Mercy Seat (Holy Trinity)

Title

[Birgit Ulrike Münch, in Exhib. Cat. Dessau 2015, no. 18]

Painting on oak wood

Medium

Painting on oak wood

[Birgit Ulrike Münch, in Exhib. Cat. Dessau 2015, no. 18]

God the Father is seated enthroned on a glass globe and holds Christ represented as the Man of Sorrows in his arms on his lap. Surrounded by a gloriole of angels in a dark blue cloud, while looking at the devotional faithful he presents his son's suffering and self-sacrifice. The

[Birgit Ulrike Münch, in Exhib. Cat. Dessau 2015, No. 18]

Attribution: Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Birgit Ulrike Münch, in Exhib. Cat. Dessau 2015, no. 18]

Production date: 1516 - 1518

Production date

1516 - 1518

[Birgit Ulrike Münch, in Exhib. Cat. Dessau 2015, no. 18]

Dimensions: Dimensions of support: 40 x 27 cm

Dimensions

Dimensions of support: 40 x 27 cm
[Birgit Ulrike Münch, in Exhib. Cat. Dessau 2015, no. 18]

Signature / Dating: None

Owner: Westfälischer Kunstverein
Repository: LWL-Museum für Kunst und Kultur Münster
Location: Münster

CDA ID: DE_MKKM_112WKV
FR (1978) Nr.: FR-none
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_MKKM_112WKV/

Exhibitions

Dessau 2015, no.18

Literature

Reference on page

Catalogue Number

Figure / Plate

Cat. Coburg 2018

86, fn. 10, 87

under no. 14

Author	Klaus Weschenfelder
Title	Cranach in Coburg. Gemälde von Lucas Cranach d.Ä., Lucas Cranach d.J., der Werkstatt und des Umkreises in den Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg
Place of Publication	Regensburg
Year of Publication	2018

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Exhib. Cat. Dessau 2015

154-155

Editor	Norbert Michels
Title	Cranach in Anhalt. Vom alten zum neuen Glauben
Place of Publication	Petersberg
Year of Publication	2015

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Erichsen 1994 A

161, 163

Author	Johannes Erichsen
Title	Altäre Lucas Cranachs und seiner Werkstatt vor der Reformation
Publication	in Claus Grimm, Johannes Erichsen, Evamaria Brockhof, eds., Lucas Cranach. Ein Maler-Unternehmen aus Franken, Exhib. Cat. Kronach 1994
Series	Veröffentlichungen zur bayerischen Geschichte und Kultur
Volume	26/94
Place of Publication	Augsburg, Regensburg
Year of Publication	1994
Pages	150-165

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Mercy Seat (Holy Trinity), 1516 - 1518

Images

Technical studies

10. 2015Technical examination / Scientific analysis

Infrared reflectography

Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

Tools/Material:

- fluid, dark medium, brush; possibly in two stages

Type/Ductus:

- relatively economic, freehand underdrawing

- thin to somewhat broader lines; occasionally searching

Function:

- relatively binding for the final painted version; the lines delineate the main contours, define forms therein and describe facial features; no representation of volume with hatching strokes

Deviations:

- minor corrections were made to forms during the painting process; small changes (e. g. in the faces and the landscape at the bottom edge)

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- Lucas Cranach the Elder or workshop (?)

Comments:

- probably transferred freehand from a pre-existing design

[Sandner, Smith-Contini, Heydenreich, cda 2017]

photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
photographed by Ingo Sandner

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