An Angel with the Nails from the Cross

An Angel with the Nails from the Cross

Title

An Angel with the Nails from the Cross

[Cat. Budapest 2003, 33-34]

Painting on hardwood

Medium

Painting on hardwood

[cda 2014]

An angel is depicted standing on stony ground against a dark background. He is facing right and holds the three nails from the cross in both his hands.

Attribution
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Cat. Budapest 2003, 33-34]

Production date
about 1540

Production date

about 1540

[Szépmuvészeti Múzeum, revised 2014]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 52.3 x 32.3 x 0.6 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 52.3 x 32.3 x 0.6 cm

  • Dimensions including frame: 58.8 x 40.8 cm

  • [cda 2014]

Signature / Dating

None

Owner
Szépmuvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
Repository
Szépmuvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
Location
Budapest
CDA ID
HU_SMB_51-162
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/HU_SMB_51-162/

Connected Works

An Angel with the Cross
  • An Angel with the Cross, about 1540
  • HU_SMB_51-161
  • Painting
  • Szépmuvészeti Múzeum, Budapest

Provenance

  • 1951 transferred from another department of the museum
    [Cat. Budapest 2003, 33-34]

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Cat. Budapest 2003 33-34
EditorIldikó Ember, István Takács
TitleMuseum of Fine Arts Budapest. Old Masters' Gallery. Summary Catalogue, Vol. 3: German, Austrian, Bohemian and British Paintings
Volume3
Place of PublicationBudapest
Year of Publication2003
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Garas 1968 274 No. 800
AuthorKlára Garas
TitleDas Schicksal der Sammlung des Erzherzogs Leopold Wilhelm
JournalJahrbuch der Kunsthistorischen Sammlungen in Wien
Place of PublicationMunich
Issue64 (1968)
Year of Publication1968
Show Literature
Cat. Budapest 1967 169
AuthorAndor Pigler
TitleKatalog der Galerie Alter Meister I-II
Place of PublicationBudapest
Year of Publication1967
Show Literature
Fenyo 1954 52-53 Fig. 31
AuthorIvan Fenyo
TitleUn dessin, et quelques tableaux de Cranach au Musée des Beaux-Arts
JournalBulletin du Musée Hongrois des Beaux-Arts
Issue5 (1954)
Year of Publication1954
Pages44-53
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Garas 1948 25
AuthorGaras
TitleTableaux provenant de la collection de l'archiduc Léopold-Guillaune au Muée des Beaux-Arts
JournalBulletin du Musée Hongrois des Beaux-Arts
Issue2 (1948)
Year of Publication1948
Pages22-26
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Cat. Budapest 1909 B 498 No. 816
Authorn. a.
TitleA Magyar Nemzeti Muzeum képtárának festményei és grafikai állaga
Volume1
Place of PublicationBudapest
Year of Publication1909
Show Literature
Cat. Budapest 1897 494 No. 816
Authorn. a.
TitleAz Országos Képtár mutárgyainak leíró lajstroma, Athenaeum
Place of PublicationBudapest
Year of Publication1897
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Cat. Budapest 1870 129 No. V./156
EditorAntal Ligeti
TitleA Magyar Nemzeti Múzeum képcsarnokának ismerteto lajstroma
Place of PublicationBuda
Year of Publication1870
Show Literature
Cat. Budapest 1868 5 No. 46
EditorÁgoston Kubinyi, János Herz
TitleA Magyar Nemzeti Múzeum Képtárának lajstroma
Place of PublicationPest
Year of Publication1868
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Research History / Discussion

Fragment of an unidentified altarpiece, further fragments: Angel with the Cross [HU_SMB_51-161], Angel with the ladder [50 x 31 cm, formerly private collection Budapest], Angel with the Lance [40 x37 cm, formerly private collection Budapest]

[Cat. Budapest 2003, 33-34]

  • An Angel with the Nails from the Cross, about 1540

Images

Compare images
  • overall
  • overall
  • reverse
  • irr
  • uv_light

Technical studies

06. 2014Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • UV-light photography
  • uv_light
  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
  • photographed by Ingo Sandner

06. 2014Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared Reflectography
  • irr

Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

Tools/Materials:

- fluid, black medium and brush; the initial design may have been roughly fixed employing a dry medium?

Type/Ductus:

- freehand underdrawing

- thin to broader lines

Function:

- relatively binding for the final painted version; lines delineate contours and describe the essential details and the facial features; no representation of volume

Deviations:

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

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- not possible; could be workshop of Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Smith, Sandner, Heydenreich, cda 2014]

  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
  • photographed by Ingo Sandner

Support

- panel with vertically aligned grain, thinned and cradled

- original with a rounded top; the upper left zone now has a wooden addition

- the left and right edges have presumably been trimmed by a few millimeters

- tow was probably partially applied in a horizontal direction to the lower half of the panel

Ground and Imprimatura

- a barbe from the ground is visible c. 1 cm from the upper and lower panel edges, and at the right side a few millimeters from the edge

Paint Layers and Gilding

- blue background

[Heydenreich, cda 2014]

Condition Reports

Date2014 -

  • yellowed varnish

  • a ground was applied to the reconstructed upper left corner at a later date and was subsequently retouched

  • examined by Gunnar Heydenreich

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