Christ as the Man of Sorrows

Title

[Christie's Online database; https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/paintings/studio-of-lucas-cranach-ii-christ-as-5755281-details.aspx; accessed 20 Feb 2018]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Christie's Online database; https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/paintings/studio-of-lucas-cranach-ii-christ-as-5755281-details.aspx; accessed 20 Feb 2018]

The panel shows Christ as Man of Sorrows against a dark background with a gold nimbus, displaying the wounds of his Passion, the crown of thorns, the whip and the rods.

Attributions: Workshop of Lucas Cranach the Younger
Lucas Cranach the Younger

Attributions

Workshop of Lucas Cranach the Younger	'Studio of Lucas Cranach II' [Christie's Online database; https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/paintings/studio-of-lucas-cranach-ii-christ-as-5755281-details.aspx; accessed 20 Feb 2018]
Lucas Cranach the Younger	[Christie's Online database; https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/lot/lucas-cranach-ii-christ-the-man-of-1428846-details.aspx; accessed 20 Feb 2018]

Production date: after 1540

Production date

after 1540

[cda 2018]

Dimensions: Dimensions of support: 77.5 x 51.1 cm

Dimensions

Dimensions of support: 77.5 x 51.1 cm
[Christie's Online database; https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/paintings/studio-of-lucas-cranach-ii-christ-as-5755281-details.aspx; accessed 20 Feb 2018]

Signature / Dating: none

Owner: Private Collection
Repository: Private Collection

CDA ID: PRIVATE_NONE-P192
FR (1978) Nr.: FR-none
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P192/

Provenance

29 Jan 1999 at Christie's, New York, anonymous sale, lot 69, as Lucas Cranach II
9 Dec 2005 at Christie's, London, anonymous sale, lot 127
4 Dec 2013 at Christie's, London, lot 121
[Christie's Online database; https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/paintings/studio-of-lucas-cranach-ii-christ-as-5755281-details.aspx; accessed 20 Feb 2018]

Research History / Discussion

The catalogue entry from 1999 states that Christ was depicted without wounds:

In all other known versions Christ's wounds are clearly shown. Only this work and a panel attributed to Lucas Cranach II (sold at Christie's, London, July 21, 1989, lot 84) lack any representation of the wounds of Christ's Passion.

[Christie's Online database; https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/lot/lucas-cranach-ii-christ-the-man-of-1428846-details.aspx; accessed 20 Feb 2018]

However, at the auction in 2005 the same painting showed Christ presenting his wounds. Were these discovered when original paint was uncovered or are they a later addition? The catalogue entry did not comment on the changed appearance of the painting.

[Herrschaft, cda 2018]

Christ as the Man of Sorrows, after 1540

Images

Versions

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