St Adalbert

Titles

St Adalbert	[cda 2019]
A Bishop Saint	[Sotheby's online database; http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2015/old-master-paintings-19th-century-n09303/lot.408.html?locale=en; accessed 20-03-2019]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

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This narrow panel undoubtedly was on the left-hand side of an altarpiece. The figure's features and the handling of the drapery suggest an artist working in central Germany around 1520 or 1530.

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Attributions: Master IW
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Master IW	[Heydenreich, cda 2019]
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder	[Sotheby's online database; http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2015/old-master-paintings-19th-century-n09303/lot.408.html?locale=en; accessed 20-03-2019]

Production date: about 1530

Production date

about 1530

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Dimensions: Dimensions of support: 104.3 x 50.7 cm

Dimensions

Dimensions of support: 104.3 x 50.7 cm
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Owner: Private Collection
Repository: Private Collection

CDA ID: PRIVATE_NONE-P250
FR (1978) Nr.: FR-none
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P250/

Provenance

with Galerie van Diemen, Berlin, by 1921 (or possibly 1924), according to a label on the reverse
30.01.2015 sold by Sotheby's, New York
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Research History / Discussion

Similar bishop saints can be found in the works of the Master of the Pflock Altarpiece, who was identified by Andreas Tacke as Simon Franck, and in this context we can view the artist as being in the wider circle of Lucas Cranach.

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St Adalbert, about 1530

Images

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