On the Mountain of Alverna St Francis, who is identified by the habit and tonsure, receives the stigmata or Christ's cicatrice on his hands, side and feet. Christ crucified flies with seraphs wings towards the saint. A second monk sleeps through the event. On the right there is a chapel.
On the Mountain of Alverna St Francis, who is identified by the habit and tonsure, receives the stigmata or Christ's cicatrice on his hands, side and feet. Christ crucified flies with seraphs wings towards the saint. A second monk sleeps through the event. On the right there is a chapel. The donor kneels in prayer in the foreground, and is depicted smaller in scale.
[Löcher, Cat. Nuremberg 1997, 162]
- Attributions
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Lucas Cranach the Elder
Circle of Lucas Cranach the Elder
Attributions
Lucas Cranach the Elder | 'Zugeschrieben' (attributed to) Suggests it could be the painting, that Cranach painted for the Franciscan Cloister in Torgau [Lutze, Wiegand, Cat. Nuremberg 1936/1937, 38, Fig. 367][1] [1][Löcher, Cat. Nuremberg 1997, 163] |
Circle of Lucas Cranach the Elder | 'Nicht Lucas Cranach der Ältere' [1][Löcher, Cat. Nuremberg 1997, 163] |
Lucas Cranach the Elder (and Workshop) | [cda 2017] |
- Production dates
- about 1510 - 1515
1505/1506
Production dates
about 1510 - 1515 | [Löcher, Cat. Nuremberg 1997, 162] |
1505/1506 | [Lutze, Wiegand, Cat. Nuremberg 1936/1937, 38, Fig. 367] |
after 1515 | [Heydenreich, CDA, 2010] |
- Dimensions
- Dimensions of support: 169.9 x 126.4 cm
Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 169.9 x 126.4 cm
Including additional battens (softwood): 171.5 x 128 cm
[Löcher, Cat. Nuremberg 1997, 162]
- Signature / Dating
None
- Inscriptions and Labels
On the painted surface (later addition): - on the tree trunk, left:
fake Dürer-Monogramm 'AD [=D in A]'Reverse …
Inscriptions and Labels
Stamps, Seals, Labels:
On the painted surface (later addition): - on the tree trunk, left:
fake Dürer-Monogramm 'AD [=D in A]'
Reverse of the panel:
paper label: 'J. Chenue French Packer' ( Transportation company)
Reverse of the frame:
paper label: Cranach exhibition, Berlin 1937
[Löcher, Cat. Nuremberg 1997, 162]
- Owner
- Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg
- Repository
- Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg
- Location
- Nuremberg
- CDA ID
- DE_GNMN_Gm1352
- FR (1978) Nr.
- FR-none
- Persistent Link
- https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_GNMN_Gm1352/