The Beheading of St Catherine

The Beheading of St Catherine

Title

The Beheading of St Catherine

[cda 2019]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Lempertz online database, accessed 19.01.2022]

St Catherine kneels in the centre of the foreground wearing a black dress with a gold brocade collar. The henchman stands behind her and removes her long blond curls from the nape of her neck. A group of figures stands in the middle distance on the right and a further

St Catherine kneels in the centre of the foreground wearing a black dress with a gold brocade collar. The henchman stands behind her and removes her long blond curls from the nape of her neck. A group of figures stands in the middle distance on the right and a further group with two men on horseback is positioned in the middle distance on the left. Another scene from the legend of St Catherine is illustrated in the background. It depicts the storm destroying the wheel on which the saint was to be martyred.

Attribution
Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder

'Nachfolge Cranach d. Ä.' [Lempertz online database, accessed 19.01.2022]

Production dates
after 1600
about 1515 - 1599

Production dates

after 1600

[cda 2019]

about 1515 - 1599

16th century [Lempertz online database, accessed 19.01.2022]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 93.5 × 61 cm

Dimensions

Signature / Dating

None

Owner
Private Collection
Repository
Private Collection
CDA ID
PRIVATE_NONE-P319
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P319/

Provenance

Research History / Discussion

The original panel [CZ_ESGK_KE2371], which is still in Olmütz was appreciated early on as is illustrated by two workshop copies one in the Germanischen Nationalmuseum in Nuremberg [DE_BStGS-GNMN_Gm212] and the other last seen in 1922 on the art market in Vienna [Friedländer, Rosenberg, nos. 74A, 74B). The present version from the 16th century is also a close copy of the original and was probably executed by an immediate follower. See also [Lempertz online database, accessed 19.01.2022]

The iron oxide ground found on this painting is unusual for works from the Cranach workshop.

[Observation made by G. Heydenreich after viewing the panel in 2011l]

  • The Beheading of St Catherine, after 1600

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Versions

The Beheading of St Catherine
  • The Beheading of St Catherine, about 1515
  • CZ_ESGK_KE2371
  • Painting
  • Archdiocese of Olomouc
The Beheading of St Catherine
  • The Beheading of St Catherine, after 1515
  • DE_BStGS-GNMN_Gm212
  • Painting
  • Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen

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