St Ursula, Agnes, Apolonia and Christine [recto], St Sigismund [verso] (right wing of the so-called Altarpiece of Litomerice)

St Ursula, Agnes, Apolonia and Christine [recto], St Sigismund [verso] (right wing of the so-called Altarpiece of Litomerice)

Title

St Ursula, Agnes, Apolonia and Christine [recto], St Sigismund [verso] (right wing of the so-called Altarpiece of Litomerice)

[cda 2014]

Painting on spruce wood

Medium

Painting on spruce wood

[Exhib. Cat. Prague 2005, no. 33]

Recto: in the upper field the reverse shows Sts Ursula and Agnes as full-length figures facing each other against the backdrop of a curtain, which is completed in the upper third by punched gilding gilded. The crowns and haloes of the two saints are described in the gold ground. The

Recto: in the upper field the reverse shows Sts Ursula and Agnes as full-length figures facing each other against the backdrop of a curtain, which is completed in the upper third by punched gilding gilded. The crowns and haloes of the two saints are described in the gold ground. The same applies to Sts Apolonia and Christine in the lower field. however, whereas Apolonia faces left towards her counterpart St Christine is turned towards the viewer. All the saints hold the symbols of their martyrdom.

Verso: St Sigismund is depicted as a full-length figure on stony ground, facing left against a neutral dark background. He wears a mantle and a crown and holds a sceptre and an orb, the royal insignia.

[Görres, cda 2014]

Attribution
Master IW

Attribution

Master IW

[Exhib. Cat. Prague 2005, no. 33]

Production date
after 1520

Production date

after 1520

[Exhib. Cat. Prague 2005, no. 33]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 156.9 x 63.8 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 156.9 x 63.8 cm

  • Dimension of painted surface: 143.3 x 50.3 cm [cda 2014]

  • Dimension including frame: 156.7 x 64.3 cm [Oblastní muzeum Litomerie, revised 2014]

Signature / Dating

None

Owner
Oblastní muzeum Litomerice (Regional Museum Litomerice)
Repository
Severoceská galerie výtvarného umení, Litomerice (North Bohemian Gallery of Fine Arts, Litomerice)
Location
Litomerice
CDA ID
CZ_OML-SGVUL_SV347
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/CZ_OML-SGVUL_SV347/

Provenance

  • Formerly in the Regional Museum, Litomerice (Inv.-Nr. OM 347)
  • Nov. 5, 1956 on permanent loan to North Bohemian Gallery of Fine Arts, Litomerice
    [Exhib. Cat. Prague 2005, no. 33]

Exhibitions

Chomutov-Most 1928, no. 221
Leitmeritz 1993
Prague 2005, no. 33

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Exhib. Cat. Prague 2005 122, 123 (English version 46, 47) 33 Pl. p. 123
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
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Kesner 2005 34, 37 (English version 16-18) Fig. p. 143
AuthorLadislav Kesner
TitleCranachuv zák - Mistr IW/ The pupil of Cranach - Master IW
Publicationin Kaliopi Chamonikola, ed., Pod znamením okrídleného hada. Lucas Cranach a ceské zeme, Under the winged Serpent, Lucas Cranach and the Czech Lands, Exhib. Prague 2005
Place of PublicationPrague
Year of Publication2005
Pages34-41 (16-18)
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Kyzourová 1996 B 269
AuthorIvana Kyzourová
TitlePrispevky k dílu Mistra IW
Volume44
JournalUmeni
Year of Publication1996
Pages261-270
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Exhib. Cat. Litomerice 1993 19-21, 103
AuthorLadislav Kesner
TitleMistr IW. Galerie Výstarného Umení Litomeríce
Place of PublicationLitomerice
Year of Publication1993
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Cat. Litomerice 1983 unpaged
AuthorOtakar Votocek
TitleSeveroceská galerie výtvarného umeni v Literomericich. Sbírka starého umeni - Strucný pruvoce a katalog vystavených del
Place of PublicationLitomerice
Year of Publication1983
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Cat. Prague 1964 16, 30, 69
AuthorJaromír Homolka, Ladislav Kesner
TitleCeské umení gotické. Sbírka starého umení Narodni galerie v Praze
Place of PublicationPrague
Year of Publication1964
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Votocek 1961 21
AuthorOtakar Votocek
TitleK oprave a puvodu obrazu Litomerického Mistra
JournalZpávy parnátkové péce
Issue21
Year of Publication1961
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Cat. Prague 1960 55 377
AuthorJaroslav Pešina, J. Mašín
TitleNarodni galerie v Praze. Sbirka stareho umeni
Place of PublicationPrague
Year of Publication1960
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Pesina 1958 B 86 339-342
AuthorJaroslav Pešina
TitleObraz sv. Antonia Porestevnica od Lucas Cranacha st.
JournalUmeni
Issue6
Year of Publication1958
Pages363-372
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Votocek 1957 19-21
AuthorOtakar Votocek
TitleDeskové malby a plastiky 16. stoleti v Litomerické krajské galerii
JournalZpávy parnátkové péce
Issue17
Year of Publication1957
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Pešina 1950 80-81, 129 370-373
AuthorJaroslav Pešina
TitleCeská malba pozdní gotiky a renesance. Deskové malírství 1450-1550
Place of PublicationPrague
Year of Publication1950
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Cat. Prague 1949 55 360
AuthorJaroslav Pešina, J. Mašín
TitleNarodni galerie v Praze. Sbirka stareho umeni
Place of PublicationPrague
Year of Publication1949
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Cat. Litomerice 1948 9, 15 16
Authorn. a.
TitleUmení trí dob
Place of PublicationLitomerice
Year of Publication1948
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Junius 1935 74
AuthorWilhelm Junius
TitleMeister des thüringisch-sächsischen Cranach-Kreises
JournalZeitschrift für Thüringische Geschichte und Altertumskunde
IssueNF. 31
Year of Publication1935
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Matejcek 1931 21
AuthorA. Matejcek
TitleNepoznaný obraz monogramisty IW v Praze
JournalKniha o Praze. Prazský Almanach
Place of PublicationPrague
IssueII
Year of Publication1931
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Cibulka 1930 172
AuthorJosef Cibulka
TitleObraz sv. Václava
JournalUmeni
Issue3
Year of Publication1930
Pages157
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Opitz 1930 74, 76
AuthorJosef Opitz
TitleDie Galerie des Stiftes Ossegg
SeriesNordwestböhmische Heimatbücher
Volume3
Place of PublicationKomotau
Year of Publication1930
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Herein 1929 335
AuthorKarel Herein
TitleNové umelecke památky svatováclavského kultu
JournalUmeni
Issue2
Year of Publication1929
Pages353
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Junius 1928 139
AuthorWilhelm Junius
TitleDer Meister J. W. Ein böhmischer Cranachschüler
JournalBelvedere: Monatsschrift für Sammler und Kunstfreunde
Issue13
Year of Publication1928
Pages138-142
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  • St Ursula, Agnes, Apolonia and Christine [recto], St Sigismund [verso] (right wing of the so-called Altarpiece of Litomerice), after 1520

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Technical studies

06. 2014Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared refletography
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Underdrawing

Sts Ursula, Agnes, Apolonia and Christine [recto]

DESCRIPTION

- an underdrawing is not readily visible as the relatively bad condition of the painting hinders any interpretation

St Sigismund [verso]

DESCRIPTION

Tools/Materials:

- fluid, black medium and brush

Type/Ductus:

- freehand underdrawing

- thin lines

Function:

- relatively binding for the final painted version; lines delineate contours, indicate essential details and describe facial features; no representation of volume

Deviations:

- minor alterations made during the painting process to clearly define form

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- not possible; could be Master IW or workshop

[Smith, Sandner, Heydenreich, cda 2014]

  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
  • photographed by Ingo Sandner

2005Technical Examination

Framing

Original wooden frame with an inner profile

[Exhib. Cat. Prague 2005, No. 33]

Conservation History

Date01.05.1984

Verso restored

[Exhib. Cat. Prague 2005, No. 33]

  • conservation treatment by Marie Sklenárová

Date12.12.1983

Recto restored

[Exhib. Cat. Prague 2005, No. 33]

  • conservation treatment by Marie Sklenárová

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