The painting depicts Christ sitting on a box in the centre of a room with a centrally located window. He has sunk down and wears the crown of thorns on his head. He is surrounded by henchmen, who taunt him with grimaces and mockingly put a sceptre in the form
The painting depicts Christ sitting on a box in the centre of a room with a centrally located window. He has sunk down and wears the crown of thorns on his head. He is surrounded by henchmen, who taunt him with grimaces and mockingly put a sceptre in the form of a thin stick in his hand, while pressing the crown firmly on his head with a rod.
[Görres, cda 2016]
- Attribution
- Lucas Cranach the Elder
Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder | [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 375] |
- Production date
- 1538
Production date
1538 | [dated] |
- Dimensions
- Dimensions of support: 106.5 x 84 cm
Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 106.5 x 84 cm
[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 375]
- Signature / Dating
Atist's insignia at the bottom centre: serpent with dropped wings, facing left
Signature / Dating
Atist's insignia at the bottom centre: serpent with dropped wings, facing left
[cda 2016]
- Owner
- Private Collection
- Repository
- Private Collection
- CDA ID
- PRIVATE_NONE-P158
- FR (1978) Nr.
- FR375
- Persistent Link
- https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P158/