St Barbara in front of a landscape

St Barbara in front of a landscape

Title

St Barbara in front of a landscape

[CDA 2010]

Painting on softwood (fir wood)

Medium

Painting on softwood (fir wood)

[Gemäldegalerie, revised 2010]

St Barbara is depicted facing left, standing in front of a wall, which reachs her shoulder. In her hands she holds a chalice. Behind the wall there is a path through a landscape. The original composition is similar to that of the Dessau altarpiece or the composition of the painting

St Barbara is depicted facing left, standing in front of a wall, which reachs her shoulder. In her hands she holds a chalice. Behind the wall there is a path through a landscape. The original composition is similar to that of the Dessau altarpiece or the composition of the painting in the cathedral of Erfurt.

[Cat. Berlin 1996, 35]

Attribution
Follower of Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Follower of Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Gemäldegalerie, revised 2010]

Production date
about 1520 - 1525

Production date

about 1520 - 1525

[Gemäldegalerie, revised 2010]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 65 x 40.9 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 65 x 40.9 cm

  • Dimensions including frame: 80 x 55.9 cm

  • [Gemäldegalerie, revised 2010]

Signature / Dating

None

Owner
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemäldegalerie
Repository
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemäldegalerie
Location
Berlin
CDA ID
DE_smbGG_1866A
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_smbGG_1866A/

Connected Works

St Catharine in front of a landscape
  • St Catharine in front of a landscape, about 1520 - 1525
  • DE_smbGG_1866
  • Painting
  • Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemäldegalerie

Provenance

  • 1920 acquired as a gift from Dr. James Simon
  • lent to Büro Th. Demmler:
  • 1927 lent to James Simon
  • 1935 lent to the Deutsche Museum

[Gemäldegalerie, revised 2010]

Exhibitions

Berlin 1982

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Cat. Berlin 1996 35 Fig. 101
AuthorRainald Grosshans, Henning Bock
EditorStaatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemäldegalerie
TitleGemäldegalerie Berlin. Gesamtverzeichnis
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1996
Show Literature
Geismeier 1976 257
AuthorIrene Geismeier
TitleJahresbericht der Gemäldegalerie
JournalForschungen und Berichte
Issue17
Year of Publication1976
Show Literature
  • St Barbara in front of a landscape, about 1520 - 1525

Images

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  • reverse
  • irr
  • x_radiograph
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  • uv_light
  • detail

Technical studies

01. 1994Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • X-radiography
  • x_radiograph
  • x_radiograph
  • photographed by Fotowerkstatt, Gemäldegalerie, Berlin

01. 1994Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared photography
  • irr

DESCRIPTION

- an underdrawing is not readily visible

- an initial painted version shows an architectural element, which suggests that the panel together with the present pendant piece were originally part of a larger composition showing a Virgin and Child in the central position - this observation is confirmed in the x-radiograph.

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- not possible

[Sandner, Smith-Contini, Heydenreich, cda 2016]

  • photographed by Fotowerkstatt, Gemäldegalerie, Berlin

01. 1994Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • UV-light photography
  • uv_light
  • photographed by Fotowerkstatt, Gemäldegalerie, Berlin

Condition Reports

Date2010

Support:

  • the joins are covered with canvas

  • there is an addition of c. 4 cm on the right side (top: 3.9 cm, bottom: 3.8 cm)

  • trimmed on all four sides

  • the panel was enlarged after it was separated from the central panel

Ground:

  • no original edges remain
  • written by Christine Unsinn

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