Cranach depicts the Man of Sorrows between the Virgin and St John the Evangelist and as such draws on a late Middle Age pictorial type. However, he does not make the usual reference to the sarcophagus, but instead positions the figures in a landscape. This form of integration in a
Cranach depicts the Man of Sorrows between the Virgin and St John the Evangelist and as such draws on a late Middle Age pictorial type. However, he does not make the usual reference to the sarcophagus, but instead positions the figures in a landscape. This form of integration in a landscape is characteristic for Cranach and creates an idyllic charm, which is intensified by the threatening colour of the sky in the background.
[Exhib. Cat. Baden-Baden 1987, No. 44]
- Attribution
- Lucas Cranach the Elder and Workshop
Attribution
| Lucas Cranach the Elder and Workshop | [Exhib. Cat. Baden-Baden 1987, No. 44] |
- Production date
- about 1525
Production date
| about 1525 | [Exhib. Cat. Baden-Baden 1987, No. 44] |
- Dimensions
- Dimensions of support: 56 x 37 cm
Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 56 x 37 cm
[Exhib. Cat. Baden-Baden 1987, No. 44]
[Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974, No. 290]
- Signature / Dating
None
- Owner
- Katholische Kirchengemeinde Baden-Baden, Stiftskirche
- Repository
- Stadtmuseum Baden-Baden
- Location
- Baden-Baden
- CDA ID
- DE_KBB_NONE-001
- FR (1978) Nr.
- FR156A
- Persistent Link
- https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_KBB_NONE-001/
