Christ has collapsed under the weight of the cross and supports himself with his right hand on a stone, while he is pulled onwards with a rope by a henchman. Christ looks back to the group with the Virgin and St John, that has been hustled to the left edge
Christ has collapsed under the weight of the cross and supports himself with his right hand on a stone, while he is pulled onwards with a rope by a henchman. Christ looks back to the group with the Virgin and St John, that has been hustled to the left edge of the painting by further henchmen. A group of men on horseback accompanies the procession. In the distant background the crosses are already being erected on the hill of Golgotha.
[Görres, cda 2012]
- Attribution
- Lucas Cranach the Elder
Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder | [Kunsthistorisches Museum, revised 2011] |
- Production date
- 1538
Production date
1538 | dated 15[3]8, another work from the same series is dated and thus the third number could be inferred |
- Dimensions
- Dimensions of support: 107 x 84 cm (rounded top)
Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 107 x 84 cm (rounded top)
[Cat. Vienna 1973, 50]
- Signature / Dating
Artist's insignia on the stone: winged serpent with dropped wings facing right and dated '15[.]8'; in black paint. Other works in the same series are dated '1538'.
Signature / Dating
Artist's insignia on the stone: winged serpent with dropped wings facing right and dated '15[.]8'; in black paint. Other works in the same series are dated '1538'.
- Owner
- Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
- Repository
- Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
- Location
- Vienna
- CDA ID
- AT_KHM_GG6355
- FR (1978) Nr.
- FR376
- Persistent Link
- https://lucascranach.org/en/AT_KHM_GG6355/