Tournament

Tournament

Painting on laid paper

Medium

Painting on laid paper
pen and black ink, brush in three different reds, two different yellows, violet-grey, blue-grey, black, pink, brown, green and blue, with grey wash, heightened with brush in white and silver, over drawing in a black, dry material

[Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz 2026]

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[cda 2026]

Attributions
unknown
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

unknown

[or workshop of Lucas Cranach the Elder (Lucas Cranach the Younger.?), [Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz 2026]

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[(Lucas Cranach the Younger?) or unknown artist, Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz 2026]

Lucas Cranach the Younger

[?, Bock, Cat. Berlin 1921, 21, no. 698]

Dating
about 1525 - 1535

Dating

about 1525 - 1535

[Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz 2026]

Dimensions
Sheet: 249 x 410 mm

Dimensions

  • Sheet: 249 x 410 mm

  • [Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz 2026]

Labels

Recto, top centre, 'ronach' with brush and brown-grey (iron gall ink) over brush and grey (lamp black ink) 'Di …

Labels

later inscription, stamps, seals, labels:

  • Recto, top centre, 'ronach' with brush and brown-grey (iron gall ink) over brush and grey (lamp black ink) 'Di Lucas Von C[...]'; monogram: bottom centre, pen and black(lamp black ink): 'LC' (genuine?);

  • Verso, bottom left, collectin stamp in blue ink: Karl Ferdinand Friedrich von Nagler [Lugt 2529]; bottom centre, collection stamp in black ink: Kupferstichsammlung der königlichen Museen [Lugt 1606]

  • [Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz 2026]

Owner
Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz
Repository
Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz
Location
Berlin
CDA ID
DE_SMBKSK_KdZ698
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_SMBKSK_KdZ698/

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Cat. Berlin 1921 21 698
AuthorElfried Bock
TitleDie Zeichnungen alter Meister im Kupferstichkabinett. Die deutschen Meister. Beschreibendes Verzeichnis sämtlicher Zeichnungen, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1921
Link https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/bock1921ga
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  • Tournament, about 1525 - 1535

Images

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Technical studies

2026Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Examination of paper / structural analysis

Support

Paper type: laid

Chain lines, orientation to image: vertical

Chain lines (intervals): [.]-31-33-33-32-33-33-34-32-34-34-[.] mm

Laid lines (density): 8/10 mm

Mould side: not identifiable

Formation: -

Paper defects: -

Shadow lines: -

Mould defects: -

[Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz 2026]

Process, Medium

The infrared reflectogram (IRR) shows that the translucent and opaque brush application of red, yellow, grey, black, pink, brown, green and blue pigment mixtures in a water-based binder was applied over a carbon-based black drawing material.

The silver highlights, which once had a cool sheen, have turned grey due to oxidation.

The inscription (top centre), applied with a carbon-based ink (IRR): ‘Di Lucas von C[…]in’, was removed after the letter C and ‘ronach’ was added in iron gall ink (invisible in IRR) to make the word ‘Cronach’.

The monogram ‘LC’ at the bottom centre is in carbon-based ink IRR).

[Georg Josef Dietz, including the results of the infrared examination by Gunnar Heydenreich and the joint investigation with Mailena Mallach, Luise Maul and Dominika Ropers (née Wojciechowska), March 2026]

2026Technical Examination

  • Watermark

Watermark:absent

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