retouches, particularly on the forehead, left

  • glossy varnish

[Schlegel, Schölzel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 458]

Date1955

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

[1][Schölzel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 458]

see also pdf

Conservation History

Date1968

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

[1][Schölzel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 458]

see also pdf

Date1960

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

[1][Schölzel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 458]

see also pdf

Date1925

[Sächs. HStADD, 13458 SKD, GG Nr. 8, Bd. 15, Bl. 6, 195][1]

[1][Schölzel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 458]

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