Alexander, Duke of Saxony, as a child

Alexander, Duke of Saxony, as a child

Title

Alexander, Duke of Saxony, as a child

[CDA 2011]

Painting on limewood

Medium

Painting on limewood

[Schlegel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 514]

The portrait depicts Duke Alexander of Saxony (1554-1565) as a child; shown here in a niche as a full-length and over life-size figure.

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Younger

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Younger

[Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 514]

Production date
1564

Production date

1564

[dated]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 166 x 77.7 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 166 x 77.7 cm

  • [Schlegel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 514]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia: winged serpent with dropped wings and dated '1564'

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia: winged serpent with dropped wings and dated '1564'

Inscriptions and Labels

Reverse of the panel: [Gal.-Nr., repeated]; Sammlungsnachweis Pillnitz (repeated): 'Inv. 31'; in whitish grey chalk: 'Nr. 31 a'; …

Inscriptions and Labels

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

  • Reverse of the panel: [Gal.-Nr., repeated]; Sammlungsnachweis Pillnitz (repeated): 'Inv. 31'; in whitish grey chalk: 'Nr. 31 a'; in white chalk: 'myllau [?]'; in pencil: '18'; in black paint on a label: 'Histor Museum'; in gelber Farbe: 'B 32'; [Exhibition label: Berlin].

  • Reverse of the frame:

  • in whitish grey chalk: '33'

  • [Schlegel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 514]

Owner
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
Repository
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
Location
Dresden
CDA ID
DE_SKD_RKH96
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_SKD_RKH96/

Provenance

  • Cranach the Younger was presumably commissioned by Elector August in c. 1564
  • 1595 Kunstkammer
    [Inventar fol. 405 r.][1]

[Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 516]
[1][Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 516, 522, Fn. 1]

Exhibitions

Dresden 1899, No. 162-164
Berlin 1937, No. 137, 18, 19
Vienna 1972, under No. 31
Vienna 1982, No. 185, 214
Dresden 1989, No. 147
Chemnitz 2005, No. 49.3

Literature

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Buck 2015 143, 146
AuthorStephanie Buck
TitleAuf Papier. Zu Cranachs Bildnisstudien
Publicationin Elke A. Werner, Anne Eusterschulte, Gunnar Heydenreich, eds., Lucas Cranach der Jüngere und die Reformation der Bilder
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication2015
Pages142-153
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CDA.Bloh 2005 180 49.3
AuthorJutta Charlotte von Bloh
TitleKleidung und Waffen in den Fürstenbildnissen der Cranachs
Publicationin Harald Marx, Ingrid Mössinger, Karin Kolb, eds., Cranach, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005
Place of PublicationCologne
Year of Publication2005
Pages174-181
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Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005 426, 514, 516-522 49.3 Pl. p. 514, Fig. 220
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 119, 169 Fn. 23 49.3
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 535 49.3
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 49.3
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 1989 No. 147
EditorManfred Bachmann, Albertinum, Dresden
TitleDer silberne Boden. Kunst und Bergbau in Sachsen
Place of PublicationDresden
Year of Publication1989
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Cat. Vienna 1982 214 No. 185
AuthorKarl Schütz, Günther Heinz, Klaus Demus
TitleKatalog der Gemäldegalerie. Porträtgalerie zur Geschichte Österreichs
Place of PublicationVienna
Year of Publication1982
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Schade 1974 102, 103
AuthorWerner Schade
TitleDie Malerfamilie Cranach
Place of PublicationDresden
Year of Publication1974
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/schade1974
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Exhib. Cat. Vienna 1972 under No. 31
AuthorKarl Schütz
EditorKunsthistorisches Museum, Wien
TitleLucas Cranach der Ältere und seine Werkstatt. Jubiläumsausstellung museumseigener Werke 1472-1972
Place of PublicationVienna
Year of Publication1972
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Lilienfein 1942 102
AuthorHeinrich Lilienfein
TitleLukas Cranach und seine Zeit
Place of PublicationBielefeld
Year of Publication1942
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Hager 1940 Nos. 38, 39
AuthorWerner Hager
TitleMeisterbildnisse der Dürerzeit
Place of PublicationVienna
Year of Publication1940
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Exhib. Cat. Berlin 1937 53 145 Pl. 110
EditorStaatliche Museen, Berlin
TitleLucas Cranach d. Ä. und Lucas Cranach d. J. Gemälde, Zeichnungen, Graphik
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1937
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Holst 1932 36
AuthorNiels von Holst
TitleDie ostdeutsche Bildnismalerei des 16. Jhs.
JournalZeitschrift für Kunstgeschichte
Issue1
Year of Publication1932
Pages19-43
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Cat. Dresden 1930 B 10, 18
EditorMinisterium für Volksbildung
TitleDas Historische Museum: Rüstkammer und Gewehrgalerie. Sonderdruck aus dem Führer durch die Staatliche Kunstsammlungen zu Dresden
Place of PublicationDresden
Year of Publication1930
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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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Sponsel 1906 83, 85-87, 92 076
AuthorJean Louis Sponsel
TitleFürsten-Bildnisse aus dem Hause Wettin
Place of PublicationDresden
Year of Publication1906
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Flechsig 1900 A 288
AuthorEduard Flechsig
TitleCranachstudien
Volume1
Place of PublicationLeipzig
Year of Publication1900
Link page/n5/mode/2up
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Ehrenthal 1899 26
AuthorMax von Ehrenthal
TitleFührer durch das Königliche Historische Museum zu Dresden
Place of PublicationDresden
Year of Publication1899
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Exhib. Cat. Dresden 1899 162-164
EditorKarl Woermann
TitleDeutsche Kunstausstellung Dresden 1899. Abteilung Cranach-Ausstellung. Wissenschaftliches Verzeichnis der ausgestellten Werke
Place of PublicationDresden
Year of Publication1899
Link http://resolver.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/SBB00002A2400000000
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Ehrenthal 1896 28
AuthorMax von Ehrenthal
TitleFührer durch das Königliche Historische Museum zu Dresden
Place of PublicationDresden
Year of Publication1896
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Erbstein 1889 9, 10
AuthorAlbert Erbstein
TitleBeschreibung des Königlichen Historischen Museums und der Königlichen Gewehrgalerie zu Dresden
Place of PublicationDresden
Year of Publication1889
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Rahnfeld vor 1876 7, 8
AuthorF. A. Rahnfeld
TitleNotizen für den Beschauer des Königlichen historischen Museums im Zwingergebäude zu Dresden
Place of PublicationDresden
Year of Publication1876
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Cat. Dresden 1873 7-10
Authorn. a.
TitleFührer durch das Königliche Historische Museum in Zwingergebäude zu Dresden
Place of PublicationDresden
Year of Publication1873
Link https://digital.slub-dresden.de/werkansicht/dlf/92872/5
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Frenzel 1850 5
AuthorF. A. Frenzel
TitleDer Führer durch das historische Museum zu Dresden
Place of PublicationLeipzig
Year of Publication1850
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Quandt 1834 44
AuthorJohann Gottlob von Quandt
TitleAndeutung für Beschauer des historischen Museums
Place of PublicationDresden
Year of Publication1834
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Underdrawing

Results

Drawing material:

- dry

Technique:

The underdrawing is executed in a dry material, binding and precise drawing of the face with few hatching-strokes, free underdrawing of the hands and the robe (bow on the stomach); the horizontal line on the floor at the height of the feet was not considered in the painted version [1]

Further underdrawing is visible in the outlines of the hair above the ear and on the forehead as well as the linear definition of the back of the head under the hat; the contours and hatching-strokes on the left knee as well as the calves and the contours of the right foot, diagonal lines over the stomach indicate the sheath for the sword and volume is indicated with hatching-strokes in the area of the robe above the bow, the glove was originally in his right hand and the drawing of the left hand is not binding.

[1][Schölzel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 514]

[Böhme, Schölzel, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, 2012]

  • fotografiert von Alexandra Böhme
  • fotografiert von Christoph Schölzel

2005Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared reflectography

Underdrawing

The underdrawing is executed in a dry material, binding and precise drawing of the face with few hatching-strokes, free underdrawing of the hands and the robe (bow on the stomach); the horizontal line on the floor at the height of the feet was not considered in the painted version.

Framing

New frame: a German renaissance style black and gold decorated frame, 19th or 20th century

[Schölzel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 514]

2003Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • reverse

Support

- limewood

- 1.2 cm thick (thinned)

- seven boards, vertically aligned

- rebate running around all four edges

- black coating removed leaving scant remains

[Schlegel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 514]

Condition Reports

Date2005

Support:

  • the right half of the panel is reinforced with a plank (spruce)

  • the right side of the panel has been trimmed

  • two profiled horizontal bars (spruce)

  • the joins have been reinforced with four vertical bars (spruce)

  • woodworm damage (open channels)

Painted surface:

  • retouching on the left side of the face, in the light background on the left, on the floor on the left and right side, along the joins

-glossy, yellowed varnish

[Schlegel, Schölzel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 514]

Conservation History

Date1968

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

[1] [Schölzel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 514]

see also pdf

Date1895

[Sächs. HStADD, 13458 SKD, GG Nr. 8, Bd. 10, Bl. 113][1]

[1] [Schölzel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 514]

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