Christ as the Man of Sorrows

Christ as the Man of Sorrows

Title

Christ as the Man of Sorrows

[CDA 2011]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Historisches Museum Regensburg, revised 2011]

The devotional picture depicts a half-length figure of Christ against a dark background, wearing only a loin cloth and crowned with thorns. Shown from the front Christ returns the viewer's gaze; clearly visible are the rod and whip in his hands, the crown of thorns, the stigmata and the open

The devotional picture depicts a half-length figure of Christ against a dark background, wearing only a loin cloth and crowned with thorns. Shown from the front Christ returns the viewer's gaze; clearly visible are the rod and whip in his hands, the crown of thorns, the stigmata and the open wound on his side, all of which refer to the agony he suffered to redeem the world.

[Historisches Museum Regensburg, revised 2011]

Attribution
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Vlachos, Exhib. Cat. Regensburg 2010, 506]

Production date
after 1537

Production date

after 1537

[Vlachos, Exhib. Cat. Regensburg 2010, 506]

Dimensions
Dimensions including the frame: 50.5 x 35 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions including the frame: 50.5 x 35 cm

  • [Historisches Museum Regensburg, revised 2011]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia top right: winged serpent with dropped wings; in yellow paint

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia top right: winged serpent with dropped wings; in yellow paint

  • [Historisches Museum Regensburg, revised 2011]

Owner
Kath. Pfarrkuratie Premberg
Repository
Historisches Museum der Stadt Regensburg
Location
Regensburg
CDA ID
DE_HMR_L1966-1
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_HMR_L1966-1/

Provenance

Loan from the Catholic Pfarrkuratie/ Church Administration Premberg

[Historisches Museum Regensburg, revised 2011]

Exhibitions

Regensburg 2010, No. 346

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Exhib. Cat. Regensburg 2010 506 No. 346
EditorChristoph Wagener, Klemens Unger
TitleBerthold Furtmeyr - Meisterwerke der Buchmalerei und die Regensburger Kunst in der Spätgotik und Renaissance
Place of PublicationRegensburg
Year of Publication2010
Show Literature
Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005 364 026 (under) Fig. 166
EditorHarald Marx, Karin Kolb, Ingrid Mössinger
TitleCranach Anlässlich der Ausstellung Cranach vom 13. November 2005 bis 12. März 2006 in den Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz. Eine Ausstellung in Kooperation mit der Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister der Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen Dresden
Place of PublicationCologne
Year of Publication2005
Show Literature
Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 137 under No. 338
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
Show Literature
  • Christ as the Man of Sorrows, after 1537

Images

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Technical studies

2011Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared reflectography
  • Stereomicroscopy
  • reverse
  • irr

Support

- a wooden panel consisting of 3 planks. Hardwood, possibly beech

- front from left to right: top 23.7 x 10.4 x 0.7 cm

bottom 21.6 x 12.4 x 1.0 cm

- a rebate 3.5 – 6 mm in depth runs along all four edges on the reverse

- the reverse is completely covered with an application of fine cloth (canvas)

Ground and Imprimatura

- a thin chalk ground covers an application of tow. In addition there is probably a layer of fine cloth (which has caused the blistering?)

- on the left and right sides the ground extends to the edge of the panel, at the top and the bottom it cannot be established where it ends. A narrow barbe is visible in raking light

Underdrawing

Infrared reflectography carried out by Dr. Ingo Sandner and Dr. Gunnar Heydenreich in October 2009

- a greyish underdrawing is partially apparent (eyes, bridge of the nose, top lip)

Paint Layers and Gilding

- thin, at times translucent

- the bundle of rods was painted wet-in-wet; compare with the panel in Vienna, where an almost identical process was employed for the rods.

Framing

- new, probably from the 1930s

- black frame

[Annette Kurella, Historisches Museum der Stadt Regensburg, revised 2011]

  • written by Annette Kurella

10. 2009Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared reflectography
  • irr

Underdrawing

- an underdrawing is not visible

[Smith, Sandner, Heydenreich, cda 2012]

  • photographed by Ingo Sandner
  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich

Conservation History

Date2005

No information

  • conservation treatment by Annette Kurella

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