Altarpiece of the Virgin and Child with St Anne [central panel]

Altarpiece of the Virgin and Child with St Anne [central panel]

Title

Altarpiece of the Virgin and Child with St Anne [central panel]

[cda 2017]

Painting on limewood (?)

Medium

Painting on limewood (?)

[Heydenreich, cda 2017]

St Anne holds the infant Christ on her lap, while the Virgin sits beside her and offers the child an apple. A bearded man (Joseph) stands at the right behind the Virgin; three men stand behind St Anne, because she was married three times.

[Soffner 1993, 19]

Attributions
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder
Lucas Cranach the Elder (and Workshop)

Attributions

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[cda 2017]
[Zehm 2015, 143-156]

Lucas Cranach the Elder (and Workshop)

[Zehm 2015, 143-156]

Circle of Lucas Cranach the Elder

'Cranach-School' [Soffner 1993, 19] [Brinkmann 1904, 47-49; http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/bkds_bd25/0074] (accessed 2017-02-17)

Production dates
about 1515-1520
about 1512-1520

Production dates

about 1515-1520

[cda 2017]

about 1512-1520

[Zehm 2015, 143-156]

Dimensions
Dimensions of the visible painted surface: 116.5 x 115.5 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of the visible painted surface: 116.5 x 115.5 cm

  • Dimensions including frame: 126 x 124.8 cm

  • [Heydenreich, cda 2017]

Signature / Dating

None

Inscriptions and Labels

None

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

  • None

Owner
Evangelisches Kirchspiel Aschersleben
Repository
St. Stephani Kirche, Aschersleben
Location
Aschersleben
CDA ID
DE_StSKA_002A
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_StSKA_002A/

Overall view of the piece
Connected Works

Altarpiece of the Virgin and Child with St Anne [left wing]: The Fourteen Helpers in Need
  • Altarpiece of the Virgin and Child with St Anne [left wing]: The Fourteen Helpers in Need, about 1515-1520
  • DE_StSKA_002B
  • Painting
  • Evangelisches Kirchspiel Aschersleben
Altarpiece of the Virgin and Child with St Anne [right wing]: The Fourteen Helpers in Need
  • Altarpiece of the Virgin and Child with St Anne [right wing]: The Fourteen Helpers in Need, about 1515-1520
  • DE_StSKA_002C
  • Painting
  • Evangelisches Kirchspiel Aschersleben

Provenance

  • about 1904 at the left behind the altar in the Stephanikirche
    [Brinkmann 1904, 47-49; http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/bkds_bd25/0074] (accessed 2017-02-17)
  • about 1993 on the south wall of the nave
    [Soffner 1993, 16]

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Heydenreich 2017 A 75
AuthorGunnar Heydenreich
TitleCranach? Fragen der Zuschreibung im Lichte kunsttechnologischer Untersuchungen
Publicationin Gunnar Heydenreich, Daniel Görres, Beat Wismer, eds., Lucas Cranach der Ältere. Meister - Marke - Moderne. [Exhib. Cat. Düsseldorf 2017]
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication2017
Link https://lucascranach.org/application/files/7316/7870/1704/Heydenreich_2017_Cranach_Fragen_der_Zuschreibung.pdf
Pages72-81
Show Literature
Zehm 2015
AuthorUrsula Zehm
EditorBettina Seyderhelm
Title"Besondere Zierrahten und Denkmäler ... hat sie nicht." Zu den Alterretabeln der Cranach-Werkstatt in St. Stephani in Aschersleben.
Publicationin Bettina Seyderhelm, ed., Cranach-Werke am Ort ihrer Bestimmung. Tafelbilder der Malerfamilie Cranach und ihres Umkreises in den Kirchen der Evangelischen Kirche in Mitteldeutschland. [Wittenberg, 2014]
Place of PublicationRegensburg
Year of Publication2015
Pages143-156
Show Literature
Soffner 1993 17, 19 Fig. p. 17
AuthorMonika Soffner
EditorEv. Kirchengemeinde St. Stephani
TitleSt. Stephani Aschersleben
SeriesPEDA-Kunstführer
Place of PublicationMünsterschwarzach
Issue80
Year of Publication1993
Show Literature
Brinkmann 1904 47-49
EditorAdolf Brinkmann
TitleBeschreibende Darstellung der älteren Bau- und Kunstdenkmäler der Provinz Sachsen: Beschreibende Darstellung der älteren Bau- und Kunstdenkmäler der Stadt Aschersleben
VolumeBd. 25
Place of PublicationHalle a. d. S.
Year of Publication1904
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/bkds_bd25/0074
Show Literature
  • Altarpiece of the Virgin and Child with St Anne [central panel], about 1515-1520

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Technical studies

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  • Infrared reflectography
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Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

Tools/Material:

- fluid, black medium, various brushes; possibly over an initial rough design executed with a stylus

Type/Ductus:

- detailed and freehand underdrawing after a pre-existing design

- thin to broader lines

- incised lines in the ground mark the boarders of the gilded areas

Function:

- relatively binding for the final painted version; the lines define the main contours, describe essential details and the facial features; volume is indicated with arched strokes; occasional linear definition of shadows

Deviations:

- corrections were made to forms during the painting process; only minor changes

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- a member of the Cranach workshop

[Sandner, Heydenreich, Smith-Contini, cda 2017]

  • photographed by Ingo Sandner
  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich

Support

- the support appears to be made of limewood

Paint Layers and Gilding

- the background is gilded with gold leaf

Framing

- original frame

[Heydenreich, cda 2017]

Citing from the Cranach Digital Archive

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