Christ on the cross between the two thiefs

Christ on the cross between the two thiefs

Titles

Christ on the cross between the two thiefs

[Cat. Gotha 2011, 47]

The Crucifixion of Christ

[Exhib. Cat. Moscow 2016, No. 3]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Cat. Gotha 2011, 47]

Dark clouds hang threateningly above the cross. The Virgin stands at the right supported by St John. Mary Magdalena kneels on the ground at the foot of Christ's cross.

[Cat. Gotha 2011, 47]

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Exhib. Cat. Moscow 2016, no. 3]

Production date
1515

Production date

1515

[dated]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 50.5 x 34 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 50.5 x 34 cm

  • [Exhib. Cat. Moscow 2016, no. 3]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia at the bottom left: serpent with elevated wings and dated '1515'

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia at the bottom left: serpent with elevated wings and dated '1515'

  • [cda 2017]

Owner
The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow
Repository
The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow
Location
Moscow
CDA ID
RU_SMBKPM_1235
FR (1978) Nr.
FR072
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/RU_SMBKPM_1235/

Provenance

  • Berlin Wesendonck Collection
  • Bonn, Provinzialmuseum
  • Wesendonck, Auction, Cologne, 27. Nov. 1935, Lot 23
  • Schlossmuseum Gotha
    [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 64]
  • Pushkin-Museum, Moscow
    [Exhib. Cat. Moscow 2016, no. 3]

See also the entry in the Lost Art-database, Stiftung Deutsches Zentrum für Kulturgutverluste: Lost Art-ID 004490; http://www.lostart.de/DE/Verlust/4490 (accessed 17 Dec. 2019).

Exhibitions

Dresden 1899, no. 9
Moscow 2016, no. 3
St. Petersburg 2016, no. 3

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Exhib. Cat. Moscow 2016 3
EditorThe Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation
TitleKranachi: mezdi Renessansom i Man'erizmom / The Cranachs. Between the renaissance and mannerism
Place of PublicationMoscow
Year of Publication2016
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Exhib. Cat. St. Petersburg 2016 003
AuthorMaria Pavlovna Garlova
EditorThe State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg
TitleKranachi: mezdi Renessansom i Man'erizmom / The Cranachs. Between the renaissance and mannerism
Place of PublicationSt. Petersburg
Year of Publication2016
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Schuttwolf 2011 47 055
AuthorAllmuth Schuttwolf
TitleVerlustdokumentation der Gothaer Kunstsammlungen. Die Gemäldesammlung
Volume2
Place of PublicationGotha
Year of Publication2011
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Exhib. Cat. Gotha 1994 1.37-1
EditorStiftung Schloss Friedenstein, Gotha
TitleGotteswort und Menschenbild. Werke von Cranach und seinen Zeitgenossen
Place of PublicationGotha
Year of Publication1994
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 84 72
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
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Bernhard, Rogner 1965 124
AuthorMarianne Bernhard, Klaus P. Rogner
TitleVerlorene Werke der Malerei. In Deutschland in der Zeit von 1939 bis 1945 zerstörte und verschollene Gemälde
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1965
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932 064
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1932
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/friedlaender1932
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Flechsig 1900 B 22 pl. 22
AuthorEduard Flechsig
TitleTafelbilder Lucas Cranachs d. Ä. und seiner Werkstatt
Volume1, 2
Place of PublicationLeipzig
Year of Publication1900
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/flechsig1900tafeln
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Exhib. Cat. Dresden 1899 009
EditorKarl Woermann
TitleDeutsche Kunstausstellung Dresden 1899. Abteilung Cranach-Ausstellung. Wissenschaftliches Verzeichnis der ausgestellten Werke
Place of PublicationDresden
Year of Publication1899
Link http://resolver.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/SBB00002A2400000000
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Friedländer 1899 239
AuthorMax J. Friedländer
TitleDie Cranach-Ausstellung in Dresden
JournalRepertorium für Kunstwissenschaft
Issue22
Year of Publication1899
Pages236-249
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Bode 1883 150
AuthorWilhelm von Bode
TitleDie Ausstellung von Gemälden alter Meister in Berliner Privatbesitz
JournalJahrbuch der Preußischen Kunstsammlungen
Issue4
Year of Publication1883
Pages130-151
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Images

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Versions

Crucifixion
  • Crucifixion, about 1515
  • DE_MW_M309
  • Painting
  • Museum Wiesbaden

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