Fragment of a decorative 'tuchlein' from the ceiling of the electoral living quarters in Colditz castle

Fragment of a decorative 'tuchlein' from the ceiling of the electoral living quarters in Colditz castle

Title

Fragment of a decorative 'tuchlein' from the ceiling of the electoral living quarters in Colditz castle

[cda 2020]

Painting on canvas

Medium

Painting on canvas

[Exhib. Cat. Düsseldorf 2017, no. 162]

This canvas fragment is part of a decorative framing element for a series of biblical scenes that were originally fitted in the coffered ceiling of the electoral living quarters in Colditz castle. It depicts flowers, fruit and foliage.

[cda 2020]

Attribution
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[cda 2020] [Exhib. Cat. Düsseldorf 2017, no. 162]

Production date
about 1524

Production date

about 1524

[Exhib. Cat. Düsseldorf 2017, no. 162]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 9 x 153 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 9 x 153 cm

  • [Exhib. Cat. Düsseldorf 2017, no. 162]

Inscriptions and Labels

none

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

  • none

Owner
Staatliche Schlösser, Burgen und Gärten Sachsen gGmbH
Repository
Schloss Hartenfels, Torgau
Location
Torgau
CDA ID
DE_SSBGS-SC_001
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_SSBGS-SC_001/

Provenance

This is a fragment from the canvas paintings that originally decorated a coffered ceiling in the living quarters of Elector Friedrich III in Colditz castle. The paintings of biblical scenes on canvas were fitted about 1525. The scenes were cut out in the 18th century and are now lost but the painted decorative elements that were fixed beneath the frame members have in part survived. [Exhib. Cat. Düsseldorf 2017, no. 162]

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Exhib. Cat. Düsseldorf 2017 264 No. 162 Fig. p. 264
EditorGunnar Heydenreich, Daniel Görres, Beat Wismer
TitleLucas Cranach der Ältere. Meister - Marke - Moderne. [anlässlich der Ausstellung "Cranach. Meister - Marke - Moderne", Stiftung Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf, 08. April 2017 - 30. Juli 2017]
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication2017
Show Literature
Masson 2013
TitleUntersuchungen zum Tüchleinfragment der Cranach-Werkstatt aus der Kurfürstlichen Wohnstube auf Schloss Colditz Seminararbeit, Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Dresden
Year of Publication2013
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  • Fragment of a decorative 'tuchlein' from the ceiling of the electoral living quarters in Colditz castle, about 1524

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Technical studies

2017Technical Examination

Support

- sized canvas

Ground and Imprimatura

- unprimed canvas

Paint Layers and Gilding

- water-based paint, so called 'tüchlein': thin paint application defining the shapes of flowers, fruit and foliage; modulated in places with a further paint application; subsequently contours were drawn in black while highlights were achieved with white paint

- two different qualities of azurite and malachite were used

- the original colour intensity has been preserved because the paint surface was protected from direct light for many centuries

- unvarnished

[Exhib. Cat. Düsseldorf 2017, no. 162]

  • examined by Iris Masson

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