The altarpiece shows the crucified in front of a vast landscape. Elector August of Saxony kneels to the left of the cross with his eight sons,on the right his wife Anna of Saxony with their six daughters. The left background shows the Agony in the Garden, the right the Resurrection.
[Görres,
The altarpiece shows the crucified in front of a vast landscape. Elector August of Saxony kneels to the left of the cross with his eight sons,on the right his wife Anna of Saxony with their six daughters. The left background shows the Agony in the Garden, the right the Resurrection.
[Görres, cda 2012]
- Attributions
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Lucas Cranach the Younger
Lucas Cranach the Younger (and workshop)
Attributions
Lucas Cranach the Younger | [Schulze 2004] |
Lucas Cranach the Younger (and workshop) | [Böhlitz 2005, 36] |
- Production date
- 1571
Production date
1571 | [Böhlitz 2005, 36] |
- Dimensions
- Dimensions of support: 318 x 237 x 1.1-1.5 cm
Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 318 x 237 x 1.1-1.5 cm
[Eisbein, Kempe et al. 2009, 24]
Dimensions of support: 315 x 235 cm
[Böhlitz 2005, 36]
- Signature / Dating
Artist's insignia on the cross: serpent with dropped wings; in yellow paint
Signature / Dating
Artist's insignia on the cross: serpent with dropped wings; in yellow paint
- Owner
- Freistaat Sachsen
- Repository
- Schloss Augustusburg
- Location
- Augustusburg
- CDA ID
- DE_SKAU_NONE-SKAU001A
- FR (1978) Nr.
- FR-none
- Persistent Link
- https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_SKAU_NONE-SKAU001A/