The Virgin and Child with St Anne

The Virgin and Child with St Anne

Title

The Virgin and Child with St Anne

[CDA 2010]

Painting on limewood

Medium

Painting on limewood

[Gemäldegalerie, revised 2010]

St Anne wears a white veil and a red robe with a green lining. She hands the naked infant Christ to the Virgin, who is depicted on the left as a young girl. The background is light blue.

[Gemäldegalerie Berlin, Unsinn 2010]

Attributions
Lucas Cranach the Elder
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Gemäldegalerie, revised 2010]

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

'Handwritten annotation in the documentation file.'
[Gemäldegalerie, revised 2010]

Production dates
about 1515
1515 - 1516

Production dates

about 1515

[Gemäldegalerie, revised 2010]

1515 - 1516

[Erichsen 1994 A, 156]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 190 x 83.5 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 190 x 83.5 cm

  • Dimensions including frame: 204.5 x 99 cm

  • [Gemäldegalerie, revised 2010]

  • Dimensions of support: 186 x 82 cm

  • [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1978, No. 79]

Signature / Dating

None

Inscriptions and Labels

Reverse of the panel: Remains of an old seal
[Gemäldegalerie, revised 2010]

Inscriptions and Labels

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

  • Reverse of the panel: Remains of an old seal

  • [Gemäldegalerie, revised 2010]

Owner
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemäldegalerie
Repository
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemäldegalerie
Location
Berlin
CDA ID
DE_smbGG_544A
FR (1978) Nr.
FR079
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_smbGG_544A/

Provenance

Presumably from the church in Zeitz Castle and although the dimensions are smaller it may be the pendant of 'Christ the Saviour', Naumburg

  • 1865 acquired by Waagen.

[Cat. Berlin 1931, 109, No. 544A]

Exhibitions

Berlin 1937, 21, No. 36
Dresden 1899, No. 142
Kronach 1994, 162, Fig. A109c

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Heydenreich 2007 A 95, 119, 395
AuthorGunnar Heydenreich
TitleLucas Cranach the Elder
Place of PublicationAmsterdam
Year of Publication2007
Link https://lucascranach.org/application/files/6116/2097/3099/Heydenreich_2007_Lucas_Cranach_the_Elder.pdf
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Heiser 2002 123, 124
AuthorSabine Heiser
TitleDas Frühwerk Lucas Cranachs des Älteren. Wien um 1500 - Dresden um 1900
SeriesNeue Forschungen zur Deutschen Kunst
Volume6
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication2002
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Heydenreich 1998 A 192, Fn. 57
AuthorGunnar Heydenreich
TitleHerstellung, Grundierung und Rahmung der Holzbildträger in den Werkstätten Lucas Cranachs d.Ä.
Publicationin Ingo Sandner, Wartburg-Stiftung Eisenach and Fachhochschule Köln, eds., Unsichtbare Meisterzeichnungen auf dem Malgrund. Cranach und seine Zeitgenossen, Exhib. Cat. Eisenach
Place of PublicationRegensburg
Year of Publication1998
Pages181-200
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Cat. Berlin 1996 35 Fig. 78
AuthorRainald Grosshans, Henning Bock
EditorStaatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemäldegalerie
TitleGemäldegalerie Berlin. Gesamtverzeichnis
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1996
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Erichsen 1994 A 156, 162, 163 Fig. A109c
AuthorJohannes Erichsen
TitleAltäre Lucas Cranachs und seiner Werkstatt vor der Reformation
Publicationin Claus Grimm, Johannes Erichsen, Evamaria Brockhof, eds., Lucas Cranach. Ein Maler-Unternehmen aus Franken, Exhib. Cat. Kronach 1994
SeriesVeröffentlichungen zur bayerischen Geschichte und Kultur
Volume26/94
Place of PublicationAugsburg, Regensburg
Year of Publication1994
Pages150-165
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Exhib. Cat. Kronach 1994 162 Fig. A109c
EditorClaus Grimm, Johannes Erichsen, Evamaria Brockhoff
TitleLucas Cranach. Ein Maler-Unternehmer aus Franken [Festung Rosenberg, Kronach 17.05 - 21.08.1994; Museum der Bildenden Künste, Leipzig 07.09 - 06.11.1994]
SeriesVeröffentlichungen zur bayerischen Geschichte und Kultur
Volume26
Place of PublicationAugsburg, Coburg
Year of Publication1994
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Cat. Berlin 1989 18-20
AuthorRainer Michaelis
EditorStaatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemäldegalerie
TitleDeutsche Gemälde 14. bis 18. Jahrhundert
Volume3
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1989
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 86 No. 79 Fig. 79
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
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Exhib. Cat. Berlin 1937 21 036
EditorStaatliche Museen, Berlin
TitleLucas Cranach d. Ä. und Lucas Cranach d. J. Gemälde, Zeichnungen, Graphik
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1937
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932 72
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1932
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/friedlaender1932
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Cat. Berlin 1931 109 No. 544A
EditorKaiser-Friedrich-Museum, Berlin, Irene Kunze
TitleBeschreibendes Verzeichnis der Gemälde im Kaiser-Friedrich-Museum und Deutschen Museum
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1931
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Flechsig 1900 A 97
AuthorEduard Flechsig
TitleCranachstudien
Volume1
Place of PublicationLeipzig
Year of Publication1900
Link page/n5/mode/2up
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Exhib. Cat. Dresden 1899 No. 142
EditorKarl Woermann
TitleDeutsche Kunstausstellung Dresden 1899. Abteilung Cranach-Ausstellung. Wissenschaftliches Verzeichnis der ausgestellten Werke
Place of PublicationDresden
Year of Publication1899
Link http://resolver.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/SBB00002A2400000000
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Technical studies

2010Technical Examination

  • reverse

Support

- limewood

Ground and Imprimatura

- the support is covered with a canvas application

  • written by Christine Unsinn

2000Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Micro-sampling / cross-sections
  • analysis
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CDA ID/Inventory No: DE_smbGG_544A

Object No: FR 079

Cross-section No.: EP 139

Brief description of paint: blue-grey from the Virgin's robe

Sample location: blue-grey from the Virgin's robe

Sample No.: 198

Observations:

4. varnish (3 layers, the bottom layer is possibly original?)

3. blue layer with white, azurite and brown glassy (fluoresces orange red under UV-light) pigment particles, modeling with white, blue and a (discoloured ?) red lake

2. grey layer with white, black plintered pigments (and two little red lead inclusions), underdrawing

1. thin interlayer, slightly more intense fluorescence (imprimitura not visible), single black pigments, underdrawing?

0. white layer, ground

Comments: the modeling was acheived employing azurite, white and brownish red lake pigments applied over a grey layer of underpaint

[cda 2015]

  • analysed by Aviva Burnstock
  • analysed by Gunnar Heydenreich

2000Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Micro-sampling / cross-sections
  • analysis
  • analysis

CDA ID/Inventory No: DE_smbGG_544A

Object No: FR 079

Cross-section No.: EP 141

Brief description of paint: lining of the green mantle

Sample location: lining of the green mantle

Sample No.: 200

Observations:

5. brown transparent layer, intense fluorescence under UV-light, varnish

4. brown transparent layer, intense fluorescence under UV-light, varnish

3. green layer like 2, but slightly intense and transparent, no fluorescence under UV-llight

2. green layer with bluish-green (verdigris?), white and yellow (?) pigments

1. single black particles, underdrawing without an imprimitura

0. white layer, ground

Comments: green paint application in two layers

[cda 2015]

  • analysed by Gunnar Heydenreich
  • analysed by Aviva Burnstock

2000Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Micro-sampling / cross-sections
  • analysis
  • analysis
  • analysis
  • analysis
  • analysis
  • analysis

CDA ID/Inventory No: DE_smbGG_544A

Object No: FR 079

Cross-section No.: EP 140

Brief description of paint: dark blue background

Sample location: dark blue background

Sample No.: 199

Observations:

3. remnants of varnish

2. blue layer with white and blue, coarsely ground pigments (blues of varying intensity; the space between the particles fluoresces under UV-light), blue background

1. black layer containing small black and glassy white (?) inclusions, pigments or binding medium inclusions (these are yellow under UV-light), underdrawing

0. white layer, ground

Comments: dark blue over a black underdrawing

[cda 2015]

  • analysed by Aviva Burnstock
  • analysed by Gunnar Heydenreich
  • X-radiography
  • x_radiograph
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  • created by Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemäldegalerie

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