The Fourteen Helpers in Need

The Fourteen Helpers in Need

Title

The Fourteen Helpers in Need

[The Royal Collection, revised 2012]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[The Royal Collection, revised 2012]

'A strip painting with the Infant Christ on the shoulders of St Christopher (?) gesturing the Salvation sign; flanking them are thirteen figures, including women on the right, with various attributes, and a deer on the left. Black background.'

[The Royal Collection, revised 1993]

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[The Royal Collection, revised 2012]

Production dates
about 1520 - 1525
about 1507

Production dates

about 1520 - 1525

[cda 2012]

about 1507

[The Royal Collection, revised 2012]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 35.1 x 86.1 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 35.1 x 86.1 cm

  • [The Royal Collection, revised 2012]

  • Dimensions of the painted surface: 35.2 x 85.8 cm

  • [Heydenreich, unpublished 1993]

  • Dimensions including frame: 46.1 x 95.9 cm

  • [The Royal Collection, revised 1993]

Inscriptions and Labels

Recto of the panel: in white paint: '612' [Hampton Court Palace picture inventory number]

Front of the frame:
Perspex …

Inscriptions and Labels

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

  • Recto of the panel: in white paint: '612' [Hampton Court Palace picture inventory number]

  • Front of the frame:

  • Perspex label with name of artist and title of painting; black characters on gold ground; called 'Arrow' label, manufactured by Alliance Engraving Co.: 'THE FOURTEEN HELPERS IN NEED'

  • [The Royal Collection, revised 1993]

  • Reverse of the panel:

  • Brand mark: crown with 'CR' beneath

  • [Heydenreich, unpublished 1993]

Owner
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, London
Repository
The Royal Collection, London
Location
London
CDA ID
UK_RCL_RCIN403488
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/UK_RCL_RCIN403488/

Provenance

  • first recorded in the Royal Collection during the reign of Charles I
    [The Royal Collection, revised 2012]

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974/1976 556
AuthorDieter Koepplin, Tilman Falk
TitleLukas Cranach. Gemälde, Zeichnungen und Druckgraphik
Volume1, 2
Place of PublicationBasel, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1974
Link http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-diglit-104522
Show Literature
  • The Fourteen Helpers in Need, about 1520 - 1525

Images

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Technical studies

1993Technical Examination

Support

- application of tow is not visible

Paint Layers and Gilding

- relatively indistinctly painted; soft application of flesh paint with linear accentuation

[Heydenreich, unpublished 1993]

Condition Reports

Date1993

  • trimmed

[Heydenreich, unpublished 1993]

Date1993

  • cradled

[The Royal Collection, revised 1993]

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