Annunciation [left wing, recto], St. Jerome [left wing, verso]

Annunciation [left wing, recto], St. Jerome [left wing, verso]

Title

Annunciation [left wing, recto], St. Jerome [left wing, verso]

[cda 2017]

Painting on limewood

Medium

Painting on limewood

[Heydenreich 2016, 147]
[Klein Report, 01.12.2013]

Recto: The Virgin kneels with folded hands on a prayer stool and looks towards the left from where the Angel of the Annunciation approaches. His right hand is already raised in blessing and with his left hand the angel pulls aside the curtain of the baldachin where the Virgin kneels.

Recto: The Virgin kneels with folded hands on a prayer stool and looks towards the left from where the Angel of the Annunciation approaches. His right hand is already raised in blessing and with his left hand the angel pulls aside the curtain of the baldachin where the Virgin kneels. The Holy Spirit hovers over the Virgin's head in the form of a dove.

Verso: Full-length representation of St Jerome, wearing the red vestments of a cardinal and standing on a thin strip of ground against a dark background. The saint is attempting to pull a thorn out of the paw of a lion, standing on his hind-legs at the left.

[Görres, cda 2017]

Attribution
Anonymous Master from the Cranach Workshop

Attribution

Anonymous Master from the Cranach Workshop

'responsible for the Mittenwald retable' [Heydenreich 2016, 147-149]

Production date
1516

Production date

1516

[central panel dated]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 92.5 x 31 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 92.5 x 31 cm

  • [Sotheby's, Munich, 5 Oct 2005, lot 27; http://www.sothebys.com/de/auctions/ecatalogue/2005/property-from-the-royal-house-of-hanover-mm0986/lot.27.html; accessed 23 Feb 2016]

Signature / Dating

Central panel dated at the bottom with '1516'

Signature / Dating

  • Central panel dated at the bottom with '1516'

  • [cda 2017]

Owner
Private Collection
Repository
Private Collection
CDA ID
PRIVATE_NONE-P142b
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P142b/

Provenance

  • Property of the Royal House of Hanover
  • Sotheby's, Munich, 5 Oct 2005, lot 27
    [Sotheby's, Munich, 5 Oct 2005, lot 27; http://www.sothebys.com/de/auctions/ecatalogue/2005/property-from-the-royal-house-of-hanover-mm0986/lot.27.html#; accessed 23 Feb 2016]
  • Private Collection

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Heydenreich 2016 147-149 9, 10a, 11b, 14a
AuthorGunnar Heydenreich
TitleDas Mittenwalder Retabel (1514). Die Malerei im Spiegel der Cranach-Forschung
Publicationin, Brandenburgisches Landesamt für Denkmalpflege und Archäologisches Landesmuseum ed., Flügelaltäre um 1515 - Höhepunkte mittelalterlicher Kunst in Brandenburg und in den Nachbarregionen
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication2016
Link https://lucascranach.org/application/files/7616/7870/1703/Heydenreich_2016_Das_Mittenwalder_Retabel.pdf
Pages138-153
Show Literature
Auct. Cat. Munich 2005 27
EditorSotheby's Auction House, London
TitleProperty from the Royal House of Hanover, Munich, 05 Oktober 2005 - 15 Oktober 2005
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication2005
Show Literature
Exhib. Cat. Prague 2005 116 (English version 45) under no. 30
EditorObrazárna Pražského hradu, Kaliopi Chamonikola
TitlePod znamením okrídleného hada. Lucas Cranach a ceské zeme. Under the winged Serpent. Lucas Cranach and the Czech Land
Place of PublicationPrague
Year of Publication2005
Show Literature

Research History / Discussion

The painter of this retable was trained in Cranach‘s workshop and sourced inspiration from his collection of templates and preparatory material. He also drew on Dürer prints as a basis for his compositions. Results of a technical examination of the painting do not indicate that it was executed in the Wittenberg workshop. As Friedrich III is represented on this painting future research should concentrate on finding out more about this particular commission and attempt to establish the relationship of the artist responsible for the Mittenwald Retable (http://lucascranach.org/DE_MKM_NONE-MKM001C) with the elector of Saxony.

[see Heydenreich 2016, 149-150]

Connected Works

The Adoration of the Shepherds [central panel]
  • The Adoration of the Shepherds [central panel], 1516
  • PRIVATE_NONE-P142a
  • Painting
  • Private Collection
Adoration of the Magi [right wing, recto], St Augustine [right wing, verso]
  • Adoration of the Magi [right wing, recto], St Augustine [right wing, verso], 1516
  • PRIVATE_NONE-P142c
  • Painting
  • Private Collection
  • Annunciation [left wing, recto], St. Jerome [left wing, verso], 1516

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Technical studies

02. 2010Technical examination / Scientific analysis

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Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

Tools/Material:

- fluid, black medium, brush

Type/Ductus:

- freehand underdrawing

- thin to somewhat broader lines, possibly some washes

Function:

- relatively binding for the final painted version; lines of varying strengths delineate the main contours, describe essential details and facial features, no representation of volume with hatching-strokes

Deviations:

- very few corrections were made to forms during the painting process; small changes for example the dove, and the plants at the bottom left

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- painter of the Mittenwald Retable

St Jerome [left wing, verso]

DESCRIPTION

Tools/Material:

- fluid, black medium, brush

Type/Ductus:

- freehand underdrawing

- thin to somewhat broader lines

Function:

- relatively binding for the final painted version, lines of various strengths delineate the main contours, describe the essential details and the facial features; no representation of volumes with hatching-strokes

Deviations:

- very few corrections to forms during the painting process

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- painter of the Mittenwald Retable

[Sandner, Smith-Contini, Heydenreich, cda 2017]

02. 2010Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • UV-light photography
  • uv_light

04.09.2007Technologische Untersuchung / Naturwissenschaftliche Materialanalyse

  • Identification of wood species / Dendrochronology

Support

Limewood

[Examination report, Peter Klein, 04. Sept. 2007]

  • examined by Peter Klein

2007Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared reflectography
  • irr
  • irr

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