St Catherine [left wing, exterior]

Title

[cda 2022]

Painting on oak

Medium

Painting on oak

[skd online collection, accessed 20.10.2022]

This panel is the left outer wing of an altarpiece formerly in the castle church in Wittenberg. Stylistic differences in the representation of the figures indicate that the panels of the altarpiece were produced by different artists. The central panel and inner wing panels were executed by two different artists from the Netherlands. This panel was executed by a third artist and shows a rather static full-length figure of St Catherine against a neutral background, holding the sword of her martyrdom and wearing a crown.

[cda 2022]

Attributions: Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder	[Neidhardt 2006, 136] 'they [the external wing panels] can without doubt be traced back to the Cranach workshop' [Exhib. Cat. Dresden 2005, 196]
Lucas Cranach the Elder	Attribution in the inventory maintained until 1741 by Adam Steinhäuser [Neidhardt 2006, 133]

Production date: after 1510

Production date

after 1510

[Exhib. Cat. Dresden 2005, 196]

Dimensions: Dimensions of support: 173 x 48 cm

Dimensions

Dimensions of support: 173 x 48 cm
[skd online collection, accessed 20.10.2022]

Signature / Dating: none

Inscriptions and Labels: none

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

none

Owner: Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
Repository: Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
Location: Dresden

CDA ID: DE_SKD_GG841d
FR (1978) Nr.: FR-none
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_SKD_GG841d/

Connected Works

Provenance

1604 Schlosskirche (castle church) Wittenberg
1687 removed from the Schlosskirche in Wittenberg and taken to the Kunstkammer (art cabinet)
1733 in the gallery
before 1741, Inv. Dresden no. 2338/2339
wings sold in the 18th century, but in 1876 they were returned to the gallery in Dresden after an exchange with the 'Gotische Haus' in Wörlitz
[Cat. Dresden 2005, 295, no. 893] [Exhib. Cat. Dresden 2005, 196]

Literature

Reference on page

Catalogue Number

Figure / Plate

Neidhardt 2006

136-137

Author	Uta Neidhardt
Title	"... hat der Meister (...) auch die Nacht selbst mit seinem Pinsel abgeschildert...". Ein niederländischer Flügelaltar mit der Gefangennahme Christi in der Dresdener Gemäldegalerie
Journal	Dresdener Kunstblätter
Issue	(50) 2006, Heft 3
Year of Publication	2006
Pages	133-146

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Cat. Dresden 2005

295

893

Editor	Harald Marx
Title	Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister Dresden
Place of Publication	Cologne
Year of Publication	2005

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Exhib. Cat. Dresden 2005 B

196-200

073

pl. p. 198

Author	Uta Neidhardt, Thomas Ketelsen
Title	Das Geheimnis des Jan van Eyck. Die frühen niederländischen Zeichnungen und Gemälde in Dresden, [Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Residenzschloss, 13.8. – 31.10. 2005]
Place of Publication	Munich
Year of Publication	2005

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Research History / Discussion

The altarpiece consists of a central panel with two moveable wings and was formerly located in the Schlosskirche (castle church) in Wittenberg. Stylistic differences suggest that three different artists contributed to the work. Both the central panel and the inner sides of the wing panels bear the hallmark of Netherlandish artists active c. 1500. The central panel depicting a nocturnal scene of the taking of Christ, was completed first and the wing panels (inner sides) with angels bearing the Arma Christi were then added. Although they are evidently by another artist, being unlike the central panel in execution, their composition was designed to complement it. The exteriors of both wing panels are of a later date and have been attributed to the Cranach workshop in Wittenberg. During its documented history the various component parts of the altarpiece were separated in the 18th century but have since been reunited. For a more detailed discussion of the altarpiece and its chronology see [Neidhardt 2006].

St Catherine [left wing, exterior], after 1510

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