By using this website you agree to our Cookie policy

Search

80 articles
Article
A Saxon in Hamburg: a leaf from the lost tournament book of Duke John the Steadfast
07/2025 | 1468 | 167
Pages: 650–660
related names
Author:
Burger, Alexandra (Burger, Alexandra)
Subjects
dates:
museums and institutions:
Illustrations
Attributed works:
10. A German tournament (Anzogenrennen), by Lucas Cranach the Elder. c.1516–17. Woodcut, 22.8 by 33 cm. (Albertina, Vienna).
Attributed works:
11. Tournament, by Lucas Cranach the Younger. 1543. Pen and ink with watercolour and body colour on paper, 24.9 by 41 cm. (Staatliche Museen zu Berlin; photograph Jörg P. Anders).
Attributed works:
12. Detail of Fig.11, showing the fallen rider.
Attributed works:
3. Electors of Saxony: Friedrich the Wise, Johann the Steadfast and Johann Friedrich the Magnanimous, by Lucas Cranach the Elder. 1532. Oil on panel, 68.7 by 131.6 cm. (Hamburger Kunsthalle; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
4. Tournament Book of Elector John Frederick the Magnanimous, Elector of Saxony, by the workshop of Lucas Cranach the Elder. 1539– 43. Pen and ink with watercolours and body colours on paper, partly heightened with white, silver and gold, 22.3 by 31.5 cm. (Kunstsammlung, Coburg, Ms.02, fols.4v–5r).
Attributed works:
5. Der sächsischen Kurfürsten Turnierbücher in ihren hervorragendsten Darstellungen auf vierzig Tafeln, by Erich Haenel. 1910. Print. (Württembergische Landesbibliothek; Stuttgart, fig.12).
Attributed works:
6. Fragment from the tournament book of Duke John of Saxony. Southern Germany. c.1527–32. Pen and ink with watercolour and body colour on vellum, partly heightened with white, silver and gold, 24.5 by 28.5 cm. (Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek, Hamburg, Cod. in scrin. 10 Fragm. 15, verso).
Attributed works:
7. The tournament with lances, by Lucas Cranach the Elder. 1509. Woodcut, 29 by 41.5 cm. (Albertina, Vienna).
Attributed works:
8. Detail of Fig.6, showing the horses hair and fur.
Attributed works:
9. Detail of Fig.1, showing the hatching on the armour.
Western art unattributed:
1. Fragment from the tournament book of Duke John of Saxony. Southern Germany. c.1527–32. Pen and ink with watercolour and body colour on vellum, partly heightened with white, silver and gold, 24.5 by 28.5 cm. (Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek, Hamburg, Cod. in scrin. 10 Fragm. 15, recto).
Western art unattributed:
2. Tournament book Freydal. Southern Germany. c.1512–15. Pen and ink with watercolours and opaque colours on paper, partly heightened with white, silver and gold, 38.5 by 26.5 cm. (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Hofjagd- und Rüstkammer, Vienna, KK 5073, fol.90).
Article
Sibylla von Freyberg’s prayer book
07/2025 | 1468 | 167
Pages: 661–669
related names
Author:
Drieshen, Clarck (Drieshen, Clarck)
Subjects
dates:
places:
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Female patron kneeling before the Guardian Angel, from the prayer book of Sibylla von Freyberg. Augsburg. Early 16th century. Gold and pigments on parchment, 14.5 by 11.5 cm. (British Library, London, Add MS 24153, fol.74v).
Attributed works:
10. A full border inhabited by animals and a putto, from the prayer book of Sibylla von Freyberg. Augsburg. Early 16th century. Gold and pigments on parchment, 14.5 by 11.5 cm. (British Library, London, Add MS 24153, fol.54r).
Attributed works:
11. Multi-panel painting of the Eight Joys of the Virgin, from the prayer book of Sibylla von Freyberg. Augsburg. Early 16th century. Gold and pigments on parchment, 14.5 by 11.5 cm. (British Library, London, Add MS 24153, fol.92v).
Attributed works:
12. Madonna on a crescent moon, from the prayer book of Sibylla von Freyberg. Augsburg. Early 16th century. Gold and pigments on parchment, 14.5 by 11.5 cm. (British Library, London, Add MS 24153, fol.154v).
Attributed works:
13. Multi-panel painting of the Five Sorrows of the Virgin, from the prayer book of Sibylla von Freyberg. Augsburg. Early 16th century. Gold and pigments on parchment, 14.5 by 11.5 cm. (British Library, London, Add MS 24153, fol.88v).
Attributed works:
14. Sibylla von Freyberg (née Gossenbrot), by Bernhard Strigel. Before 1515. Oil on canvas, 61 by 35.8 cm. (Alte Pinakothek, Munich).
Attributed works:
2. Arms of Ludwig von Freyberg and Sibylla Gossenbrot, from the prayer book of Sibylla von Freyberg. Augsburg. Early 16th century. Gold and pigments on parchment, 14.5 by 11.5 cm. (British Library, London, Add MS 24153, fol.1v).
Attributed works:
3. Female patron kneeling before St Leonard, from the prayer book of Sibylla von Freyberg. Augsburg. Early 16th century. Gold and pigments on parchment, 14.5 by 11.5 cm. (British Library, London, Add MS 24153, fol.127v).
Attributed works:
4. Martyrdom of St Dorothy, from the prayer book of Sibylla von Freyberg. Augsburg. Early 16th century. Gold and pigments on parchment, 14.5 by 11.5 cm. (British Library, London, Add MS 24153, fol.117v)
Attributed works:
5–7. Female patron kneeling before the Man of Sorrows with the Arma Christi, Last Supper and Holy Helpers, from the prayer book of Sibylla von Freyberg. Augsburg. Early 16th century. Gold and pigments on parchment, each 14.5 by 11.5 cm. (British Library, London, Add MS 24153, fols.143v, 2v and 190v).
Attributed works:
8. Nikolaus Bertschi with his wife Margarete, from the Lorcher Graduale, by Nikolaus Bertschi. 1511. Gold and pigments on parchment, 10 by 15 cm. (Württembergische Landesbibliothek, Stuttgart, Cod. mus.I 2° 65, fol.236v).
Attributed works:
9. Madonna of Humility, from the prayer book of Sibylla von Freyberg. Augsburg. Early 16th century. Gold and pigments on parchment, 14.5 by 11.5 cm. (British Library, London, Add MS 24153, fol.76v).
Exhibition Review
Germany’s celebration of Caspar David Friedrich’s 250th anniversary
07/2025 | 1468 | 167
Pages: 694–701
related names
Author:
Scholl, Christian (Scholl, Christian)
Subjects
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Front view of Mountainous river landscape (morning), by Caspar David Friedrich. After 1820. Pencil, watercolour, soot ink and black opaque paint on paper, 7.42 by 12.7 cm. (Graphische Sammlung, Kassel; exh. Neues Museum, Kassel).
Attributed works:
2. Front view with backlighting of Mountainous river landscape (night), by Caspar David Friedrich. After 1820. Pencil, watercolour, soot ink and black opaque paint on paper, 7.42 by 12.7 cm. (Graphische Sammlung, Kassel; exh. Neues Museum, Kassel).
Attributed works:
3. Sea of ice, by Caspar David Friedrich. 1823/24. Oil on canvas, 96.7 by 126.9 cm. (© Christoph Irrgang; Hamburger Kunsthalle).
Attributed works:
4. Monastery graveyard in snow, copy by an unknown artist after Caspar David Friedrich. After 1855. Oil on canvas, 120 by 173 cm. (Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin).
Attributed works:
5. Woman at the window, by Caspar David Friedrich. 1822. Oil on canvas, 45 by 32.7 cm. (Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin; exh. Albertinum, Dresden).
Attributed works:
6. Large enclosure near Dresden, by Caspar David Friedrich. 1832. Oil on canvas, 73.5 by 103 cm. (Albertinum, Dresden).
Attributed works:
7. Landscape with the flight into Egypt, by Claude Lorrain. 1647. Oil on canvas, 102.5 by 135 cm. (Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden; exh. Albertinum, Dresden).
Exhibition Review
Dürer to Van Dyck: Drawings from Chatsworth House
02/2025 | 1463 | 167
Pages: 172–175
related names
Reviewer:
Horbatsch, Olenka (Horbatsch, Olenka)
Subjects
museums and institutions:
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Dürer to Van Dyck: Drawings from Chatsworth House Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh 9th November 2024–23rd February 2025 | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
10. Arcadian landscape, by Hendrick Goltzius. 1593. Pen and black ink, 35.7 by 46.8 cm. (Chatsworth House, Derbyshire; exh. National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh).
Attributed works:
11. A dying tree, its trunk covered in brambles, beside a fence, by Peter Paul Rubens. c.1618. Pen, brown ink, red and black chalk and watercolour, 35.2 by 29.8 cm. (Chatsworth House, Derbyshire; exh. National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh).
Attributed works:
12. View of the Amsteldijk at Meerzhuizen, looking towards the little windmill, by Rembrandt. c.1648–50. Pen, brown ink and brown wash with watercolour on paper prepared with brown wash, 13 by 21.2 cm. (Chatsworth House, Derbyshire; exh. National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh).
Exhibition Review
Paula Modersohn-Becker: Ich bin Ich / I Am Me
01/2025 | 1462 | 167
Pages: 46-8
related names
Reviewer:
Buenger, Barbara Copeland (Buenger, Barbara Copeland)
Subjects
dates:
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Paula Modersohn-Becker: Ich bin Ich / I Am Me Art Institute of Chicago 10th October 2024–13th January 2025 | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
16. Mädchen zwischen Bäumen auf einer Wiese mit blühenden Anemonen sitzend, by Paula Modersohn- Becker. c.1901. Oil tempera on canvas, 110 by 100 cm. (Paula- Modersohn- Becker-Stiftung, Bremen; exh. Art Institute of Chicago).
Book Review
Peintures germaniques des collections françaises (1370–1550)
12/2024 | 1461 | 166
Pages: 1264–7
related names
Reviewer:
Viehweger, Lea (Viehweger, Lea)
Subjects
art literature:
dates:
places:
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Peintures germaniques des collections françaises (1370–1550) Edited by Isabelle Dubois-Brinkmann and Aude Briau. 416 pp. incl. 200 ills. (Éditions Faton, Paris, and Institut national d’histoire de l’art, Dijon, 2024), €39. ISBN 978–2–87844–348–6. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
2. Emperor Augustus and the Tiburtine Sibyl, Konrad Witz. c.1435. Mixed media on panel, 108 by 83 cm. (Musée des Beaux-Arts, Dijon; Bridgeman Images).
Western art unattributed:
1. Tree of Jesse. Upper Rhenish, Basel(?), c.1490– 1500. Mixed media on panel, 213.4 by 229.5 cm. (Saint-George, Marckolsheim)
Western art unattributed:
3. St Catherine. Switzerland, c.1460. Oil on panel, 60 by 66 cm. (Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence).
Book Review
Dürer’s Lost Masterpiece: Art and Society at the Dawn of a Global World
10/2024 | 1459 | 166
Pages: 1084–5
related names
Reviewer:
Kunz, Armin (Kunz, Armin)
Subjects
artists:
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Dürer’s Lost Masterpiece: Art and Society at the Dawn of a Global World By Ulinka Rublack. 448 pp. incl. 70 col. ills. (Oxford University Press, 2023), £30. ISBN 978–01–9887–310–5. | :
Book Review
‘Meine Tendenz ist die der Wahrheit’: Otto Griebel (1895–1972): Leben und Werk
10/2024 | 1459 | 166
Pages: 1090–91
related names
Reviewer:
Porstmann, Gisbert (Porstmann, Gisbert)
Subjects
artists:
Reviewed Items
subjects:
‘Meine Tendenz ist die der Wahrheit’: Otto Griebel (1895–1972): Leben und Werk By Johannes Schmidt. 400 pp. incl. numerous col. + b. & w. ills. (Georg Olms Verlag, Baden- Baden, 2022), €88. ISBN 978–3–487–16093–1. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
6. Self-portrait in front of Dresden burning, by Otto Griebel. 1945. Oil on canvas, 50.3 by 39.9 cm. (Museum der bildenden Künste, Leipzig).
Exhibition Review
Welterbe des Mittelalters: 1300 Jahre Klosterinsel Reichenau
10/2024 | 1459 | 166
Pages: 1059–62
related names
Reviewer:
Cohen, Adam S. (Cohen, Adam S.)
Subjects
dates:
places:
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Welterbe des Mittelalters: 1300 Jahre Klosterinsel Reichenau Archäologisches Landesmuseum Baden-Württemberg, Konstanz | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
4. St George, Reichenau. Nave, 9th–10th century; wall paintings, 10th century (photograph Theo Keller).
Attributed works:
5. St John the Evangelist, from the Gero Codex. c.969. Tempera and gold on parchment, 29.7 by 22.2 cm. (Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Darmstadt, Cod. 1948, fol.5v; exh. Archäologisches Landesmuseum Baden- Württemberg, Konstanz).
Attributed works:
6. The scribe Ruodprecht presents the book to Bishop Egbert, from the Egbert Psalter. c.980. Tempera and gold on parchment, each folio 23.8 by 18.8 cm. (Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Cividale del Friuli, Cod.136, fols.16v–17r; exh. Archäologisches Landesmuseum Baden- Württemberg, Konstanz).
Exhibition Review
Bauhaus and National Socialism
09/2024 | 1458 | 166
Pages: 968-71
related names
Reviewer:
Voigt, Wolfgang (Voigt, Wolfgang)
Subjects
dates:
museums and institutions:
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Bauhaus and National Socialism Klassik Stiftung Weimar 9th May–15th September | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
26. Cover for Die Neue Linie, designed by Kurt Kranz. 1937. Print, 36.5 by 27 cm. (Private collection; exh. Klassik Stiftung Weimar).
Attributed works:
27. Advertisement for the Association of German- Aryan Clothing Manufacturers (ADEFA), designed by Herbert Bayer. 1936/37. Colour lithograph, 59.9 by 41.9 cm. (Lentos Munstmuseum, Linz; exh. Klassik Stiftung Weimar).
Attributed works:
28. Copy of the entrance gate to the Buchenwald concentration camp, designed by Franz Ehrlich. 2009 (original 1938). Steel, 186 by 99 by 24 cm. (Gedenkstätte Buchenwald, Weimar; exh. Klassik Stiftung Weimar).
load more