Christ kneels, facing left in the garden of Gethsemane. His head is framed by a luminous halo and he looks up to the angel of Our Lord who hovers above him with a chalice. At the front edge of the pictorial plane kneel the senior civil servant Otto von Plogk
Christ kneels, facing left in the garden of Gethsemane. His head is framed by a luminous halo and he looks up to the angel of Our Lord who hovers above him with a chalice. At the front edge of the pictorial plane kneel the senior civil servant Otto von Plogk (left) in contemporary armour with his helmet and gloves placed in front of him and his wife (right). When Otto von Plogk died in 1577, his wife Margareta, born Robils, dedicated the Epitaph to him. Both are shown in an attitude of prayer and are flanked by a group of three sleeping disciples: Peter, John and James. The right half of the painting shows a landscape with Judas in the distance, identified by his yellow robe, leading a group of soldiers to arrest Jesus.
The painting is fitted in an elaborate renaissance frame, that links it with another panel depicting the resurrection. In addition to painted ornamentation in the spandrels of the semi-circular top the carved frame displays the coats-of-arms of both families. Two putti are represented in the frieze with a text field above. Beneath the painting there is another, larger text field (see Interpretation/History/Discussion).
[Görres, cda 2015]
- Attribution
- Lucas Cranach the Younger
Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Younger | [Schuchardt 1851 C, 39] |
- Production date
- 1578
Production date
1578 | [dated] |
- Dimensions
- Dimensions of visible surface: 161.8 x 131.5 cm
Dimensions
Dimensions of visible surface: 161.8 x 131.5 cm
[cda 2015]
- Signature / Dating
Artist's insignia at the bottom left: winged serpent (very abraded), facing left and dated '1578', in black paint
Signature / Dating
Artist's insignia at the bottom left: winged serpent (very abraded), facing left and dated '1578', in black paint
[cda 2015]
- Inscriptions and Labels
There is no inscription on the panel, but there are two inscriptions in the text fields on the renaissance …
Inscriptions and Labels
Inscriptions, Badges:
There is no inscription on the panel, but there are two inscriptions in the text fields on the renaissance frame: a short inscription above the panel recites the words of Christ in the garden of Gethsemane, a larger text field beneath the panel refers to the deceased Otto von Pogk. See Interpretation/History/Discussion for a transcription.
[cda 2015]
- Owner
- Evangelische Kirchengemeinde Coswig
- Repository
- Evangelische Kirchengemeinde Coswig
- Location
- Coswig
- CDA ID
- DE_KC_NONE-KC002a
- FR (1978) Nr.
- FR-none
- Persistent Link
- https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_KC_NONE-KC002a/