Recto: multi-figured depiction of the crucifixion with a group of henchmen gambling for Christ's robes at the right in the foreground.
Verso: Christ's corpse occupies the entire foreground of the composition. St John supports his torso, while the mourning figures of the two Marys flank Christ. Nikodemus and Joseph of
Recto: multi-figured depiction of the crucifixion with a group of henchmen gambling for Christ's robes at the right in the foreground.
Verso: Christ's corpse occupies the entire foreground of the composition. St John supports his torso, while the mourning figures of the two Marys flank Christ. Nikodemus and Joseph of Arimathea are shown standing and conversing with each other at the right edge of the painting.
[Görres, cda 2015]
- Attribution
- Lucas Cranach the Elder and Workshop
Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder and Workshop | [Cat. Merseburg 2006, 49-55] |
- Production dates
- 1537
1535 - 1537
Production dates
1537 | [Vereinigte Domstifter, revised 2014] |
1535 - 1537 | [Cat. Merseburg 2006, 49-55] |
- Dimensions
- Dimensions of support: 171.5 x 143 cm
Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 171.5 x 143 cm
[Cat. Merseburg 2006, 49-55]
- Signature / Dating
none
- Inscriptions and Labels
- on the cross: 'INRI'
[cda 2015] none
[cda 2015]
- on the cross: 'INRI'
Inscriptions and Labels
Inscriptions, Badges:
- on the cross: 'INRI'
[cda 2015]
Stamps, Seals, Labels:
none
[cda 2015]
- Owner
- Vereinigte Domstifter zu Merseburg und Naumburg und des Kollegiatstifts Zeitz
- Repository
- Domstift Merseburg
- Location
- Merseburg
- CDA ID
- DE_DSM_NONE-DSM001a
- FR (1978) Nr.
- FR-none
- Persistent Link
- https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_DSM_NONE-DSM001a/