Timmermann's Wedding Bowl (The Holy Trinity)

Timmermann's Wedding Bowl (The Holy Trinity)

Title

Timmermann's Wedding Bowl (The Holy Trinity)

[cda 2021]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Emmendörffer 1997, 113]

This round painted wedding bowl exhibits a depiction of the Holy trinity at the centre. God the Father is shown balanced on a globe, holding up his crucified son in front of him. The Holy Spirit is perched on the horizontal cross-member in the form of a dove. The figurative

This round painted wedding bowl exhibits a depiction of the Holy trinity at the centre. God the Father is shown balanced on a globe, holding up his crucified son in front of him. The Holy Spirit is perched on the horizontal cross-member in the form of a dove. The figurative group is represented against a yellow ochre background and framed by a frill of clouds and a red band. The broad outer rim of the bowl is decorated in gold with floral motives, two cherubs’ heads are positioned opposite each other at the top, while two coats of arms are represented either side of the Holy Trinity. On the left the Timmermann family coat of arms: a yellow ground charged with a black bear wearing a ring around its neck; and on the right that of the Krusselmann family: a blue fess ordinary against a red and white checked ground charged with two female busts with wreaths.

[cda 2021]

Attribution
Hans Kemmer

Attribution

Hans Kemmer

[Exhib. Cat. Lübeck, no. 25] [Emmendörffer 1997, 111] [Schaefer 1917, 4-5]

Production date
1540

Production date

1540

[dated]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 70.5 x 67.8 cm (diameter - not perfectly round)

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 70.5 x 67.8 cm (diameter - not perfectly round)

  • [Emmendörffer 1997, 113]

Signature / Dating

Artist's monogramm on the horizontal member of the cross: 'HK' and dated '1540'

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's monogramm on the horizontal member of the cross: 'HK' and dated '1540'

Owner
Staatliches Museum Schwerin, Kunstsammlungen Schlösser, Gärten
Repository
Staatliches Museum Schwerin, Museum Schloss Güstrow
Location
Güstrow
CDA ID
DE_SMS_G2660
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_SMS_G2660/

Provenance

  • Schwerin, Staatliches Museum
    [Emmendörffer 1997, 113]

Exhibitions

Lübeck 2021, no. 25

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Exhib. Cat. Lübeck 2021 206, 207 025 Fig. p. 207
EditorDagmar Täube
TitleLucas Cranach der Ältere und Hans Kemmer. Meistermaler zwischen Renaissance und Reformation [Lübeck, St. Annen-Museum]
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication2021
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Emmendörffer 1997 55, 111, 112 009 Pl. 8
AuthorChristoph Emmendörffer
TitleHans Kemmer. Ein Lübecker Maler der Reformationszeit
Place of PublicationLeipzig
Year of Publication1997
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Cat. Schwerin 1990 23 017 Fig. 3
AuthorKristina Hegner
TitleKunst der Renaissance
Place of PublicationSchwerin
Year of Publication1990
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Exhib. Cat. Schwerin 1990 4
EditorStaatliches Museum Schwerin, Kunstsammlungen Schlösser, Gärten
TitleNiederdeutsche Kunst der Reformationszeit. Staatliches Museum Schwerin
Place of PublicationSchwerin
Year of Publication1990
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Wittstock 1982 147
AuthorJürgen Wittstock
TitleKemmer, Hans (Johann)
Publicationin Schleswig-Holsteinischen Landesbibliothek, Gesellschaft für Schleswig-Holsteinische Geschichte und des Vereins für Lübeckische Geschichte und Altertumskunde, eds., Biographisches Lexikon für Schleswig-Holstein und Lübeck
Volume6
Place of PublicationNeumünster
Year of Publication1982
Pages146-147
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Krüger 1966 82, 124
AuthorRenate Krüger
TitleDie nordostdeutsche Tafelmalerei des späten Mittelalters [Dissertation]
Place of PublicationGreifswald
Year of Publication1966
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Fink 1951 92, 95, 102 c
AuthorAugust Fink
TitleDie Braunschweiger Hochzeitsschüsseln
JournalKunsthefte des Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museums
IssueH. 6, 1951
Year of Publication1951
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Busch 1940 110 314
AuthorHarald Busch
TitleMeister des Nordens. Die altniederdeutsche Malerei 1450 - 1550
Place of PublicationHamburg
Year of Publication1940
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Schaefer 1931
AuthorKarl Schaefer
TitleZum Werk des Lübecker Malers Hans Kremmer
JournalLübeckische Blätter
Issue73 (1931)
Year of Publication1931
Pages525-526
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Scheewe 1926
AuthorLudwig Scheewe
TitleKemmer, Johann
Publicationin U. Thieme, F. Becker und H. Vollmer, eds., Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künste von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart [Band 20]
Place of PublicationLeipzig
Year of Publication1927
Pages135-136
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Josephi 1922 26, 27
AuthorWalter Josephi
TitleDie Prunkräume und die Sammlungen im Hauptgeschoß des Schloβmuseums
Place of PublicationSchwerin
Issue2nd edition
Year of Publication1922
Link http://purl.uni-rostock.de/rosdok/ppn1048202488
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Schaefer 1917 4-5 Fig. 8
AuthorKarl Schaefer
TitleDer Lübecker Maler Hans Kemmer. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Cranach-Schule
JournalMonatshefte für Kunstwissenschaft
Issue10
Year of Publication1917
Pages1-11
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beschreibung

Emmendörffer bemerkte, dass die Darstellung des von einer Wolkenaureole eingefassten Gnadenstuhls nachweislich Gemälden von Cranach und seiner Werkstatt sehr nahe steht. Aber das Motiv der seitlich auf dem Kreuzbalken sitzenden Taube zeigt, dass Kemmer sich einer graphischen Vorlage bedient hat, nämlich eines Holzschnittes, der erstmals für das in 1512 publizierte Gebetbüchlein des Adam von Fulda verwendet wurde.

[Emmendörffer 1997, 111, 112]

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Research History / Discussion

According to Emmendörffer the composition of the Holy Trinity is very similar to that found on paintings of the same subject firmly attributed to Cranach and his workshop. However the motif of the Holy Ghost as a dove perched on the horizontal cross-member suggests that Kemmer drew on a woodcut first published in 1512 in Adam of Fulda’s prayerbook.

[Emmendörffer 1997, 111, 112]

  • Timmermann's Wedding Bowl (The Holy Trinity), 1540

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