Pietà

Pietà

Title

Pietà

[Exhib. Cat. Prague 2005, No. 2]

Painting on limewood

Medium

Painting on limewood

[Exhib. Cat. Prague 2005, No. 2]

The dead Christ is stretched out beneath a tree held by his mother. Her dark blue robe stands in stark contast with her son's pale flesh paint. Grief stricken the Virgin looks down at Christ. The crown of thorns is in front of him and in the middle-ground Golgotha is

The dead Christ is stretched out beneath a tree held by his mother. Her dark blue robe stands in stark contast with her son's pale flesh paint. Grief stricken the Virgin looks down at Christ. The crown of thorns is in front of him and in the middle-ground Golgotha is visible on the right, behind a landscape expands in the background. Both the saxonian shields hang from the branches of the tree, attached by threads.

[Görres, cda 2014]

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder (and Workshop)

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder (and Workshop)

[cda 2017]
[Exhib. Cat. Prague 2016, 49]
[Exhib. Cat. Prague 2005, No. 2]

Production dates
about 1510 - 1515
about 1512 - 1515

Production dates

about 1510 - 1515

[Exhib. Cat. Prague 2005, No. 2]

about 1512 - 1515

[Exhib. Cat. Prague 2016, 49]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 63.3 x 40.6 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 63.3 x 40.6 cm

  • [cda 2014]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia bottom left: winged serpent (with elevated wings)

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia bottom left: winged serpent (with elevated wings)

  • [Exhib. Cat. Prague 2005, 22-23, No. 2]

Owner
Moravská galerie v Brne (Moravian Gallery Brno)
Repository
Moravská galerie v Brne (Moravian Gallery Brno)
Location
Brno
CDA ID
CZ_MGB_A690
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/CZ_MGB_A690/

Provenance

  • the painting came to the monastery from the collection of Dr. Arnost Karel Rincoloni, Brno (1785-1867)
  • 1840s (?) - 1940 property of the Benedictine Monastery, Rajhrad
  • 1940 purchased from the Benedictine Monastery in Rajhrad near Brno
    [Exhib. Cat. Prague 2016, 49]

Exhibitions

  • Prague 2005, No. 2
  • Frankfurt/London 2007/2008, No. 14
  • Brno 2009/2010, No. 16
  • Prag 2016, No. 1

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Exhib. Cat. Prague 2016 18, 47-49 1
EditorOlga Kotková
TitleCranach. Ze všech stran. From all sides.
Place of PublicationPrague
Year of Publication2016
Pages16-180
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Görres, Heydenreich, Kotková 2016 10 1
AuthorOlga Kotková, Gunnar Heydenreich, Daniel Görres
TitleIntroduction
Publicationin Olga Kotková, ed., Cranach. Ze všech stran. From all sides., Exhib. Cat. Prague
Place of PublicationPrague
Year of Publication2016
Pages11-17
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Exhib. Cat. Brno 2009 100-101 16
EditorKaliopi Chamonikola
TitleZdaleka i zblízka. Stredoveké importy v moravských a slezských sbírkách (From Far and Near. Medieval Imports in Moravian and Silesian Collections)
Place of PublicationBrno
Year of Publication2009
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Exhib. Cat. Frankfurt 2007 140-141 14 p. 141
EditorBodo Brinkmann
TitleCranach der Ältere, [Frankfurt, Städel Museum, 23 Nov 2007 - 17 Feb 2008]
Place of PublicationOstfildern
Year of Publication2007
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Chamonikola 2005 B 15(English version 7)
AuthorKaliopi Chamonikola
TitleLucas Cranach a ceské zeme/ Lucas Cranach and the Czech Lands
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
Pages13-33 (6-15)
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Exhib. Cat. Prague 2005 48, 49 (English version 22, 23) 2 Pl. p. 49
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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Wittmann 2004 4
AuthorJan Wittmann
TitleDie geflügelte Schlange. Auktion in Köln
JournalAntiquitäten Zeitung
Issue32
Year of Publication2004
Pages420
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Slavícek 1998 252-253
AuthorLubomír Slavícek
TitleVincenc Kramár a Brno. Z korespondence brnenských historiku umení s Vincencem Kramárem
JournalBulletin Moravské galerie v Brne
Issue54
Year of Publication1998
Pages241-256
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Kratinová, Pesina 1963
AuthorJaroslav Pešina, Vlasta Kratinová
TitleZwei unbekannte Bilder von Lucas Cranach d.Ä. in den Sammlungen der Moravská galerie (Mäherische Galerie)
JournalJahrbuch des Kunsthistorischen Instituts der Universität Graz
Issue2
Year of Publication1966
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Kratinová, Pesina 1963 87-95
AuthorVlasta Kratinová, Jaroslav Pešina
TitleZwei unbekannte Bilder von Lucas Cranach d.Ä. in den Sammlungen der Moravská galerie (Mäherische Galerie)
JournalSborník prací filosofické fakulty brnenské university
Issue13
Year of Publication1963
Pages95-104
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Cat. Prague 1962 XVI
AuthorJaroslav Pešina
TitleAlt-deutsche Meister: Von Hans von Tübingen bis Dürer und Cranach
Place of PublicationPrague
Year of Publication1962
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Schuchardt 1871 185-186 79
AuthorChristian Schuchardt
TitleLucas Cranach des Aeltern Leben und Werke. Dritter Theil
Place of PublicationLeipzig
Year of Publication1871
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/schuchardt1871bd3
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Wolny 1856 411 (Bd. 1)
AuthorGregor Wolny
TitleKirchliche Topographie von Mähren
Volume1, 2
Place of PublicationBrünn
Year of Publication1856
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  • Pietà, about 1510 - 1515

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Technical studies

06. 2014Technical Examination

  • reverse

Support

- two boards vertically aligned

- dimensions are original; barb visible along the top, left and right edges; trimmed slightly along the bottom

- reverse: thinned, rebate on all four sides, cradled

[cda 2014]

06. 2014Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared Reflectography
  • irr
  • irr

Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

Tools/Materials:

- fluid, black medium and brush; the facial features and the hands were executed employing diluted medium and possibly with a pointed brush

Type/Ductus:

- freehand underdrawing

- thin to broader lines

Function:

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

Deviations:

- alterations made during the painting process to clearly define form

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- Lucas Cranach the Elder (?)

[Smith, Sandner, Heydenreich, cda 2014]

  • photographed by Ingo Sandner
  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich

Conservation History

Date2007

  • conservation treatment by Igor Fogas

Date1957

During the latest restoration in 1957 the painting was cradled, cleaned, retouched and varnished. The retouching is evident mostly along the join, on the left shoulder of Mary, in the abdomen of Christ, in the sky above the cross and to the left from the cross.

[Exhib. Cat. Prague 2005, No. 2]

  • conservation treatment by Hedvika Böhmová

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