Recto: full-length depiction of St Romanus, facing left against a dark background. The saint has a sword and a shield and is wearing armour typical of the sixteenth century.
Verso: full-length depiction of St John the Evangelist facing right against a dark background. He is wearing a red robe and holds
Recto: full-length depiction of St Romanus, facing left against a dark background. The saint has a sword and a shield and is wearing armour typical of the sixteenth century.
Verso: full-length depiction of St John the Evangelist facing right against a dark background. He is wearing a red robe and holds a chalice filled with poison in his left hand. With a gesture of blessing St John drives the poison - depicted here as a serpent - from the chalice.
[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: 167.5 x 67 cm
Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 167.5 x 67 cm
[Cat. Merseburg 2006, 49-55]
- Signature / Dating
none
- Inscriptions and Labels
- on the halo: 'S: ROMANVS' [recto]
- on the halo: 'S: IOHANNES EVANGELIST' [verso]
[cda 2015] none
Inscriptions and Labels
Inscriptions, Badges:
- on the halo: 'S: ROMANVS' [recto]
- on the halo: 'S: IOHANNES EVANGELIST' [verso]
[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-DSM001e
- FR (1978) Nr.
- FR-none
- Persistent Link
- https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_DSM_NONE-DSM001e/