Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg, Prince of Mainz (1490 - 1545) as St Jerome

Title

[CDA 2010]

Painting on beech wood (Fagus sp.)

Medium

Painting on beech wood (Fagus sp.)

[Gemäldegalerie, revised 2010]
[Klein, Report 1997]

Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg, Prince of Mainz (1490 - 1545) as St Jerome. The Cardinal who is surrounded by forest animals sits between bushes and writes on a table supported by logs. A lion rests at his feet. The Cardinal's hat hangs on a tree to the left. The cross rises to the right. A caravan, which stole the cloister donkey and was chased away by the lion, enters the cloister on a hill in the middle distance.

[Gemäldegalerie Berlin, Unsinn 2010]

Attributions: Lucas Cranach the Elder
Hans Cranach

Attributions

Lucas Cranach the Elder	[Gemäldegalerie, revised 2010]
Hans Cranach	[Flechsig 1900 A, 263, 264]

Production date: 1527

Production date

1527

[dated]

Dimensions: Dimensions of support: 56.9 x 37.4 x 0.8 cm

Dimensions

Dimensions of support: 56.9 x 37.4 x 0.8 cm
Dimensions including frame: 69 x 49.6 cm
[Gemäldegalerie, revised 2010]

Signature / Dating: Artist's insignia on the tree trunk on the right: winged serpent with elevated wings and dated '1527'.

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia on the tree trunk on the right: winged serpent with elevated wings and dated '1527'.

Owner: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemäldegalerie
Repository: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemäldegalerie
Location: Berlin

CDA ID: DE_smbGG_589
FR (1978) Nr.: FR184
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_smbGG_589/

Provenance

1821 acquired with the Solly Collection

[Gemäldegalerie, revised 2010]

Exhibitions

Dresden 1899, no. 37
Berlin 1937, no. 66
Weimar, Wittenberg 1953, no. 90
Berlin 1973, no. 4
Berlin-Staatsbibliothek 1983
Berlin-Gropiusbau 1987
Halle (Saale) 2006, no. 91
Frankfurt am Main 2008, 87, Fig. 5
Brussels 2010, 14, no. 6

Literature

Reference on page

Catalogue Number

Figure / Plate

Cat. Coburg 2018

36, 142

under no. 2

Author	Klaus Weschenfelder
Title	Cranach in Coburg. Gemälde von Lucas Cranach d.Ä., Lucas Cranach d.J., der Werkstatt und des Umkreises in den Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg
Place of Publication	Regensburg
Year of Publication	2018

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Heydenreich 2015

120, Fn. 36

Author	Gunnar Heydenreich
Title	Hans Cranach. Auf der Suche nach seinem verlorenen Oeuvre
Publication	in Elke A. Werner, Anne Eusterschulte, Gunnar Heydenreich, eds., Lucas Cranach der Jüngere und die Reformation der Bilder
Place of Publication	Munich
Year of Publication	2015
Link	https://lucascranach.org/application/files/5415/6232/3883/Heydenreich_2015_-_Hans_Cranach.pdf
Pages	116 -127

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Sandner, Heydenreich, Smith-Contini 2015

132, Fn. 34

Author	Gunnar Heydenreich, Ingo Sandner, Helen Smith-Contini
Title	Veränderungen beim Unterzeichnen in Cranachs Werkstatt und die Arbeitsweise von Sohn Lucas
Publication	in Elke A. Werner, Anne Eusterschulte, Gunnar Heydenreich, eds., Lucas Cranach der Jüngere und die Reformation der Bilder
Place of Publication	Munich
Year of Publication	2015
Link	https://lucascranach.org/application/files/5215/6337/7366/Heydenreich_Sandner_Smith-Contini_2015_-_Unterzeichnung.pdf
Pages	128-141

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Tacke 2015

84, 85

Fig. 3

Author	Andreas Tacke
Title	Gleich dem Kaninchen vor der Schlange? Altgläubige und die Wittenberger Bildpropaganda.
Publication	in Julia Carrasco, Justus Lange, Benjamin D. Spira, Timo Trümper, Stiftung Schloss Friedenstein Gotha and Museumslandschaft Hessen Kassel, eds., Bild und Botschaft. Cranach im Dienst von Hof und Reformation, [Exhib. Cat. Gotha, Kassel]
Place of Publication	Heidelberg
Year of Publication	2015
Pages	82-90

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Poppe 2014

p. 18

Author	Sonja Poppe
Title	Bibel und Bild. Die Cranachschule als Malwerkstatt der Reformation
Place of Publication	Leipzig
Year of Publication	2014

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Borggrefe 2010

68, Fn. 32

Author	Heiner Borggrefe
Title	Lucas Cranach vs. Tiziano. Il ritratto nell'ambito della politica europea; Lucas Cranach vs. Titian. Portraiture and European Politics
Publication	in Anna Coliva, Bernhard Aikema, eds., Cranach l'altro rinascimento, a different Renaissance, Exhib. Cat. Rome
Place of Publication	Milan
Year of Publication	2010
Pages	62 - 73

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Messling 2010

Author	Guido Messling
Title	Blicke auf Cranach
Publication	in Guido Messling, ed., Die Welt des Lucas Cranach. Ein Künstler im Zeitalter von Dürer, Tizian und Metsys, Exhib. Cat. Brussels
Place of Publication	Brussels
Year of Publication	2010
Pages	12-25

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Buck 2007

39-42

Fig. 15

Author	Stephanie Buck
Title	Framing the image. Lucas Cranach's 'Adam and Eve' and book illustration
Publication	in Caroline Campbell, ed., Temptation in Eden. Lucas Cranach's Adam and Eve, Exhib. Cat. London
Place of Publication	London
Year of Publication	2007

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Decot 2007

Fig. 13

Author	Rolf Decot
Title	Ein Kirchenfürst in schwieriger Zeit: Albrecht von Brandenburg (1513/14-1545)
Publication	in Gerhard Ermischer, Andreas Tacke, eds., Cranach im Exil. Aschaffenburg um 1540. Zuflucht, Schatzkammer, Residenz, Exhib. Cat. Aschaffenburg
Place of Publication	Regensburg
Year of Publication	2007
Pages	55-75

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Exhib. Cat. Aschaffenburg 2007

296

No. 40

Fig. p. 296

Editor	Gerhard Ermischer, Andreas Tacke
Title	Cranach im Exil. Aschaffenburg um 1540. Zuflucht - Schatzkammer - Residenz. Ausstellungskatalog Schloss Johannisburg und Kunsthalle Jesuitenkirche
Place of Publication	Regensburg
Year of Publication	2007

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Heydenreich 2007 A

73, 398

Figs. 53, 126, 145

Author	Gunnar Heydenreich
Title	Lucas Cranach the Elder
Place of Publication	Amsterdam
Year of Publication	2007
Link	https://lucascranach.org/application/files/6116/2097/3099/Heydenreich_2007_Lucas_Cranach_the_Elder.pdf

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Heydenreich 2007 B

Author	Gunnar Heydenreich
Title	"... dass Du mit wunderbarer Schnelligkeit malest". Virtuosität und Effizienz in der künstlerischen Praxis Lucas Cranachs d. Ä.
Publication	in Bodo Brinkmann, ed., Cranach der Ältere, Exhib. Cat. FrankfurtA
Place of Publication	Ostfildern
Year of Publication	2007
Pages	29-47

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Tacke 2007 C

Author	Andreas Tacke
Title	Mit Cranachs Hilfe: Antireformatorische Kunstwerke vor dem Tridentiner Konzil
Publication	in Bodo Brinkmann, ed., Cranach der Ältere, [Exhib. Cat. Frankfurt am Main]
Place of Publication	Ostfildern
Year of Publication	2007
Link	http://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/artdok/volltexte/2012/2000
Pages	81-89

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Exhib. Cat. Halle 2006

188, 191

091

Pl. p. 191

Editor	Thomas Schauerte
Title	Der Kardinal Albrecht von Brandenburg. Renaissancefürst und Mäzen. Bd. 1: Katalog
Place of Publication	Regensburg
Year of Publication	2006

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Cat. Berlin 1996

Fig. 64

Author	Rainald Grosshans, Henning Bock
Editor	Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemäldegalerie
Title	Gemäldegalerie Berlin. Gesamtverzeichnis
Place of Publication	Berlin
Year of Publication	1996

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Klein 1994 A

195, 196, 199

Tabs. 1, 4, 8

Author	Peter Klein
Title	Lucas Cranach und seine Werkstatt. Holzarten und dendrochronologische Analyse
Publication	in Claus Grimm, Johannes Erichsen, Evamaria Brockhoff, eds.,Lucas Cranach. Ein Maler-Unternehmer aus Franken, Exhib. Cat. Kronach 1994
Series	Veröffentlichungen zur bayerischen Geschichte und Kultur
Volume	26
Place of Publication	Augsburg, Coburg
Year of Publication	1994
Pages	194-200

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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979

107

No. 184

Fig. 184

Author	Max J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
Editor	G. Schwartz
Title	Die Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of Publication	Basel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication	1979

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Cat. Berlin 1975 A

118

Editor	Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemäldegalerie
Title	Katalog der ausgestellten Gemälde des 13. - 18. Jahrhunderts
Place of Publication	Berlin
Year of Publication	1975

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Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974/1976

104

under No. 47

Author	Dieter Koepplin, Tilman Falk
Title	Lukas Cranach. Gemälde, Zeichnungen und Druckgraphik
Volume	1, 2
Place of Publication	Basel, Stuttgart
Year of Publication	1974
Link	http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-diglit-104522

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Schade 1974

Plate 142

Author	Werner Schade
Title	Die Malerfamilie Cranach
Place of Publication	Dresden
Year of Publication	1974
Link	http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/schade1974

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Exhib. Cat. Berlin 1973

No. 4

Author	Wilhelm H. Köhler, Frank Steigerwald
Title	Lucas Cranach. Gemälde, Zeichnungen, Druckgraphik
Place of Publication	Berlin
Year of Publication	1973

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Ruhmer 1963

Plate 23

Author	Eberhard Ruhmer
Title	Cranach
Place of Publication	Cologne
Year of Publication	1963

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Exhib. Cat. Weimar, Wittenberg 1953

No. 90

Author	Walther Scheidig
Editor	Deutsche Lucas Cranach Komitee
Title	Lucas Cranach Ausstellung. Weimar und Wittenberg
Place of Publication	Weimar, Wittenberg
Year of Publication	1953

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Lüdecke 1953 A

Author	Heinz Lüdecke
Title	Lucas Cranach der Ältere im Spiegel seiner Zeit. Aus Urkunden, Chroniken, Briefen, Reden und Gedichten
Place of Publication	Berlin
Year of Publication	1953

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Lilienfein 1942

Fig. 85

Author	Heinrich Lilienfein
Title	Lukas Cranach und seine Zeit
Place of Publication	Bielefeld
Year of Publication	1942

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Exhib. Cat. Berlin 1937

066

Pl. 48

Editor	Staatliche Museen, Berlin
Title	Lucas Cranach d. Ä. und Lucas Cranach d. J. Gemälde, Zeichnungen, Graphik
Place of Publication	Berlin
Year of Publication	1937

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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932

156

Author	Max J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
Title	Die Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of Publication	Berlin
Year of Publication	1932
Link	http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/friedlaender1932

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Flechsig 1900 A

263, 264

Author	Eduard Flechsig
Title	Cranachstudien
Volume	1
Place of Publication	Leipzig
Year of Publication	1900
Link	page/n5/mode/2up

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Exhib. Cat. Dresden 1899

No. 37

Editor	Karl Woermann
Title	Deutsche Kunstausstellung Dresden 1899. Abteilung Cranach-Ausstellung. Wissenschaftliches Verzeichnis der ausgestellten Werke
Place of Publication	Dresden
Year of Publication	1899
Link	http://resolver.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/SBB00002A2400000000

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Schuchardt 1851 C

19-20

Author	Christian Schuchardt
Title	Lucas Cranach des Aeltern Leben und Werke. Zweiter Theil
Place of Publication	Leipzig
Year of Publication	1851
Link	http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/schuchardt1851bd2

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Cat. Berlin 1830

145

No. 69

Author	Gustav Friedrich Waagen
Editor	Königliches Museum, Berlin
Title	Verzeichniß der Gemälde-Sammlung des Königlichen Museums zu Berlin
Place of Publication	Berlin
Year of Publication	1830

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Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg, Prince of Mainz (1490 - 1545) as St Jerome, 1527

Images

Documents

Technical studies

01. 2010Technical examination / Scientific analysis

Infrared reflectography

Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

Tools/Materials:

- occasionally and only barely visible, fine brush or dry drawing material?

Type/Ductus:

- freehand underdrawing?

- delicate, fine lines

Function:

- binding for the final painted version; lines delineate contours; no representation of volume

Deviations:

- minor alterations made during the painting process to clearly define form

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- not possible

[Smith, Sandner, Heydenreich, cda 2012]

photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
photographed by Ingo Sandner

2010Technical examination / Scientific analysis

Identification of wood species / Dendrochronology

Support

- the panel (thickness: 0.8 cm) consists of 3 horizontal planks. The joins are glued. The annual rings were counted on the right and left side of each plank. The wood species is beech and not lime. The top plank has 123/122 annual rings, the middle one 69/70 and dthe bottom one 109/106.

- extensive woodworm, well glued.

According to the most recent examination carried out by Dr. Peter Klein the three planks are from the same tree as those used for the following paintings:

- DE_KBSB_B60_FR312-313C

- DE_KBSB_B59_FR312-313C

- DE_KSW_G6_FR311A (Brett I+II)

- DE_SKK_0109_FR255

- DE_SMG_SG17_FR312-313D

- US_IMA_2000-344_FR218 (Brett II + III)

- DE_smbGG_564_FR271

- S-1994-224, FIN_FNG_S-1994-224_FR-none

- AT_KHM_GG883_FR152

- Martin Luther, Oldenburg, 52.

- Martin Luther, Private Collection.

- Martin Luther, Darmstadt Hessisches Landesmuseum, GK 73.

- Venus, Paris Louvre, 1180.

- Portrait of Margrave Georg the Devout of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, John G.

Johnson Collection, 139 (Brett II).

- A Faun and his Family, Donaueschingen, 97.

- Portrait of Magdalena of Sachsen, Chicago, 1938.310 (Brett III).

Ground and Imprimatura

- a barbe at the edge of the painted surface has been preserved on all four sides

[Handwritten in the documentation file]

Framing

- lime wood

- partially gilded

written by Christine Unsinn

2000Technical examination / Scientific analysis

Micro-sampling / cross-sections

CDA ID/Inventory No: DE_smbGG_589

Object No: Fr 184

Cross-section No.: EP 138

Brief description of paint: blue sky

Sample location: upper edge, centre

Sample No.: 197

Observations:

3. dark layer, varnish?

2. blue layer, very fine blue pigment particles (azurite?) and a few white particles

1. thin white layer > imprimatura?

0.white layer, ground

Comments: very fine blue, azurite?

[cda 2015]

analysed by Aviva Burnstock
analysed by Gunnar Heydenreich

17.02.1997Scientific analysis

Identification of wood species / Dendrochronology

Support

Identification of wood species: beech wood

Youngest annual ring: 1523

[Klein Report, 17.02.1997]

analysed by Peter Klein

21.01.1979 - 26.01.1979Scientific analysis

Identification of wood species / Dendrochronology

Support

Identification of wood species: beech wood

[Klein report, 21.01.1979]

written by Peter Klein

Versions

Support made from the same tree

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