'The central panel of the completely preserved winged altarpiece depicts a crucifixion scene with many figures (also called: 'the throng' ('im Gedräng'). It is as such a pictorial type, which endeavors to illustrate the events around Christ's death as recorded in the bible particularly with regards to the participants.
'The central panel of the completely preserved winged altarpiece depicts a crucifixion scene with many figures (also called: 'the throng' ('im Gedräng'). It is as such a pictorial type, which endeavors to illustrate the events around Christ's death as recorded in the bible particularly with regards to the participants. Numerous soldiers and men on horseback are shown beneath the three crosses of Christ and the two thieves. Many of the men on horseback have a portrait-like appearance, without actually being portraits of living people. On the left with his hand raised is the converted centurion, who testifies that Christ is the true son of God (Mk 15 39) and who appears as an independent figure in a painting by the younger Cranach in 1539 ([DE_BStGS_13255]). In the foreground on the left the women together with St John take care of the Virgin, who has collapsed; on the right in the foreground soldiers rally around and cast dice for Christ's 'seamless' robe.'
[Exhib. Cat. Aschaffenburg 2007, 253]
- Attributions
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Lucas Cranach the Elder
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder
Attributions
Lucas Cranach the Elder | [Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011, 143] |
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder | 'The triptych is a characteristic, routine painting from the workshop of Lucas Cranach the Elder. The winged serpent on the shaft of the cross on the central panel certifies its origin, but not that it is an autographed work. Nevertheless the quality of the Man of Sorrows stands out.' |
Lucas Cranach the Younger | 'The painting was sometimes attributed to Lucas Cranach the Younger.' |
- Production date
- 1540
Production date
1540 | [dated] |
- Dimensions
- Dimensions of support: 64.4 x 41.9 cm
Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 64.4 x 41.9 cm
[Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011, 143]
- Signature / Dating
Artist's insignia on the shaft of the cross: winged serpent and dated '1540'
Signature / Dating
Artist's insignia on the shaft of the cross: winged serpent and dated '1540'
[Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011, 143]
- Owner
- Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen
- Repository
- Staatsgalerie im Schloss Johannisburg, Aschaffenburg
- Location
- Aschaffenburg
- CDA ID
- DE_BStGS_12989
- FR (1978) Nr.
- FR377A
- Persistent Link
- https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_BStGS_12989/