Pfirtscher Altarpiece: Christ as the Man of Sorrows, seated on a sarcophagus between the Virgin and St John [central panel]

Pfirtscher Altarpiece: Christ as the Man of Sorrows, seated on a sarcophagus between the Virgin and St John [central panel]

Titles

Pfirtscher Altarpiece: Christ as the Man of Sorrows, seated on a sarcophagus between the Virgin and St John [central panel]

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 156]

The Angel Altar: central panel

[cda 2018]

Painting on limewood

Medium

Painting on limewood

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 156]

This painting with a rounded top shows Christ as the Man of Sorrows seated on the open tomb with the Mother of God grieving at his right and the disciple St John in prayer at his left. It was originally the central panel of a winged altarpiece from the collegiate

This painting with a rounded top shows Christ as the Man of Sorrows seated on the open tomb with the Mother of God grieving at his right and the disciple St John in prayer at his left. It was originally the central panel of a winged altarpiece from the collegiate Church in Halle. The cardinal's coat of arms painted on the reverse confirms that it was commissioned by Albrecht of Brandenburg.

[Elke Anna Werner, Exhib. Cat. Halle 2006, no. 71]

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 156]

Production date
1524

Production date

1524

[dated]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 108 x 84 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 108 x 84 cm

  • [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 156]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia at the bottom centre: serpent with elevated wings, facing left, and dated '1524'

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia at the bottom centre: serpent with elevated wings, facing left, and dated '1524'

  • [cda 2018]

Inscriptions and Labels

Virgin's halo: 'SANCTA MARIA'
St John's halo: 'SANCTVS IOHANNES'

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

  • Virgin's halo: 'SANCTA MARIA'

  • St John's halo: 'SANCTVS IOHANNES'

Owner
Münsterfabrikfonds Freiburg
Repository
Augustinermuseum Freiburg
Location
Freiburg
CDA ID
DE_AMF-MFFF_M3-M
FR (1978) Nr.
FR156
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_AMF-MFFF_M3-M/

Connected Works

The Pfirtsch Altar: St Martin [fixed wing panel, left]
  • The Pfirtsch Altar: St Martin [fixed wing panel, left], 1526
  • DE_BStGS_6264
  • Painting
  • Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen
The Pfirtsch Altar: St Erasmus [separated verso of the left wing panel)
  • The Pfirtsch Altar: St Erasmus [separated verso of the left wing panel), 1526
  • DE_BStGS_6272
  • Painting
  • Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen
The Pfirtsch Altar: St. Stephan [fixed wing panel, right]
  • The Pfirtsch Altar: St. Stephan [fixed wing panel, right], 1526
  • DE_BStGS_6262
  • Painting
  • Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen
The Pfirtsch Altar: Mary Magdalene [recto right wing]
  • The Pfirtsch Altar: Mary Magdalene [recto right wing], 1526
  • DE_BStGS_6261
  • Painting
  • Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen
The Pfirtsch Altar: St Maurice [recto left wing]
  • The Pfirtsch Altar: St Maurice [recto left wing], 1526
  • DE_BStGS_6263
  • Painting
  • Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen

Provenance

  • originally located to the left of the rood screen in the collegiate Church, Halle
  • on loan from the Münsterfabrikfonds, Freiburg
    [Elke Anna Werner, Exhib. Cat. Halle 2006, no. 71]

Exhibitions

Weimar/Wittenberg 1953, no. 25
Basel 1974, no. 288
Halle 2006, no. 71

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Schawe 2021 Fig. 1
AuthorMartin Schawe
TitleDas Holz der Bilder. Zum Pfirtschen Altar aus dem Neuen Stift Halle.
Publicationin Dagmar Täube, ed., Lucas Cranach der Ältere und Hans Kemmer. Meistermaler zwischen Renaissance und Reformation [Lübeck, St. Annen-Museum]
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication2021
Pages145-157
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Exhib. Cat. Aschaffenburg 2007 263-264 under No. 11 Fig. p. 264
EditorGerhard Ermischer, Andreas Tacke
TitleCranach im Exil. Aschaffenburg um 1540. Zuflucht - Schatzkammer - Residenz. Ausstellungskatalog Schloss Johannisburg und Kunsthalle Jesuitenkirche
Place of PublicationRegensburg
Year of Publication2007
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Exhib. Cat. Halle 2006 157 071 Pl. p. 159
EditorThomas Schauerte
TitleDer Kardinal Albrecht von Brandenburg. Renaissancefürst und Mäzen. Bd. 1: Katalog
Place of PublicationRegensburg
Year of Publication2006
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Tacke 1992 131 ff.
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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Cat. Freiburg 1990 9-92
AuthorDetlef Zinke
TitleAugustinermuseum: Gemälde bis 1800
Place of PublicationFreiburg
Year of Publication1990
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 156
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
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Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974/1976 288
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
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Steinmann 1968 A 71, 73, 92
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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Ruhmer 1963 21
AuthorEberhard Ruhmer
TitleCranach
Place of PublicationCologne
Year of Publication1963
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Schneider 1957
AuthorErnst Schneider
TitleEin Cranachaltar aus dem Aschaffenburger Stift
JournalAschaffenburger Jahrbuch für Geschichte, Landeskunde und Kunst des Untermaingebietes
Issue4, II
Year of Publication1957
Pages627-644
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Exhib. Cat. Weimar, Wittenberg 1953 25
AuthorWalther Scheidig
EditorDeutsche Lucas Cranach Komitee
TitleLucas Cranach Ausstellung. Weimar und Wittenberg
Place of PublicationWeimar, Wittenberg
Year of Publication1953
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932 133
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1932
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/friedlaender1932
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Kempf 1926 234 ff.
AuthorFriedrich Kempf
TitleDas Freiburger Münster
Place of PublicationKarlsruhe
Year of Publication1926
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Kempf 1905 17 ff.
AuthorFriedrich Kempf
TitleEin Barmherzigkeitsbild L. Cranachs d. Ae. von 1524 in der Freiburger Münstersakristei
JournalFreiburger Münsterblätter
Issue1
Year of Publication1905
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/freiburgermuensterblaetter1905/0025
Pages17-26
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