Christ's Arrest

Christ's Arrest

Title

Christ's Arrest

[CDA 2011]

Painting on limewood (Tilia sp.)

Medium

Painting on limewood (Tilia sp.)

[Kunsthistorisches Museum, revised 2011]

A depiction of Christ's arrest with many figures, the scene of Judas' kiss is central, in the foreground on the left Peter returns his sword to its sheath while Malchus lies on the ground and cries with pain.

Attributions
Lucas Cranach the Elder (and workshop)
Lucas Cranach the Younger

Attributions

Lucas Cranach the Elder (and workshop)

Lucas Cranach the Elder (innovation) and workshop (execution)
[Kunsthistorisches Museum, revised 2011]

Lucas Cranach the Younger

Executed by Lucas Cranach the Younger
[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932]

Production date
1538

Production date

1538

[dated]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 153.3 (l) 152.7 (r) cm x 116.3 (t) 115.8 (b) cm (without additions)

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 153.3 (l) 152.7 (r) cm x 116.3 (t) 115.8 (b) cm (without additions)

  • Dimensions of support: 153.8 (l) 153.7 (r) cm x 119 (t) 118.6 (b) cm (with additions) (thinned and cradled)

  • Dimensions of painted surface: 153.3 (l) 152.7 (r) cm x 116.3 (t) 115.8 (b) cm

  • Dimensions including frame: 168.8 x 133.6 x 5 cm

  • [Kunsthistorisches Museum, revised 2011]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia bottom left (13.5 cm from the left/2 cm from the bottom): winged serpent with dropped wings and dated '1538'; in yellow paint

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia bottom left (13.5 cm from the left/2 cm from the bottom): winged serpent with dropped wings and dated '1538'; in yellow paint

  • [Kunsthistorisches Museum, revised 2011]

Inscriptions and Labels

Reverse of the panel/cradle:

  • on the vertical batten, top left:
    Inscription in red chalk: '1467'
  • on the vertical batten, top centre:

Inscriptions and Labels

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

  • Reverse of the panel/cradle:

    • on the vertical batten, top left:

  • Inscription in red chalk: '1467'

    • on the vertical batten, top centre:

  • Paper label: 'II. D. u. N. I. 40.'

    • on the same vertical batten, below:

  • Paper label: 'C.I. LUC. CRANACH. Nro 54.'

    • on the vertical batten, bottom centre:

  • Inscription on pencil: '2 St. 17 A D S No 50.'

    • on the vertical batten, bottom right:

  • Stamp: 'GJ 1949'

    • on the vertical batten, bottom right:

  • Inventory label: 'Gemälde Galerie des Allerh. Kaiserhauses No 860'

  • arin Christus im Garten

  • [Kunsthistorisches Museum, revised 2011]

Owner
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Repository
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Location
Vienna
CDA ID
AT_KHM_GG860
FR (1978) Nr.
FR374D
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/AT_KHM_GG860/

Provenance

One of a series of nine panels depicting scenes from the Passion (FR369 - 374D), and which was originally part of the altarpiece in the Berlin Cathedral (Friedländer, Rosenberg)

  • Archduke Leopold Wilhelm's Collection, Inventory 1659, No. 285: 'Ein großes Stuckh von Öhlfarb auf Holcz, warin Christus im Gartten von dem Juda gekhusst vnndt von den Juden gefangen wirdt - Original von Lucas Crainich'
  • [Mechel 1783, 248, No. 49]
  • [Engerth, Cat. Vienna 1906, III, No. 1474]
  • [Cat. Vienna 1928, GNo. 1467]

[Kunsthistorisches Museum, revised 2011]

Exhibitions

Vienna 1972, No. 16

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Exhib. Cat. Berlin 2009 A No. IV. 14-22
EditorStiftung Preussische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg
TitleCranach und die Kunst der Renaissance unter den Hohenzollern. Kirche, Hof und Stadtkultur
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication2009
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Tacke 1992 246
AuthorAndreas Tacke
TitleDer katholische Cranach. Zu zwei Großaufträgen von Lucas Cranach d. Ä., Simon Franck und der Cranach-Werkstatt (1520 - 1540)
SeriesBerliner Schriften zur Kunst
Volume2
Place of PublicationMainz
Year of Publication1992
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Exhib. Cat. Vienna 1972 No. 16
AuthorKarl Schütz
EditorKunsthistorisches Museum, Wien
TitleLucas Cranach der Ältere und seine Werkstatt. Jubiläumsausstellung museumseigener Werke 1472-1972
Place of PublicationVienna
Year of Publication1972
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Steinmann 1968 A
AuthorUlrich Steinmann
TitleDer Bilderschmuck der Stiftskirche zu Halle. Cranachs Passionszyklus und Grünewalds Erasmus-Mauritius-Tafel
Volume11
JournalForschungen und Berichte. Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1968
Pages69 - 104
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Cat. Vienna 1928 No. 1467
Authorn. a.
TitleKunsthistorisches Museum: Katalog der Gemäldegalerie
SeriesFührer durch die Kunsthistorischen Sammlungen in Wien
Volume8
Place of PublicationVienna
Year of Publication1928
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Scheibler 1887 297
AuthorLudwig Scheibler
TitleÜber altdeutsche Gemälde in der kaiserlichen Galerie zu Wien
JournalRepertorium für Kunstwissenschaft
Issue10
Year of Publication1887
Link http://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/artdok/volltexte/2014/2652
Pages271-306
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Cat. Vienna 1886 No. 1474
AuthorEduard von Engerth
TitleGemälde. Beschreibendes Verzeichnis. Kunsthistorische Sammlungen des Allerhöchsten Kaiserhauses
Volume1 - 3
Place of PublicationVienna
Year of Publication1886
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Cat. Vienna 1783 248 No. 49
AuthorChristian von Mechel
TitleVerzeichnis der Gemälde der kaiserlich königlichen Bilder Gallerie in Wien. verfaßt von Christian von Mechel der kaiserl. königl. und anderer Akademien Mitglied nach der von ihm auf allerhöchsten Befehl im Jahre 1781 gemachten neuen Einrichtung
Place of PublicationVienna
Year of Publication1783
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