Justice

Justice

Title

Justice

[cda 2015]

Painting on limewood

Medium

Painting on limewood

[Klein report, 1995]

The personification of Justice is shown as a naked woman against a dark background, holding a weighing-scales in her hand.

Attributions
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, 153, No. 409F]
[letter D. Koepplin in the Archive D. Koepplin, 1986]

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Copy of an Inventory sheet Ludwig Roselius Museum, age unknown]

Production date
after 1537

Production date

after 1537

'Spätwerk' [letter D. Koepplin in the Archive D. Koepplin, 1986]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 22.5 x 14.5 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 22.5 x 14.5 cm

  • [Copy of an Inventory sheet Ludwig Roselius Museum, age unknown]

  • Dimensions of support: 20.3 x 14 cm

  • [letter D. Koepplin in the Archive D. Koepplin, 1986]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia upper right: Serpent with dropped wings, in yellow paint

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia upper right: Serpent with dropped wings, in yellow paint

  • [Letter from D. Koepplin in the Archive D. Koepplin, 1986]

Inscriptions and Labels

on reverse: - 'no 7720'

  • label: '3744' and 'Francois Grann...'
    [letter D. Koepplin in the Archive D. Koepplin, 1986]
  • centre:

Inscriptions and Labels

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

  • on reverse: - 'no 7720'

    • label: '3744' and 'Francois Grann...'

  • [letter D. Koepplin in the Archive D. Koepplin, 1986]

    • centre:

  • handwritten in ink: '[Francisco Granacci?] [/] 1477 - 1544'

  • [cda 2016]

Owner
Private Collection
Repository
Private Collection
CDA ID
PRIVATE_NONE-P107
FR (1978) Nr.
FR409F
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P107/

Provenance

  • private collection, Berlin, then property of the Ludwig Roselius Museum [1]
  • formerly Ludwig Roselius Museum, Bremen [2]
    [1] [copy of a sheet from an inventory, Ludwig Roselius Museum, undated]
    [2] [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, 153, No. 409F]

Research History / Discussion

M. J. Friedländer, Berlin from the 20th of December 1927:

The painting on this photograph is characteristic of Lucas cranach the Elder’s work from the period shortly after 1537. The serpent insignia is original. Berlin the 20.3.1927. signed Max J. Friedländer.

[Copy of an inventory sheet, Ludwig Roselius Museum, undated]

  • Justice, after 1537

Images

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Documents

Technical studies

09.03.1995Scientific analysis

  • Identification of wood species / Dendrochronology

Support

Identification of wood species: limewood

[Klein Report, 09.03.1995]

  • examined by Peter Klein

1995Technologische Untersuchung / Naturwissenschaftliche Materialanalyse

  • Infrarot-Reflektografie
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  • irr
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Unterzeichnung

DESCRIPTION

Tools/Material:

- fluid, black medium, brush or possibly dry drawing material, dark chalk

Type/Ductus:

- economic, freehand underdrawing

- relatively thin lines

Function:

- relatively binding for the final painted version; lines define the main contours and describe essential details within forms as well as facial features

Deviations:

- minor corrections were made to forms during the painting process; small changes

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Sandner, Smith-Contini, Heydenreich, cda 2016]

  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich

Condition Reports

Date1986 -

  • the painting is not in particularly good condition

  • support: slim battens may have been attached to the sides

  • thick varnish application

  • the hair may have been reworked

  • examined by Dieter Koepplin

Conservation History

Date03. 1964 - 04. 1964

[Copy of an Inventory sheet Ludwig Roselius Museum, undated]

  • conservation treatment by Kurt Neubert

Date09. 1953 -

[Copy of an Inventory sheet Ludwig Roselius Museum, undated]

  • conservation treatment by Lilly Bellstedt

Citing from the Cranach Digital Archive

Entry with author
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Entry with no author
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