Triptych with the Virgin standing on a Crescent Moon [left wing]: The Saints Stephen, Nicholas and Barbara

Title

[cda 2017]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[cda 2017]

The inner side of the left wing depicts the three most popular saints: St Stephen, St Nicholas in bishop's vestments and St Barbara with the chalice.

The outer side shows an allegory of the Immaculate Conception: the Virgin kneels in an enclosed garden (Hortus conclusus) with a unicorn and a

The inner side of the left wing depicts the three most popular saints: St Stephen, St Nicholas in bishop's vestments and St Barbara with the chalice.

The outer side shows an allegory of the Immaculate Conception: the Virgin kneels in an enclosed garden (Hortus conclusus) with a unicorn and a fountain that symbolize the Virgin's purity.

[Soffner 1993, 17-18]

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: Dimensions of the visible painted surface: 125.5 x 51 cm

Dimensions

Dimensions of the visible painted surface: 125.5 x 51 cm
Dimensions including frame: 136.7 x 62 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_003B
FR (1978) Nr.: FR-none
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_StSKA_003B/

Connected Works

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

Author	Ursula Zehm
Editor	Bettina Seyderhelm
Title	"Besondere Zierrahten und Denkmäler ... hat sie nicht." Zu den Alterretabeln der Cranach-Werkstatt in St. Stephani in Aschersleben.
Publication	in 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 Publication	Regensburg
Year of Publication	2015
Pages	143-156

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Soffner 1993

16-17

Fig. p. 16

Author	Monika Soffner
Editor	Ev. Kirchengemeinde St. Stephani
Title	St. Stephani Aschersleben
Series	PEDA-Kunstführer
Place of Publication	Münsterschwarzach
Issue	80
Year of Publication	1993

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Brinkmann 1904

47-49

Editor	Adolf Brinkmann
Title	Beschreibende Darstellung der älteren Bau- und Kunstdenkmäler der Provinz Sachsen: Beschreibende Darstellung der älteren Bau- und Kunstdenkmäler der Stadt Aschersleben
Volume	Bd. 25
Place of Publication	Halle a. d. S.
Year of Publication	1904
Link	http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/bkds_bd25/0074

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Triptych with the Virgin standing on a Crescent Moon [left wing]: The Saints Stephen, Nicholas and Barbara, about 1515-1520

Images

Technical studies

17.02.2017 - Technical Examination

Paint Layers and Gilding

- the background was gilded with gold leaf

03. 2016Technical examination / Scientific analysis

Infrared reflectography

Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION (exterior)

Tools/Material:

- fluid, black medium, brush; possibly over an initial design executed with a stylus

Type/Ductus:

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

- thin (predominantly in the face) to somewhat broader lines

- occasional hatching strokes

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

Function:

- relatively binding for the final painted version; the lines define the main contours, describe essential details and facial features; volume is occasionally represented with hatching strokes

Deviations:

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

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- a member of the Cranach workshop

DESCRIPTION (inner side)

Tools/Material:

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

Type/Ductus:

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

- thin (predominantly in the faces) to broader lines

- occasional hatching strokes

- 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; volume is occasionally indicated with hatching strokes in the arrangement of the folds

Deviations:

- corrections were made to forms during the painting process; small changes (e. g. St Catharine’s neck)

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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