The Crucifixion

The Crucifixion

Title

The Crucifixion

[cda 2018]

Painting on hardwood

Medium

Painting on hardwood

[Simon 2017, 127]

Only the left third of this crucifixion scene has survived. The fragment shows one of the thieves nailed to the cross, looking towards Jesus. The lower section of the scene is animated by numerous figures. In the foreground the Virgin has collapsed in St John the Baptist's arms. A black

Only the left third of this crucifixion scene has survived. The fragment shows one of the thieves nailed to the cross, looking towards Jesus. The lower section of the scene is animated by numerous figures. In the foreground the Virgin has collapsed in St John the Baptist's arms. A black and yellow coat of arms has been painted in the sunset sky.

Attributions
Saxon workshop
Workshop of Lucas Cranach the Younger

Attributions

Saxon workshop

[Exhib. Cat. Halle 2017, 196]

Workshop of Lucas Cranach the Younger

[Simon 2017, 126, 128]

Production dates
about 1560
about 1566 - 1599

Production dates

about 1560

[Simon 2017, 117]

about 1566 - 1599

'2nd third 16th century' [Exhib. Cat. Halle 2017, 196]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 128.1 x 42.6 cm (fragment)

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 128.1 x 42.6 cm (fragment)

  • [Exhib. Cat. Halle 2017, 196]

Signature / Dating

None

Owner
Kulturstiftung Sachsen-Anhalt - Kunstmuseum Moritzburg
Repository
Kulturstiftung Sachsen-Anhalt - Kunstmuseum Moritzburg
Location
Halle
CDA ID
DE_KSAKM_MOI02428
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_KSAKM_MOI02428/

Provenance

  • from the former castle of Hof-Löbnitz (Schloss zu Hof-Löbnitz), then the property of the von Schönfeldt family, it was probably originally in the castle chapel
  • at the end of the 19th century it was transferred to a room on the first floor of the castle (in 1973 the last sections of the castle were demolished)
    [Simon 2017, 117]

Exhibitions

Halle 2017, no. 78

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Exhib. Cat. Halle 2017
EditorChristian Philipsen
TitleBegegnungen von Cranach bis Holbein, [Halle, Kunstmuseum Moritzburg, 12 November 2017 - 28 January 2018]
SeriesSchriften für das Kunstmuseum Moritzburg Halle (Saale)
Volume15
Place of PublicationPetersberg
Year of Publication2017
Show Literature
Simon 2017
AuthorTino Simon
TitleAuf der Suche nach dem Künstler. Die kunsttechnologische Untersuchung und Restaurierung des Löbnitzer Epitaphien
Publicationin Christian Philipsen, Peter Kuras, Thomas Bauer-Friedrich, eds., Begegnungen von Cranach bis Holbein [Halle, Kunstmuseum Moritzburg, 12.11.2017 - 28.01.2018]
SeriesSchriften für das Kunstmuseum Moritzburg Halle (Saale)
Volume15
Place of PublicationPetersberg
Year of Publication2017
Pages117-131
Show Literature
  • The Crucifixion, about 1560

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