Katharina of Bora, bust-length, facing left

Katharina of Bora, bust-length, facing left

Titles

Katharina of Bora, bust-length, facing left

[KKL 2022]

D. Luther und Seine Frau Catharina von Born

[Inventar 1659, fol. 3][1] [1][Exhib. Cat. Gotha 1994, 50]

Seine Catharina

'Seine Catharina. Lucas Mahler', [Inventar 1656, fol. 2, No. 51][1] [1][Exhib. Cat. Gotha 1994, 50]

Ein brust bildt auff Holz vnderm nahmen K. von Bora

[Inventar 1644][1] [1][Exhib. Cat. Gotha 1994, 50]

Painting on beech wood

Medium

Painting on beech wood

[Ausst.-Kat. Gotha 1994, No. 1.18]

See German text version

Attributions
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder
after Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Aldenhoven 1890, No. 345] [KKL 2022]

after Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Ausst.-Kat. Gotha 1994, Nr. 1.17, 1.18]

Production date
1529

Production date

1529

[pendant dated]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 38.2 x 24.9 cm [Exhib. Cat. Gotha 1994, 50]

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 38.2 x 24.9 cm [Exhib. Cat. Gotha 1994, 50]

  • Dimensions of painted surface: 36.7 x 23 cm [cda 2010]

  • Dimensions including frame: 41.9 x 28.3 x 2.4 cm [cda 2010]

Signature / Dating

None

Inscriptions and Labels

'K VON BORA || SALVABITVR PER FILIORVM GENERACIONEM'
[KKL 2022] Reverse of the panel: - top, centre:
handwritten …

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

  • 'K VON BORA || SALVABITVR PER FILIORVM GENERACIONEM'

  • [KKL 2022]

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

  • Reverse of the panel: - top, centre:

  • handwritten in white paint '84'; printed yellow label: 'Schloßmuseum Gotha/Inv. Nr.:/S.G Nr.:/Alte Nr.:'; handwritten entry in black ink: '58'; '17'; '345 Inv.'

    • below:

  • handwritten in red pen: 'Zentral-Museum/Gotha Nr. 17/(345)'

  • Reverse of the frame:

    • right:

  • paper label with a handwritten entry in blue ink: '58,17'

Owner
Stiftung Schloss Friedenstein, Gotha
Repository
Stiftung Schloss Friedenstein, Gotha
Location
Gotha
CDA ID
DE_SMG_SG17
FR (1978) Nr.
FR312-313D
KKL-No
IV.M11b, Part of portait group IV
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_SMG_SG17/

Connected Works

Martin Luther, bust-length, facing right
  • Martin Luther, bust-length, facing right, 1529
  • DE_SMG_SG18
  • Painting
  • Stiftung Schloss Friedenstein, Gotha

Provenance

  • recorded since 1656 in the Gothaer Kunstkammer (Inventar 1656, fol. 2, No. 51)
    [Ausst.-Kat. Gotha 1994, Nr. 1.18]

Exhibitions

Gotha 1994
Gotha 2001, No. 1.15

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Cat. Coburg 2018 36, 142 under no. 2
AuthorKlaus Weschenfelder
TitleCranach in Coburg. Gemälde von Lucas Cranach d.Ä., Lucas Cranach d.J., der Werkstatt und des Umkreises in den Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg
Place of PublicationRegensburg
Year of Publication2018
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Exhib. Cat. Eisenach 2015 103 33 Fig. p. 103
EditorGünter Schuchardt
TitleCranach, Luther und die Bildnisse. Katalog zur Sonderausstellung auf der Wartburg, 2. April bis 19. Juli 2015
Place of PublicationRegensburg
Year of Publication2015
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Schuchardt 2015 B 41, 42 No. 33 Fig. 20
AuthorGünter Schuchardt
TitlePrivileg und Monopol - Die Lutherporträts der Cranach-Werkstatt
Publicationin Günther Schuchardt, ed., Cranach, Luther und die Bildnisse, Exhib. Cat. Eisenach 2015
Place of PublicationRegensburg
Year of Publication2015
Pages24-52
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Spira 2015 54, 55 Fig. 4
AuthorBenjamin D. Spira
TitleLucas Cranach, der Maler Luthers. Der Hofmaler und der Reformator - Bindung, Bilder und Bedeutung
Publicationin Julia Carrasco, Justus Lange, Benjamin D. Spira, Timo Trümper, Stiftung Schloss Friedenstein Gotha and Museumslandschaft Hessen Kassel, eds., Bild und Botschaft. Cranach im Dienst von Hof und Reformation, [Exhib. Cat. Gotha, Kassel]
Place of PublicationHeidelberg
Year of Publication2015
Pages51-62
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Heydenreich 2010 A 75 67e
AuthorGunnar Heydenreich
TitleReisende Bilder im Wandel
Publicationin Guido Messling, ed., Die Welt des Lucas Cranach. Ein Künstler im Zeitalter von Dürer, Tizian und Metsys, Exhib. Cat. Brussels
Place of PublicationBrussels
Year of Publication2010
Pages66-79
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Schuchardt 2004
AuthorGünter Schuchardt
TitleLuther seitenrichtig - Luther seitenverkehrt? Die Bildnisse im Leben und im Tod - Werkstattprinzip und Werkstattprivileg Cranachs und seiner Mitarbeiter
Volume2003
JournalWartburg-Jahrbuch
Place of PublicationRegensburg
Year of Publication2004
Pages9-30
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Exhib. Cat. Gotha 2001 1.15
EditorGotha Kultur, Allmuth Schuttwolf
TitleErnst der Fromme (1601-1675), Bauherr und Sammler. Katalog zum 400. Geburtstag Herzog Ernsts I. von Sachsen-Gotha und Altenburg
Place of PublicationGotha
Year of Publication2001
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Exhib. Cat. Gotha 1994 50
EditorStiftung Schloss Friedenstein, Gotha
TitleGotteswort und Menschenbild. Werke von Cranach und seinen Zeitgenossen
Place of PublicationGotha
Year of Publication1994
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Klein 1994 B 214
AuthorPeter Klein
TitleHolzartenbestimmung und dendrochronologische Analyse an Gemäldetafeln von Lucas Cranach d.Ä. und seiner Werkstatt
PublicationAllmuth Schuttwolf, ed., Gotteswort und Menschenbild. Werke von Cranach und seinen Zeitgenossen, Exhib. Cat. Gotha
Place of PublicationGotha
Year of Publication1994
Pages210-219
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Schade, Schuttwolf 1994 50, 72 1.17 Fig. p. 50, Pl. p. 72
AuthorWerner Schade, Allmuth Schuttwolf
TitleMalerei und Plastik
Publicationin Allmuth Schuttwolf, ed., Gotteswort und Menschenbild. Werke von Cranach und seinen Zeitgenossen, Exhib. Cat. Gotha
Place of PublicationGotha
Year of Publication1994
Pages15-94
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 131 No. 312-13D
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932 74 251d
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1932
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/friedlaender1932
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Parthey 1863-1864 696 (Bd. 1) No. 308
AuthorGustav Parthey
TitleDeutscher Bildersaal. Verzeichnis der in Deutschland vorhandenen Oelbilder verstorbener Maler aller Schulen
Volume1, 2
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1864
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Böhler, Steinmeyer 11
EditorJulius Wilhelm Böhler, Fritz Steinmeyer
Title[Auction Catalogue]
Place of PublicationLucerne, New York, Berlin
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  • Katharina of Bora, bust-length, facing left, 1529

Images

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Documents

Technical studies

04. 2010Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared reflectography
  • irr

Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

Tools/Materials:

- dry drawing material, dark chalk or brush application over traced lines (?)

Type/Ductus:

- delicate, fine traced lines

Function:

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

Deviations:

- no alterations in the painted version

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- not possible

Comments:

- probably transferred from a pre-existing design (traced)

[Smith, Sandner, Heydenreich, cda 2012]

  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
  • photographed by Ingo Sandner

17.03.1994Scientific analysis

  • Dendrochronology / identification of wood species

Support

'The panel consists of a single beech wood plank (38.2 x 24.9 cm). 131 annual rings were measured. They match the beech wood chronology between the years 1523 and 1393. The most recent annual ring dated is from the year 1523. Usually with beech wood the entire transverse section was used and only the bark was removed, therefore the earliest felling date is 1523. Considering a two year seasoning period the painting could have been created no earlier than 1525.'

[Exhib. Cat. Gotha 1994, 50, 214]

  • analysed by Peter Klein

1994Technical Examination

  • overall
  • reverse

Framing

- original frame

- frame with mitred joints; a Gothic cornice; water-guilding on red bole; external batten, sides and the reverse are painted black

  • written by Gunnar Heydenreich

Versions

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  • Katharina of Bora, bust-length, facing left, 1529
  • DE_HLMD_GK73b
  • Painting
  • Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt
Katharina of Bora, bust-length, facing left
  • Katharina of Bora, bust-length, facing left, 1529
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  • Painting
  • Europäische Melanchthon-Akademie Bretten
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  • Painting
  • Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milano
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  • Katharina of Bora, bust-length, facing left, 1529
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  • Galleria Uffizi, Firenze
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  • Private Collection
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  • Private Collection

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