Epitaph of the Seidel family

Epitaph of the Seidel family

Title

Epitaph of the Seidel family

[cda 2015]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[cda 2015]

The risen Christ stands on the sealed sarcophagus surrounded by sleeping soldiers, beneath him the defeated personifications of death and the devil. Christ is shown in a gloriole bordered with clouds and angels. In the foreground kneels a donor family with male members on the left and female members on

The risen Christ stands on the sealed sarcophagus surrounded by sleeping soldiers, beneath him the defeated personifications of death and the devil. Christ is shown in a gloriole bordered with clouds and angels. In the foreground kneels a donor family with male members on the left and female members on the right, the respective coat-of-arms is represented in front of each part of the family.

[Görres, cda 2016]

Attribution
Antonius Heusler

Attribution

Antonius Heusler

[Sandner 1993, 243]

Production date
1536

Production date

1536

[dated]

Dimensions
Dimensions of painted surface: 134.2 x 101.2 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of painted surface: 134.2 x 101.2 cm

  • Dimensions including frame: 147.6 x 114 x 3.8 cm

  • [Heydenreich, cda 2015]

Signature / Dating

None

Inscriptions and Labels
  • running around the frame: Epitaph dedication in Latin
  • left and right of Christ: 'Ero mors tua O mors / morsus …

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

    • running around the frame: Epitaph dedication in Latin
    • left and right of Christ: 'Ero mors tua O mors / morsus tuus ero inferne Osee xiii' [Hosea 13, 14]
    • out of the father's mouth:

  • 'In te domine speraui non confundar in eternium' [Psalm 70]

  • [Görres, cda 2016]

Owner
Ev.-Luth. Kirchgemeinde Annaberg-Buchholz
Repository
St. Annenkirche, Annaberg-Buchholz
Location
Annaberg-Buchholz
CDA ID
DE_SAKA_SAKA004
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_SAKA_SAKA004/
  • Epitaph of the Seidel family, 1536

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Technical studies

03. 2015Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared reflectography
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Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

Tools/Material:

- fluid black medium, brush

Type/Ductus:

- relatively detailed and freehand underdrawing

- thin to broader lines, frequently searching; details often defined with short and fine lines

Function:

- relatively binding for the final painted version; lines delineate the main contours and define essential details and facial features; no representation of volume with hatching-strokes

Deviations:

- alterations made during the painting process to clearly define forms; numerous larger and smaller changes

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- Antonius Heusler

[Sandner, Smith-Contini, Heydenreich, cda 2015]

  • photographed by Ingo Sandner
  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich

2015Technical Examination

Framing

- the frame is original

[Heydenreich, cda 2015]

Citing from the Cranach Digital Archive

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