The Annunciation to Joachim

The Annunciation to Joachim

Title

The Annunciation to Joachim

[Cat. Budapest 2003, 30]

Painting on hardwood

Medium

Painting on hardwood

[cda 2014]

Joachim kneels praying beside a tree and looks up to an angel in the sky. Two shepherds stand at the left edge of the picture, one of them points to the angel. A herd of goats cavorts between the bushes at the right edge of the image; in the background

Joachim kneels praying beside a tree and looks up to an angel in the sky. Two shepherds stand at the left edge of the picture, one of them points to the angel. A herd of goats cavorts between the bushes at the right edge of the image; in the background there is a mountainous landscape with a town.

[Herrschaft, cda 2014]

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Cat. Budapest 2003, 30]

Production date
1518

Production date

1518

[dated]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 60.5 x 50.7 x 0.5 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 60.5 x 50.7 x 0.5 cm

  • [cda 2014]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia on the tree trunk: serpent with elevated wings, facing right and dated '1518'; in yellow paint

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia on the tree trunk: serpent with elevated wings, facing right and dated '1518'; in yellow paint

Owner
Szépmuvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
Repository
Szépmuvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
Location
Budapest
CDA ID
HU_SMB_62-2
FR (1978) Nr.
FR106
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/HU_SMB_62-2/

Provenance

  • in the collection of the parish priest Adolf Glitzka, Hamburg
  • 1910 London, Dowdeswell
  • in the collection of Marcell Nemes, sold on the 17.06.1913, Paris, No. 24
  • in the collection of Baron Herzog, Budapest
  • 1962 transferred from the Hungarian National Gallery
    [Cat. Budapest 2003, 30]
    [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, 91, no. 106]

Exhibitions

Tokyo 1994, no. 47

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Cat. Budapest 2003 30
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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Exhib. Cat. Tokyo 1994 B 047
EditorZsuzsa Urbach
TitleRenaissance Paintings from the Budapest Museum of Fine Arts
Place of PublicationTokyo
Year of Publication1994
Show Literature
Cat. Budapest 1990 205 No. 116
AuthorZsuzsa Urbach
TitleMeisterwerke des Museums der Bildenden Künste
Place of PublicationBudapest
Year of Publication1990
Show Literature
Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 91 No. 106 Fig. 106
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
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Végh 1972 Pl. 28
AuthorJános Végh
TitleDeutsche Tafelbilder des 16. Jahrhunderts
Place of PublicationBudapest
Year of Publication1972
Show Literature
Cat. Budapest 1967 166
AuthorAndor Pigler
TitleKatalog der Galerie Alter Meister I-II
Place of PublicationBudapest
Year of Publication1967
Show Literature
Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932 93 Fig. 93
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
Show Literature

Research History / Discussion

The panel 'The Birth of John the Baptist', Skokloster Castle, which has frequently been associated with the same altarpiece, is a workshop product and the date is a later addition.

[Cat. Budapest 2003, 30]

  • The Annunciation to Joachim, 1518

Images

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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; facial features and hands are executed employing a less diluted medium

Type/Ductus:

- detailed and freehand underdrawing

- thin to broader lines

- occasional hatching-strokes

Function:

- relatively binding for the final painted version; lines delineate contours and describe the essential details and the facial features; occasion hatching-strokes serve the representation of volume

Deviations:

- alterations made during the painting process to clearly define form; numerous small changes (e. g. the bagpipes, the tree on the horizon, the ring on Joachim’s robe)

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Smith, Sandner, Heydenreich, cda 2014]

  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
  • photographed by Ingo Sandner
  • reverse
  • reverse

Support

- sturdy oak wood cradle

- there is a coating on the reverse beneath the cradle

Paint Layers and Gilding

- very meticulous execution, particularly the painted foliage and the goat hair

- in contrast the angel appears to be unfinished

- at the right side and the bottom the painting extends to the edge of the panel

- the upper edge exhibits a black painted boarder

[Herrschaft, cda 2014]

Condition Reports

Date2014 -

  • the verdigris has discoloured (brown) considerably, particularly in the area of the trees
  • examined by Jana Herrschaft

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