Recto: St Anthony is depicted as a half-length figure kneeling in front of a crucifix on a stone slab that defines the edge of the painting. He holds his hands in an attitude of prayer and looks at the crucified Christ. A set of bells and an illustrious plague cross
Recto: St Anthony is depicted as a half-length figure kneeling in front of a crucifix on a stone slab that defines the edge of the painting. He holds his hands in an attitude of prayer and looks at the crucified Christ. A set of bells and an illustrious plague cross are visible to the left of the stone base of the cross. In the upper third of the painting a group of demons appears in the sky to tempt Anthony. Behind the cross the viewer's eye is lead into an expansive landscape. At the left the composition is framed by a large tree.
In the bottom right corner there is a small bishop's coat-of-arms, which was added later.
Verso: Christ sits in the open sarcophagus positioned at the foot of the cross and shows the wounds in his hands. Two putti hold up a dark cloth behind him.
[Görres, cda 2014]
- Attributions
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Lucas Cranach the Elder
Lucas Cranach the Elder and Workshop
Attributions
Lucas Cranach the Elder | [Exhib. Cat. Kronach 1994, No. 152] |
Lucas Cranach the Elder and Workshop | [Exhib. Cat. Eisenach 1998, No. 14.6] ''Lucas Cranach the Elder (recto) and Workshop (verso)' [Exhib. Cat. Düsseldorf 2017, 180, No. 84] |
- Production date
- about 1520 - 1525
Production date
about 1520 - 1525 | [Exhib. Cat. Prague 2005, no. 9] [Sandner 1998 B, 89] [Exhib. Cat. Kronach 1994, No. 152] |
- Dimensions
- Dimension of painted surface: 147.2 x 94.5 cm [cda 2014]
Dimensions
Dimension of painted surface: 147.2 x 94.5 cm [cda 2014]
Dimension including frame: 188 x 135.2 cm [Diecézní galerie a muzeum, revised 2014]
- Signature / Dating
Artist's insignia bottom centre: winged serpent with elevated wings
Signature / Dating
Artist's insignia bottom centre: winged serpent with elevated wings
[cda 2014]
- Owner
- Parish of the Litomerice Cathedral
- Repository
- Diecézní galerie a muzeum, Litomerice (Museum and Gallery of the Dioceses Litomerice)
- Location
- Litomerice
- CDA ID
- CZ_DGML_D-203
- FR (1978) Nr.
- FR-none
- Persistent Link
- https://lucascranach.org/en/CZ_DGML_D-203/