Epitaph for Elisabeth Francke: The Lamentation of Christ

Title

[cda 2019]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Museum Luthers Sterbehaus Eisleben, revised 2019]

Elisabeth Francke was the wife of the master smelter Fabian Francke. The epitaph is prereformation.

The picture focuses on Christ and his mother, who is shown without a halo.

[Museum Luthers Sterbehaus Eisleben, revised 2019]

Attributions: Monogrammist HS
Hans Döring

Attributions

Monogrammist HS	? [Henricus Satrapitanus?; möglicherweise Heinrich Vogtherr d. Ä.; cda 2023]
Hans Döring	[Museum Luthers Sterbehaus Eisleben, revised 2019]

Production date: about 1517

Production date

about 1517

[Museum Luthers Sterbehaus Eisleben, revised 2019]

Dimensions: Dimensions of support: 133 x 104 cm

Dimensions

Dimensions of support: 133 x 104 cm
Dimensions including frame: 151 x 119.9 cm
[Heydenreich, cda 2019]

Signature / Dating: None

Owner: Parish Church of St Andrew, St Nicholas and St Peter, Eisleben
Repository: Museum "Luthers Sterbehaus", Eisleben
Location: Eisleben

CDA ID: DE_LHE_NONE-LHE001
FR (1978) Nr.: FR-none
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_LHE_NONE-LHE001/

Provenance

no information available

Epitaph for Elisabeth Francke: The Lamentation of Christ, about 1517

Images

Technical studies

15.04.2019 - Technical Examination

Framing

The frame is probably partially original, exhibiting some reconstructed elements

[Heydenreich, cda 2019]

03. 2019Technical examination / Scientific analysis

Infrared reflectography

Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

Tools/Material:

- initial design with a dry drawing material, stylus; subsequently reinforced with a fluid, black medium, brush

Type/Ductus:

- freehand, detailed underdrawing; probably after a pre-existing design

- delicate to somewhat broader lines

- washes and hatching strokkes in the areas of shadow

Function:

- relatively binding for the final painted version; lines delineate the main contours and describe essential details and facial features; representation of volume with washes and hatching strokes

Deviations:

- minor corrections were made to forms during the painting process, small changes (e. g. Mary Magdalene’s hands, heads of the donor family)

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- presently not possible

[Sandner, Smith-Contini, Heydenreich, cda 2019]

photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
photographed by Ingo Sandner

Citing from the Cranach Digital Archive

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