Man of Sorrows with the Virgin and St John

Man of Sorrows with the Virgin and St John

Title

Man of Sorrows with the Virgin and St John

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. Sup6D]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Cat. Mainz 2008, No. 75]

The figure of Christ, marked by the wounds inflicted on him and yet still alive, is shown seated on the open sarchophagus. The Virgin and St John kneel in prayer beside him.

[Cat. Mainz 2008, No. 75]

Attributions
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder
Master of the Mass of St Gregory

Attributions

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Cat. Mainz 2008, No. 75]

Master of the Mass of St Gregory

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. Sup6D]

Production date
about 1540

Production date

about 1540

[Cat. Mainz 2008, No. 75]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 154 x 113 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 154 x 113 cm

  • [Cat. Mainz 2008, No. 75]

Signature / Dating

none

Owner
Bischöfliches Dom- und Diözesanmuseum Mainz
Repository
Bischöfliches Dom- und Diözesanmuseum Mainz
Location
Mainz
CDA ID
DE_BDDM_M00010
FR (1978) Nr.
FRSup006D
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_BDDM_M00010/

Exhibitions

  • Dresden 1899, No. 145
  • Mainz 2015/2016

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Cat. Mainz 2008 75
EditorHans-Jürgen Kotzur
TitleDommuseum Mainz. Führer durch die Sammlung
Place of PublicationMainz
Year of Publication2008
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Tacke 1992 162-164 Figs. 101, 102
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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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 Sup6D
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932 358d
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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Glaser 1923 144, 228, 229
AuthorCurt Glaser
TitleLukas Cranach
Place of PublicationLeipzig
Year of Publication1923
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/glaser1923
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Flechsig 1900 A 145-147, 148, 149, 158, 167, 170, 284
AuthorEduard Flechsig
TitleCranachstudien
Volume1
Place of PublicationLeipzig
Year of Publication1900
Link page/n5/mode/2up
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Flechsig 1900 B 70
AuthorEduard Flechsig
TitleTafelbilder Lucas Cranachs d. Ä. und seiner Werkstatt
Volume1, 2
Place of PublicationLeipzig
Year of Publication1900
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/flechsig1900tafeln
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Exhib. Cat. Dresden 1899 145
EditorKarl Woermann
TitleDeutsche Kunstausstellung Dresden 1899. Abteilung Cranach-Ausstellung. Wissenschaftliches Verzeichnis der ausgestellten Werke
Place of PublicationDresden
Year of Publication1899
Link http://resolver.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/SBB00002A2400000000
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  • Man of Sorrows with the Virgin and St John, about 1540

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DESCRIPTION

Tools/Material:

- fluid, black medium, brush; a broader brush was also used to apply a more diluted medium

Type/Ductus:

- detailed and freehand underdrawing, the initial design was probably executed with a diluted medium

- thin, black lines; a wash with broader lines

Function:

- binding for the final painted version; lines define the main contours, describe the essential details and facial features; no representation of volume with hatching-strokes, but with washes using a broad brush

Deviations:

- minor corrections to forms during the painting process; small changes (e. g. on Christ’s left arm)

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder, an unaided apprentice

[Sandner, Smith-Contini, Heydenreich, cda 2016]

  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
  • photographed by Ingo Sandner

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