St Peter

St Peter

Title

St Peter

[Exhib. Cat. Frankfurt 2007, No. 83]

Painting on limewood

Medium

Painting on limewood

[Exhib. Cat. Frankfurt 2007, No. 83]

A close-up bust-length portrait of the apostle Peter wearing a white robe. The grey beard and the thinning hair of the apostle are as decorative and graphic in execution as the deep wrinkles on the face and neck.

[Görres, cda 2014]

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Exhib. Cat. Frankfurt 2007, No. 83]

Production date
about 1515

Production date

about 1515

[Exhib. Cat. Frankfurt 2007, No. 83]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 26.7 x 17.5 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 26.7 x 17.5 cm

  • [Exhib. Cat. Frankfurt 2007, No. 83]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia bottom right: winged serpent with elevated wings, facing right

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia bottom right: winged serpent with elevated wings, facing right

  • [Exhib. Cat. Frankfurt 2007, No. 83]

Owner
Private Collection
Repository
Private Collection
CDA ID
PRIVATE_NONE-P047
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P047/

Provenance

  • Gert-Rudolf Flick Collection
  • in a private collection since 1998

[Exhib. Cat. Frankfurt 2007, No. 83]

Exhibitions

Frankfurt/London 2007/2008, No. 83

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Müller 2010 65
AuthorMatthias Müller
Title"Menschen so zu malen, daß sie erkannt werden und zu leben scheinen" Naturnachahmung als Problem in Lucas Cranachs höfischer Porträtmalerei
Publicationin Matthias Müller, ed., Apelles am Fürstenhof. Facetten der Hofkunst um 1500 im Alten Reich Exhib. Cat. Coburg 2010
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication2010
Pages57-73
Exhib. Cat. Frankfurt 2007 290-291 83 p. 291
EditorBodo Brinkmann
TitleCranach der Ältere, [Frankfurt, Städel Museum, 23 Nov 2007 - 17 Feb 2008]
Place of PublicationOstfildern
Year of Publication2007
Auct. Cat. London 1988 46-49 lot 32
EditorChristie's Fine Art Auction House, London
TitleImportant Old Master Pictures, Christie's, 22-4-1988
Place of PublicationLondon
Year of Publication1988
  • St Peter, about 1515

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Technical studies

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Support

- it appears that the support was cut out of a larger panel, which perhaps already had a ground application

- average quality wood

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