Triptych with the Virgin standing on a Crescent Moon [central panel]

Triptych with the Virgin standing on a Crescent Moon [central panel]

Title

Triptych with the Virgin standing on a Crescent Moon [central panel]

[cda 2017]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[cda 2017]

The panel depicts the Virgin and child on the crescent moon. The infant Christ holds a tied-cloth pacifier (so-called Lutschbeutel) in his hand that is pecked at by a bird. (In the Middle Ages children were given such linen bags filled with bread, milk and sugar.) The Virgin is flanked

The panel depicts the Virgin and child on the crescent moon. The infant Christ holds a tied-cloth pacifier (so-called Lutschbeutel) in his hand that is pecked at by a bird. (In the Middle Ages children were given such linen bags filled with bread, milk and sugar.) The Virgin is flanked on the left by St John the Evangelist and on the right by St Andrew.

[Soffner 1993, 17]

Attributions
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder
Lucas Cranach the Elder and Workshop

Attributions

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[cda 2019]
[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_bd25/0070] (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
Dimenainos of the visible painted surface: 123.8 x 110.5 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimenainos of the visible painted surface: 123.8 x 110.5 cm

  • Dimensions including frame: 137 x 124.3 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_003A
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_StSKA_003A/

Overall view of the piece
Connected Works

Triptych with the Virgin standing on a Crescent Moon [left wing]: The Saints Stephen, Nicholas and Barbara
  • Triptych with the Virgin standing on a Crescent Moon [left wing]: The Saints Stephen, Nicholas and Barbara, about 1515-1520
  • DE_StSKA_003B
  • Painting
  • Evangelisches Kirchspiel Aschersleben
Triptych with the Virgin standing on a Crescent Moon [right wing]: The Virgin and Child with St Anne and St Catherine
  • Triptych with the Virgin standing on a Crescent Moon [right wing]: The Virgin and Child with St Anne and St Catherine, about 1515-1520
  • DE_StSKA_003C
  • Painting
  • Evangelisches Kirchspiel Aschersleben

Provenance

  • about 1904 at the right behind the altar in the Stephanikirche
    [Brinkmann 1904, 47-49; http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/bkds_bd25/0070] (accessed 2017-02-17)
  • about 1993 on the south wall of the nave
    [Soffner 1993, 16]

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
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
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Soffner 1993 16-17 Fig. p. 16
AuthorMonika Soffner
EditorEv. Kirchengemeinde St. Stephani
TitleSt. Stephani Aschersleben
SeriesPEDA-Kunstführer
Place of PublicationMünsterschwarzach
Issue80
Year of Publication1993
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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
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Images

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Technical studies

17.02.2017 - Technical Examination

Paint Layers and Gilding

- the background is gilded with gold leaf

03. 2016Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared reflectography
  • irr

Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

Tools/Material:

- fluid, black medium, brushes of varying widths; possibly over an initial design executed with a stylus

Type/Ductus:

- very detailed, freehand underdrawing after a pre-existing design

- thin (predominantly in the faces) to broader lines

- occasional hatching strokes and washes

- 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 facial features; occasionally shadows are indicated with hatching strokes; volume is represented with washes

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

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