Christ on the Road to Calvary

Christ on the Road to Calvary

Title

Christ on the Road to Calvary

[CDA 2010]

Painting on limewood

Medium

Painting on limewood

[Gemäldegalerie, revised 2010]
[Exhib. Cat. Berlin 1937, no. 22]

Christ is depicted as a captive with a chain around his neck and has collapsed on a stony path. The henchmen to his left and right lead him on a rope. St John and the Virgin who accompany Christ on his way stand behind him to the right. In the

Christ is depicted as a captive with a chain around his neck and has collapsed on a stony path. The henchmen to his left and right lead him on a rope. St John and the Virgin who accompany Christ on his way stand behind him to the right. In the background is a rocky landscape with bushes and trees.

There is a black coating on the reverse.

[Gemäldegalerie Berlin, Unsinn 2010]

Attributions
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Gemäldegalerie, revised 2010]
[Cat. Berlin 1931, 611, no. 564B]

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Exhib. Cat. Berlin 1937, no. 22]

Production date
about 1510 - 1520

Production date

about 1510 - 1520

[Gemäldegalerie, revised 2010]
[Exhib. Cat. Berlin 1937, no. 22]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 24.8 x 17.7 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 24.8 x 17.7 cm

  • Dimensions including frame: 31.6 x 24.3 cm

  • [Gemäldegalerie, revised 2010]

Signature / Dating

None

Inscriptions and Labels

Reverse of the panel: - top centre:
label: illegible

  • centre left:
    label: '564B/ L. Cranach (Schule)/ Christi Kreuztragung/ H 24,5/17,2/ …

Inscriptions and Labels

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

  • Reverse of the panel: - top centre:

  • label: illegible

    • centre left:

  • label: '564B/ L. Cranach (Schule)/ Christi Kreuztragung/ H 24,5/17,2/ V/514'

    • bottom left:

  • seal: 'KGL National Galerie Berlin'

    • to the right:

  • label: illegible

    • bottom right: label: 'Staatliche Museen Berlin - Gemäldegalerie/ Inv.Nr. IV/514/ Kat.Nr. 564B/ L. Cranach (Schule)'

  • [Gemäldegalerie, revised 2010]

Owner
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemäldegalerie
Repository
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemäldegalerie
Location
Berlin
CDA ID
DE_smbGG_564B
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_smbGG_564B/

Provenance

  • Galerie Sciarra, Rome
  • 1902 acquired from the collection of Dr. K. Fiedler
  • until 1919 owned by Frau Levi, the heir of Dr. K. Fiedler's estate (together with 'Rest on the Flight into Egypt')
  • October 1919 acquired by the museum

[Gemäldegalerie, revised 2010]

Exhibitions

Berlin 1937, no. 22
Basel 1974

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Cat. Berlin 1996 35 Fig. 94
AuthorRainald Grosshans, Henning Bock
EditorStaatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemäldegalerie
TitleGemäldegalerie Berlin. Gesamtverzeichnis
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1996
Show Literature
Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974/1976 480 No. 331
AuthorDieter Koepplin, Tilman Falk
TitleLukas Cranach. Gemälde, Zeichnungen und Druckgraphik
Volume1, 2
Place of PublicationBasel, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1974
Link http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-diglit-104522
Show Literature
Exhib. Cat. Berlin 1937 18, 19 022
EditorStaatliche Museen, Berlin
TitleLucas Cranach d. Ä. und Lucas Cranach d. J. Gemälde, Zeichnungen, Graphik
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1937
Show Literature
Cat. Berlin 1931 611 No. 564B
EditorKaiser-Friedrich-Museum, Berlin, Irene Kunze
TitleBeschreibendes Verzeichnis der Gemälde im Kaiser-Friedrich-Museum und Deutschen Museum
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1931
Show Literature

Research History / Discussion

There is a panel depicting 'Christ carrying the Cross' of the same size in the Anhaltische Gemäldegalerie in Dessau. They may have originally belonged to the same Passion series.

[Koepplin, Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974-1976, 480, no. 331]

Connected Works

Christ falls on the way to Calvary
  • Christ falls on the way to Calvary, 1512 - 1515
  • DE_AGGD_320
  • Painting
  • Anhaltische Gemälde-Galerie, Dessau
  • Christ on the Road to Calvary, about 1510 - 1520

Images

Compare images
  • overall
  • overall
  • reverse
  • irr
  • x_radiograph
  • detail
  • detail

Technical studies

18.11.1971Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared photography
  • irr

Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

Tools/Materials:

- fluid, black pigmented medium, brush

Type/Ductus:

- freehand underdrawing

- thin lines

Function:

- relatively binding for the final painted version; line delineate contours and generally describes inner forms and facial features; no representation of volume

Deviations:

- minor alterations made during the painting process to clearly define form; small changes(e.g. chain, feather hat and the Virgin’s veil)

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- Lucas Cranach the Elder?; workshop?

[Smith, Sandner, Heydenreich, cda 2012]

  • photographed by Fotowerkstatt, Gemäldegalerie, Berlin
  • X-radiography
  • x_radiograph

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