Venus with a Tiara

Titles

Venus with a Tiara	[Schade, Exhib. Cat. Berlin 2009, 84]
Venus	[Cat. Karlsruhe 1966, 95]

Painting on fir

Medium

Painting on fir

[Cat. Karlsruhe 1966, 95]

The fragment depicts the Goddess Venus as a half-length figure. In contrast with the dark background her porcelain skin radiates. Her reddish blond hair is parted and falls in long locks over her shoulders and back. The Goddess wears a headdress set with pearls, earrings, a broad neckband and a

[Görres, cda 2012]

Attributions: Heinrich Bollandt
Workshop of Lucas Cranach the Younger

Attributions

Heinrich Bollandt	[Schade, Exhib. Cat. Berlin 2009, 84]
Workshop of Lucas Cranach the Younger	[Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, revised 2011] 'A partial copy after the depiction of 'Venus and Cupid', an autograph work by Lucas Cranach the Younger from about 1540, which is now in the Alte Pinakothek, Munich (No. 5465)' [Cat. Karlsruhe 1966, 96]

Production date: about 1620 - 1630

Production date

about 1620 - 1630

[Schade, Exhib. Cat. Berlin 2009, 84]

Dimensions: Dimensions of support: 46.7 x 42.3 cm (fragment)

Dimensions

Dimensions of support: 46.7 x 42.3 cm (fragment)
[Cat. Karlsruhe 1966, 95]

Signature / Dating: None

Inscriptions and Labels

Reverse of the panel: - on the left side:
serrated label: 'No. [1] 85 Inv. Rastatt. [2]'

beneath:

Inscriptions and Labels

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

Reverse of the panel: - on the left side:
serrated label: 'No. [1] 85 Inv. Rastatt. [2]'
- beneath:
yellowed square label:
'81 [unterstrichen] Sal. 16 No. 85' [2]
- centre:
red wax seal, probably the Baden-Saxon-Lauenburg allied coat-of-arms
- on the right side:
white label:
'Staatl. Kunsthalle Karlsruhe Standort: [1] 15 g [2] [überschrieben mit roter Farbe:] 13 K [2]'
- beneath:
yellow label with a black boarder:
'Badisches Kunsthalle Karlsruhe [1]
Fot. [2]
Inv. Nr. [1] 124. Cranach-(W). Venus [illegible word in brackets] [2]
Geprüft 1937 [last figure handwritten]'
[1] printed
[2] handwritten
[Görres, cda 2012]

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

CDA ID: DE_SKK_0124
FR (1978) Nr.: FR-none
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_SKK_0124/

Connected Works

Provenance

from the collection of the Margrave of Baden-Baden
in the 18th century in the castle of Rastatt (Inventory from 1772, fol. 219 r.)
[Kircher 1949, 531][1]
[Kircher 1955, 222, 244][1]

[1] [Cat. Karlsruhe 1966, 95, 96]

Literature

Reference on page

Catalogue Number

Figure / Plate

Exhib. Cat. Berlin 2009 A

Editor	Stiftung Preussische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg
Title	Cranach und die Kunst der Renaissance unter den Hohenzollern. Kirche, Hof und Stadtkultur
Place of Publication	Berlin
Year of Publication	2009

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Schade 2009

81, 84

Fig. 6

Author	Werner Schade
Title	Bollandt als Nachbildner Cranachs
Publication	in Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg, Evangelische Kirchengemeinde St. Petri-St. Marien, eds., Cranach und die Kunst der Renaissance unter den Hohenzollern: Kirche, Hof und Stadtkultur Exhib. Cat. Berlin
Place of Publication	Berlin
Year of Publication	2009
Pages	80-85

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Cat. Karlsruhe 1966

95, 96

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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Kircher 1955

222, 244

Author	Gerda Franziska Kircher
Title	Die Einrichtung des Rastatter Schlosses im Jahre 1772
Journal	Zeitschrift für die Geschichte des Oberrheins
Issue	Bd.103, N.F.64 (1955)
Year of Publication	1955
Pages	205ff.

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Kircher 1949

531

Author	Gerda Franziska Kircher
Title	Neue Forschungen zur Porträt- und Sammlungsgeschichte der Zähringer
Journal	Zeitschrift für die Geschichte des Oberrheins
Issue	97 (NF 58), 1949
Year of Publication	1949
Pages	498

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Michaelson 1902

112

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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Venus with a Tiara, about 1620 - 1630

Images

Technical studies

07. 2011Technical examination / Scientific analysis

Infrared reflectography

Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

Tools/Materials:

- dry drawing material, dark chalk

Type/Ductus:

- freehand underdrawing

- delicate, fine 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 of Lucas Cranach the Younger or follower

Comments:

- possibly after a prototype

[Smith, Sandner, Heydenreich, cda 2012]

photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
photographed by Ingo Sandner

2011Technical Examination

Support

- two vertically aligned softwood planks

[Heydenreich, cda 2011]

Condition Reports

Date2011

Support:

thinned to a thickness of c. 3 mm and laminated onto a new panel (1.5 cm thick)

[Heydenreich, cda 2011]

Versions

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