The Sermon of St. John the Baptist

The Sermon of St. John the Baptist

Title

The Sermon of St. John the Baptist

[cda 2020]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Fundación Banco Santander, revised 2013]

This vertically arranged composition shows St John the Baptist raised up at the left on a sort of improvised pulpit, consisting of a tree stump. He is wearing the characteristic fur robe and preaches to an audience crowded together in a forest clearing. The group includes both men and women

This vertically arranged composition shows St John the Baptist raised up at the left on a sort of improvised pulpit, consisting of a tree stump. He is wearing the characteristic fur robe and preaches to an audience crowded together in a forest clearing. The group includes both men and women as well as two soldiers on horseback.

[cda 2020]

Attributions
Lucas Cranach the Elder
Lucas Cranach the Younger

Attributions

Lucas Cranach the Elder

or workshop [José Manuel Cruz Valdovinos, 2014; https://www.museobilbao.com/in/exposiciones/la-predicacion-de-san-juan-bautista-219; accessed 28.04.2020]
[Fundación Banco Santander, revised 2013]
? or the Younger [Letter from D. Koepplin to A. Fletcher, Sothebys, 15.09.2010; Koepplin Archive]

Lucas Cranach the Younger

? or the Elder
[Letter from D. Koepplin to A. Fletcher, Sothebys, 15.09.2010; Koepplin Archive]

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

or Lucas Cranach the Elder [José Manuel Cruz Valdovinos, 2014; https://www.museobilbao.com/in/exposiciones/la-predicacion-de-san-juan-bautista-219; accessed 28.04.2020]

Production dates
about 1537 - 1540
about 1545

Production dates

about 1537 - 1540

[Fundación Banco Santander, revised 2013]

about 1545

[Letter from D. Koepplin to A. Fletcher, Sotheby's, 15.09.2010; Koepplin Archive]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 47 x 38 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 47 x 38 cm

  • [Fundación Banco Santander, revised 2013]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia on the tree stump on which the saint stands: serpent with dropped wings, facing right; in black paint

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia on the tree stump on which the saint stands: serpent with dropped wings, facing right; in black paint

Owner
Fundación Banco Santander, Madrid
Repository
Fundación Banco Santander, Madrid
Location
Madrid
CDA ID
ES_FBS_90
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/ES_FBS_90/

Provenance

  • (?) Paris art market
    [handwritten note on the reverse of a b/w photograph; Koepplin Archive]
  • Fundación Banco Santander
    [Fundación Banco Santander, revised 2013]

Exhibitions

Bilbao 2014
[https://www.museobilbao.com/exposiciones/la-predicacion-de-san-juan-bautista-219]

  • The Sermon of St. John the Baptist, about 1537 - 1540

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