St Catharine of Alexandria

Title

[Cat. Karlsruhe 1966, 94]

Painting on limewood

Medium

Painting on limewood

[Klein, Report 2013]
[Klein, Report 2008]
[Cat. Karlsruhe 1966, 93]

The painting depicts the saint as a full-length figure facing right against a red velvet curtain behind which a landscape is visible. The young woman wears an elaborately decorated black dress with a straight collar and an ornate head attire. She looks at the viewer and holds a sword in

[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 a black frame and handwritten annotations:
"Staatl. Kunsthalle …

Inscriptions and Labels

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

Reverse of the panel: - top, right:
printed white label with a black frame and handwritten annotations:
"Staatl. Kunsthalle Karlsruhe Standort: 15 [number handwritten]"
printed yellow label with a black frame and additions in type script:
"Staatl. Kunsthalle Karlsruhe
Cranach-Werkstatt [type script]
Inv. Nr. 116 [number type script]
Die Heilige Katharina [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_0116
FR (1978) Nr.: FR-none
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_SKK_0116/

Connected Works

Provenance

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

Literature

Reference on page

Catalogue Number

Figure / Plate

Cat. Karlsruhe 1966

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 Catharine of Alexandria, about 1530 - 1549

Images

Documents

DE_SKK_0116_FR-none_2013_analysis-report-001.pdf

Technical studies

08.04.2013Scientific analysis

Identification of wood species / Dendrochronology

DE_SKK_0116_FR-none_2013_analysis-report-001.pdf

Support

Identification of wood species: limewood (Tilia sp.)

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:

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

Deviations:

- minor alterations made during the painting process to clearly define form

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- workshop

[Smith, Sandner, Heydenreich, cda 2012]

photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
photographed by Ingo Sandner

Condition Reports

Date2011

Support:

thinned to a thickness of c. 2 mm and laminated onto a new panel

[Heydenreich, cda 2011]

Citing from the Cranach Digital Archive

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