The Crucifixion with the Converted Centurion

The Crucifixion with the Converted Centurion

Title

The Crucifixion with the Converted Centurion

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Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

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This painting represents an episode from the Bible: as Christ utters His final words ('Father, into Thy hands I commend my spirit'), a Roman centurion experiences a religious conversion, recognizing that 'Truly this man was the Son of God'. Both phrases are inscribed here in German, rather than in the

This painting represents an episode from the Bible: as Christ utters His final words ('Father, into Thy hands I commend my spirit'), a Roman centurion experiences a religious conversion, recognizing that 'Truly this man was the Son of God'. Both phrases are inscribed here in German, rather than in the traditional Latin.

The coat of arms, however, has not been positively identified.

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Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

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[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, 146, No. 378B]

Production date
1538

Production date

1538

[dated]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 61.6 x 42.4 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 61.6 x 42.4 cm

  • Dimensions including frame: 71.4 x 52.7 cm

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Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia at the bottom right: winged serpent (with dropped wings) and dated '1538', in yellow paint

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia at the bottom right: winged serpent (with dropped wings) and dated '1538', in yellow paint

Inscriptions and Labels
  • above the cross: 'VATER IN DEIN HENDT BEFIEL ICH MEIN GAIST'
  • beside the centurion:
    'WARLICH DIESER MENSCH IST GOTTES SVN …

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

    • above the cross:

  • 'VATER IN DEIN HENDT BEFIEL ICH MEIN GAIST'

    • beside the centurion:

  • 'WARLICH DIESER MENSCH IST GOTTES SVN GEWEST'

Owner
Yale University Art Gallery
Repository
Yale University Art Gallery
Location
New Haven
CDA ID
US_YUAG_1959-15-23
FR (1978) Nr.
FR378B
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/US_YUAG_1959-15-23/

Provenance

  • Gift of Hannah D. and Louis M. Rabinowitz
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  • formerly Vienna, Graf Wilczek
    [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, 146, No. 378B]

Exhibitions

Erfurt 1903, no. 169;
Baltimore 1938-1939, no. 9;
Montclair 1941, no. 11;
New Haven 1956, no. 4.

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 146 No. 378B
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
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  • The Crucifixion with the Converted Centurion, 1538
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