The devotional picture depicts a half-length figure of Christ against a dark background, wearing only a loin cloth and crowned with thorns. Shown from the front Christ returns the viewer's gaze; clearly visible are the rod and whip in his hands, the crown of thorns, the stigmata and the open
The devotional picture depicts a half-length figure of Christ against a dark background, wearing only a loin cloth and crowned with thorns. Shown from the front Christ returns the viewer's gaze; clearly visible are the rod and whip in his hands, the crown of thorns, the stigmata and the open wound on his side, all of which refer to the agony he suffered to redeem the world.
[Historisches Museum Regensburg, revised 2011]
- Attribution
- Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder
Attribution
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder | [Vlachos, Exhib. Cat. Regensburg 2010, 506] |
- Production date
- after 1537
Production date
after 1537 | [Vlachos, Exhib. Cat. Regensburg 2010, 506] |
- Dimensions
- Dimensions including the frame: 50.5 x 35 cm
Dimensions
Dimensions including the frame: 50.5 x 35 cm
[Historisches Museum Regensburg, revised 2011]
- Signature / Dating
Artist's insignia top right: winged serpent with dropped wings; in yellow paint
Signature / Dating
Artist's insignia top right: winged serpent with dropped wings; in yellow paint
[Historisches Museum Regensburg, revised 2011]
- Owner
- Kath. Pfarrkuratie Premberg
- Repository
- Historisches Museum der Stadt Regensburg
- Location
- Regensburg
- CDA ID
- DE_HMR_L1966-1
- FR (1978) Nr.
- FR-none
- Persistent Link
- https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_HMR_L1966-1/