Allegory of Innocence

Allegory of Innocence

Title

Allegory of Innocence

[Cat. Karlsruhe 1966, 95]

Painting on limewood

Medium

Painting on limewood

[Cat. Karlsruhe 1966, 95]

A young nude woman sits on a grey stone block with only a white cloth covering her lap. Her left foot rests on a smaller stone block and she has positioned her right one in front of this. She looks out at the viewer and her hands rest on the

A young nude woman sits on a grey stone block with only a white cloth covering her lap. Her left foot rests on a smaller stone block and she has positioned her right one in front of this. She looks out at the viewer and her hands rest on the lamb lying beside her on the stone. Behind the stone is a demon, who turns towards her. Above her head with its long flowing hair are two angels holding a laurel wreath. The pictorial space is closed behind her by a wall with a column on a pedestal. Behind the wall the blue sky and some vegetation are visible.

[Görres, cda 2012]

Attribution
Follower of Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Follower of Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Cat. Karlsruhe 1966, 95]

Production date
about 1600 or later

Production date

about 1600 or later

[cda 2011]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 49 x 36.5 x 1.2 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 49 x 36.5 x 1.2 cm

  • [Cat. Karlsruhe 1966, 95]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia on the wall (not genuine): winged serpent and dated '1534'

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia on the wall (not genuine): winged serpent and dated '1534'

Inscriptions and Labels

Reverse of the panel: - top left:
red wax seal, probably the Baden-Saxon-Lauenburg allied coat-of-arms

  • centre:
    in black paint: '368'
  • bottom …

Inscriptions and Labels

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

  • Reverse of the panel: - top left:

  • red wax seal, probably the Baden-Saxon-Lauenburg allied coat-of-arms

    • centre:

  • in black paint: '368'

    • bottom left:

  • white label with a black boarder:

  • 'Staatl. Kunsthalle Karlsruhe [1]

  • CRANACH-Nachfolge "Allegorie der Unschuld" [2]

  • Inv. Nr. [1] 125 [2]

  • Eingetragen

  • Geprüft [1]'

    • bottom right:

  • yellow label with a black boarder:

  • 'Badisches Kunsthalle Karlsruhe [1]

  • Fot. [3]

  • Inv. Nr. [1] 125

  • Cranach (Werkstatt) Allegorie der Unschuld [3]

  • Geprüft 1937 [last figure handwritten]'

  • [1] printed

  • [2] typewritten

  • [3] handwritten

  • [Görres, cda 2012]

Owner
Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe
Repository
Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe
Location
Karlsruhe
CDA ID
DE_SKK_0125
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_SKK_0125/

Provenance

  • from the collection of the Margrave of Baden-Baden
  • in the 18th century in the castle of Rastatt (Inventory from 1772, fol. 199 r: "Gemähld mit Figuren Allegorie auf den Schuz der Unschuld, auf Holz" (painting with allegorical figures the protection of innocence, on wood)
    [Kircher 1955, 222][1]

[1][Cat. Karlsruhe 1966, 95]

Exhibitions

Bremen 2009

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Cat. Karlsruhe 1966 95
AuthorJan Lauts
TitleStaatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe. Katalog Alter Meister bis 1800
Volume1, 2
Place of PublicationKarlsruhe
Year of Publication1966
Show Literature
  • Allegory of Innocence, about 1600 or later

Images

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Technical studies

07. 2011Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared reflectography
  • irr

Underdrawing

- an underdrawing is not visible

[Smith, Sandner, Heydenreich, cda 2012]

  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
  • photographed by Ingo Sandner

2011Technical Examination

  • reverse

Support

- 2 vertically aligned planks

- reverse original, marks from a block-plane

[Heydenreich, cda 2011]

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