Christ as the Man of Sorrows

Christ as the Man of Sorrows

Title

Christ as the Man of Sorrows

[CDA 2010]

Painting on beech wood (Fagus sp.)

Medium

Painting on beech wood (Fagus sp.)

[Klein, Report 2014]
[Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011, 139, No. 4563]
[Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, revised 2010]

Christ is depicted as a full-length figure standing in front of a landscape with bushes. His body is covered in wounds and streaked with blood. He wears a crown of thorns and angels surround him in a cloudy sky above.

[Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011, 110, No. 22]

Attributions
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011, No. 22, 110] [Cat. Kronach 2014, No. 99]

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, revised 2010]

Production date
after 1537

Production date

after 1537

[Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011, 139, No. 4563]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 74.9 x 56.7 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 74.9 x 56.7 cm

  • (The panel has been laminated)

  • [Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, revised 2010]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia bottom left: winged serpent

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia bottom left: winged serpent

  • [Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, revised 2010]

Owner
Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen
Repository
Fränkische Galerie, Kronach
Location
Kronach
CDA ID
DE_BStGS_4563
FR (1978) Nr.
FR381K
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_BStGS_4563/

Provenance

  • 1804 acquired from the sacristy in Würzburg cathedral after it was secularised
    [Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, revised 2010]
    [Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011, 139, No. 4563]

Exhibitions

Munich 2011, Cat. No. 22

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Cat. Kronach 2014 260-261 99
AuthorMatthias Weniger
TitleFränkische Galerie. Zweigmuseum des Bayerischen Nationalmuseums. Festung Rosenbach Kronach
Place of PublicationPetersberg
Year of Publication2014
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Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011 110-111, 139 Nos. 22, 4563 Fig. p. 111
AuthorMartin Schawe
EditorBayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen
TitleCranach in Bayern
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication2011
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 147 No. 381K
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
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  • Christ as the Man of Sorrows, after 1537

Images

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Documents

Technical studies

14.01.2014Scientific analysis

  • Dendrochronology / identification of wood species

Support

- 3 planks. (Plank II from the same tree as 715, 716 in Braunschweig [DE_HAUMB_GG715_FR408A; DE_HAUMB_GG716_FR408A], and 39 in Oldenburg) the youngest ring dates from 1531

- the earliest fell date is 1531; the earliest date of production is 1533

- examined on the 07.12.2009

[Martin Schawe, Alte Pinakothek München, 26.03.2010]

  • analysed by Peter Klein

2013 - 2016Scientific analysis

  • Dendrochronology / identification of wood species

Support

Identification of wood species: beech wood

Plank I: 70 annual rings, dating not possible; plank II: 140 annual rings, 1531-1392; plank III: 50 annual rings, dating not possible

- youngest annual ring 1531

- earliest felling date 1531, earliest date of panel after a two year seasoning period 1533

[Klein Report, 11.08.2019]

  • analysed by Peter Klein

Support made from the same tree

Hercules and Atlas
  • Hercules and Atlas, after 1537
  • DE_HAUMB_GG715
  • Painting
  • Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum, Braunschweig
Hercules steals the Apples of the Hesperides
  • Hercules steals the Apples of the Hesperides, after 1537
  • DE_HAUMB_GG716
  • Painting
  • Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum, Braunschweig
Veit Dietrich on his Deathbed
  • Veit Dietrich on his Deathbed, after 1549
  • DE_LmKKO_15-575
  • Painting
  • Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte Oldenburg

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