The Crucifixion Triptych: The Virgin in Prayer [separated verso, right wing panel]

The Crucifixion Triptych: The Virgin in Prayer [separated verso, right wing panel]

Title

The Crucifixion Triptych: The Virgin in Prayer [separated verso, right wing panel]

[Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011, 143]

Painting on limewood

Medium

Painting on limewood

[Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011, 143]

A full-length representation of the Virgin in prayer, an iconography that is often referred to as the Mother of Sorrows because she is shown sharing the suffering of her son. The Virgin stands against a dark background on stony ground and is turned to the right. At some stage

A full-length representation of the Virgin in prayer, an iconography that is often referred to as the Mother of Sorrows because she is shown sharing the suffering of her son. The Virgin stands against a dark background on stony ground and is turned to the right. At some stage the panel was split and the recto depicting scenes from the Passion is now an autonomous panel. Together they originally functioned as the right wing of a triptych.

[Görres, cda 2015]

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011, 143]

Production date
about 1540

Production date

about 1540

Central panel dated '1540'
[Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011, 143]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 64.6 x 17.4 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 64.6 x 17.4 cm

  • [Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011, 143]

Signature / Dating

Central panel dated '1540'

Signature / Dating

  • Central panel dated '1540'

  • [Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011, 143]

Owner
Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen
Repository
Staatsgalerie im Schloss Johannisburg, Aschaffenburg
Location
Aschaffenburg
CDA ID
DE_BStGS_697A
FR (1978) Nr.
FR377A
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_BStGS_697A/

Connected Works

The Crucifixion Triptych: Agony in the Garden, Christ is Crowned with Thorns, Christ on the Way to Calvery [recto, left wing panel]
  • The Crucifixion Triptych: Agony in the Garden, Christ is Crowned with Thorns, Christ on the Way to Calvery [recto, left wing panel], about 1540
  • DE_BStGS_696
  • Painting
  • Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen
The Crucifixion Triptych: Christ as the Man of Sorrows [separated verso, left wing panel]
  • The Crucifixion Triptych: Christ as the Man of Sorrows [separated verso, left wing panel], about 1540
  • DE_BStGS_696A
  • Painting
  • Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen
The Crucifixion Triptych: The Flagellation, Ecce Homo, The Resurrection [recto, right wing panel]
  • The Crucifixion Triptych: The Flagellation, Ecce Homo, The Resurrection [recto, right wing panel], about 1540
  • DE_BStGS_697
  • Painting
  • Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen
Crucifixion Triptych: The Crucifixion [central panel]
  • Crucifixion Triptych: The Crucifixion [central panel], 1540
  • DE_BStGS_12989
  • Painting
  • Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen

Provenance

  • 1803 transferred from the secularized Benedictine Cloister, Tegernsee
    [Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011, 143]

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011 143 p. 143
AuthorMartin Schawe
EditorBayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen
TitleCranach in Bayern
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication2011
Show Literature
Exhib. Cat. Aschaffenburg 2007 253, 255 No. 7 Fig. p. 256
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
Show Literature
Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 No. 377A
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
Show Literature
Cat. Aschaffenburg 1975 46f.
Authorn. a.
TitleBayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, Galerie Aschaffenburg. Katalog
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication1975
Show Literature
Cat. Munich 1838 No. 157
AuthorJohann Georg von Dillis
TitleVerzeichnis der Gemaelde in der königlichen Pinakothek zu München
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication1838
Show Literature
  • The Crucifixion Triptych: The Virgin in Prayer [separated verso, right wing panel], about 1540

Images

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Technical studies

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  • Infrared reflectography
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Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

Tools/Materials:

- dry drawing material, dark chalk?; possibly in combination with a brush

Type/Ductus:

- freehand underdrawing

- delicate, fine lines

Function:

- only partially binding for the final painted version; lines delineate contours and describe the essential details and the facial features; no representation of volume

Deviations:

- minor alterations made during the painting process to clearly define form

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- not possible

[Smith, Sandner, Heydenreich, cda 2012]

  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
  • photographed by Ingo Sandner

Versions

The Passion Triptych: Agony in the Garden, Christ is Crowned with Thorns, Christ on the Way to Calvery [recto of the left wing panel]; Christ as the Man of Sorrows [verso]
  • The Passion Triptych: Agony in the Garden, Christ is Crowned with Thorns, Christ on the Way to Calvery [recto of the left wing panel]; Christ as the Man of Sorrows [verso], after 1540
  • DE_BStGS_13254a
  • Painting
  • Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen
The Passion Triptych: The Crucifixion [central panel]
  • The Passion Triptych: The Crucifixion [central panel], after 1540
  • DE_BStGS_13254b
  • Painting
  • Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen
The Passion Triptych: The Flagellation, Ecce Homo, The Resurrection [recto of the right wing panel]; The Mother of God [verso]
  • The Passion Triptych: The Flagellation, Ecce Homo, The Resurrection [recto of the right wing panel]; The Mother of God [verso], after 1540
  • DE_BStGS_13254c
  • Painting
  • Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen

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