St Lucia

Titles

St Lucia	[cda, 2011]
Female saint with sword (Lucia?)	[Cat. Karlsruhe 1966, 93]

Painting on alder wood

Medium

Painting on alder wood	[Klein, Report 2013]
lime wood	[Cat. Karlsruhe 1966, 93]

The panel depicts a female saint as a full-length figure facing left against a green curtain behind which there is a view into a landscape. The young woman wears a red velvet dress with brocade. In her left hand she holds a sword.

[Görres, cda 2012]

Attribution: Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Cat. Karlsruhe 1966, 94]

Production date: about 1530 - 1549

Production date

about 1530 - 1549

"1530 - 1540er Jahre"
[Cat. Karlsruhe 1966, 94]

Dimensions: Dimensions of support: 53 x 34 cm

Dimensions

Dimensions of support: 53 x 34 cm
(support thinned und transferred to a new panel)
[Heydenreich, cda 2011]

Signature / Dating: None

Inscriptions and Labels: Reverse of the panel: - top, right:
printed white label with ablack frame and handwritten annotations:
'Staatl. Kunsthalle Karlsruhe …

Inscriptions and Labels

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

Reverse of the panel: - top, right:
printed white label with ablack frame and handwritten annotations:
'Staatl. Kunsthalle Karlsruhe Standort: 15 [number handwritten]'
printed yellow label with a black frame and type script:
'Staatl. Kunsthalle Karlsruhe
Cranach-Werkstatt [type script]
Inv. Nr. 110 [number type script]
weibl. Heilige mit Schwert [type script]
Eingetragen
Geprüft 1957 [number type script]'
[Görres, cda 2012]

Owner: Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe
Repository: Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe
Location: Karlsruhe

CDA ID: DE_SKK_0110
FR (1978) Nr.: FR-none
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_SKK_0110/

Connected Works

Provenance

probably from the collection of the Margrave of Baden
[Cat. Karlsruhe 1966, 94]

Literature

Reference on page

Catalogue Number

Figure / Plate

Cat. Karlsruhe 1966

109

Author	Jan Lauts
Title	Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe. Katalog Alter Meister bis 1800
Volume	1, 2
Place of Publication	Karlsruhe
Year of Publication	1966

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Michaelson 1902

113

Author	Hedwig Michaelson
Title	Lukas Cranach der Ältere. Untersuchung über die stilistische Entwicklung seiner Kunst
Place of Publication	Leipzig
Year of Publication	1902

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St Lucia, about 1530 - 1549

Images

Documents

DE_SKK_0110_FR-none_2013_analysis-report-001.pdf

Technical studies

08.04.2013Scientific analysis

Identification of wood species / Dendrochronology

DE_SKK_0110_FR-none_2013_analysis-report-001.pdf

Support

Identification of wood species: alder wood (Alnus sp.)

Examined in 2008. The result probably refers to the new auxillary support.

[Comment, cda 2011]

analysed by Peter Klein

07. 2011Technical examination / Scientific analysis

Infrared reflectography

Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

Tools/Materials:

- fluid, black medium and brush

Type/Ductus:

- freehand underdrawing

- thin lines

Function:

- roughly binding for the final painted version; lines delineate contours and describe the facial features; no representation of volume

Deviations:

- alterations made during the painting process to clearly define form; changes (e.g. in the face and chest area of the saint, at the bottom near the sword)

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- workshop

[Smith, Sandner, Heydenreich, cda 2012]

photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
photographed by Ingo Sandner

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