Christ kneels with outstretched arms in the upper half of the painting, he gazes at the angel, who approaches him from the right with a chalice and a cross. The yellow light from the haloes of Christ and the angel creates an additional bond and stands in contast to the
Christ kneels with outstretched arms in the upper half of the painting, he gazes at the angel, who approaches him from the right with a chalice and a cross. The yellow light from the haloes of Christ and the angel creates an additional bond and stands in contast to the night sky. In the lower section of the painting Duke Georg III. of Anhalt kneels beneath a rose bush facing left with his hands held in an attitude of prayer. He wears a fur-trimmed cloak. On the left in the foreground three apostles have fallen asleep, Judas and the thieves are visible in the background.
[Görres, cda 2013]
- Attribution
- Lucas Cranach the Younger
Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Younger | [Schade 1993 A, 23] |
- Production date
- after 1553
Production date
after 1553 | [Schulze 2004, 177] |
- Dimensions
- Dimensions of support: 230 x 184 cm
Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 230 x 184 cm
[Mieth 1993, 28]
- Signature / Dating
None
- Owner
- Ev. Kirchgemeinde St. Johannis und St. Marien, Dessau
- Repository
- Ev. Kirchgemeinde St. Johannis und St. Marien, Dessau
- Location
- Dessau
- CDA ID
- DE_JD_NONE-JD003
- FR (1978) Nr.
- FR-none
- Persistent Link
- https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_JD_NONE-JD003/