Saints Catherine, Margaret, and Barbara

Saints Catherine, Margaret, and Barbara

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Toledo Art Museum, revised 2014]

Saints Catherine, Margaret and Barbara. The wheel and sword identify Catherine of Alexandria, who was tortured on spiked wheels before being beheaded. Margaret, reading a prayer book, was tortured with fire. Barbara's identity may have been less clear. She holds the chalice and wafer used for Catholic Holy Communion

Saints Catherine, Margaret and Barbara. The wheel and sword identify Catherine of Alexandria, who was tortured on spiked wheels before being beheaded. Margaret, reading a prayer book, was tortured with fire. Barbara's identity may have been less clear. She holds the chalice and wafer used for Catholic Holy Communion instead of her more common attribute, the tower in which she was imprisoned. To help the viewer, part of her name is embroidered on the neckline of her dress (the meaning of the initials on Catherine's dress remains mysterious).

[Toledo Art Museum, revised 2014]

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Toledo Art Museum, revised 2014] [Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 392]

Dating
about 1515 - 1520

Dating

about 1515 - 1520

[Toledo Art Museum, revised 2014] [Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 392]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 123.2 x 55.8 cm (48 1/2 x 22 in.)

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 123.2 x 55.8 cm (48 1/2 x 22 in.)

  • [Toledo Art Museum, revised 2014]

Inscriptions

- on the neckline of St Barbara's dress: part of her name is embroidered

- on St Catherine's dress:
initials

Inscriptions

Inscriptions:

  • - on the neckline of St Barbara's dress:

  • part of her name is embroidered

  • - on St Catherine's dress:

  • initials

Owner
Toledo Art Museum, Toledo, Ohio
Repository
Toledo Art Museum, Toledo, Ohio
Location
Toledo
CDA ID
US_TMA_1961-32
FR (1978) Nr.
FR117
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/US_TMA_1961-32/

Provenance

- Prince Ernest of Saxony, Ireland
- Purchased [in 1961 from the Gallery Rosenberg & Stiebel, New York][1]with funds from the Florence Scott Libbey Bequest in Memory of her Father, Maurice A. Scott

[Toledo Art Museum, revised 2014]

[1][Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 117]

Exhibitions

Dublin, 1957, no. 81, pl. XVII

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005 392 030 (under) Fig. 176
EditorHarald Marx, Karin Kolb, Ingrid Mössinger
TitleCranach Anlässlich der Ausstellung Cranach vom 13. November 2005 bis 12. März 2006 in den Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz. Eine Ausstellung in Kooperation mit der Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister der Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen Dresden
Place of PublicationCologne
Year of Publication2005
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 No. 117 Fig.
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
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Morse 1979 84
AuthorJohn D. Morse
TitleOld Master Paintings in North America
Place of PublicationNew York
Year of Publication1979
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Cat. Toledo 1976 44-45 Pl. 64
Authorn. a.
TitleThe Toledo Museum of Art, European Paintings
Place of PublicationToledo/Ohio
Year of Publication1976
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TMA 1970 41 Fig.
Authorn. a.
TitlePainting in Northern Europe 1450-1550
JournalToledo Museum of Art Museum News
Issuevol. 13, no. 2, (Summer 1970)
Year of Publication1970
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TMA 1966 Fig.
Authorn. a.
TitleA Guide to the Toledo Museum of Art
Place of PublicationToledo/Ohio
Year of Publication1966
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Wittmann 1965 29
AuthorOtto Wittmann
TitleTreasures at Toledo, Ohio
JournalApollo
Issuevol. LXXXI, no. 35, January 1965
Year of Publication1965
Pages28-35
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TMA 1964 85 Fig.
Authorn. a.
TitleTreasures for Toledo
JournalToledo Museum of Art Museum News
Issuevol. 7, no. 4, (Winter 1964)
Year of Publication1964
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