Shown in front view the monolithic form of the crucifix stands out against the undifferentiated black background. Drops of blood cover Christ's slender body, the stigmata mark his limbs and his loincloth puffs out ornamentally either side of him in a fashion characteristic of Cranach. Christ's head is inclined to
Shown in front view the monolithic form of the crucifix stands out against the undifferentiated black background. Drops of blood cover Christ's slender body, the stigmata mark his limbs and his loincloth puffs out ornamentally either side of him in a fashion characteristic of Cranach. Christ's head is inclined to the left, where the donor is shown with a closed book in his hands and in accordance with the words of the psalm he recognises Christ as his Redeemer.
[Görres, Exhib. Cat. Düsseldorf 2017, 186, No. 91]
- Attribution
- Lucas Cranach the Elder (and Workshop)
Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder (and Workshop) | [Exhib. Cat. Düsseldorf 2017, 186, No. 91] |
- Production date
- 153[8]
Production date
153[8] | [dated] |
- Dimensions
- Dimensions of support: 52.5 x 36.5 cm
Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 52.5 x 36.5 cm
[Exhib. Cat. Düsseldorf 2017, 186, No. 91]
- Signature / Dating
Artist's insignia at the bottom right: serpent and dated '153[.]'
Signature / Dating
Artist's insignia at the bottom right: serpent and dated '153[.]'
- Inscriptions and Labels
- bottom right: 'PROTECTOR ET REDEMPTOR MEVS IN IPSO SPERAVIT COR MEVM ET ADIVTVS SVM'
('The Lord protects and defends …Inscriptions and Labels
Inscriptions, Badges:
- bottom right: 'PROTECTOR ET REDEMPTOR MEVS IN IPSO SPERAVIT COR MEVM ET ADIVTVS SVM'
('The Lord protects and defends me; I trust in him. He gives me help and makes me glad; I praise him with joyful songs' [Psalm 28,7])
- Owner
- Private Collection
- Repository
- Private Collection
- CDA ID
- PRIVATE_NONE-P170
- FR (1978) Nr.
- FR378D
- Persistent Link
- https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P170/
- bottom right: 'PROTECTOR ET REDEMPTOR MEVS IN IPSO SPERAVIT COR MEVM ET ADIVTVS SVM'