Mother of Sorrows

Mother of Sorrows

Title

Mother of Sorrows

[cda 2013]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[cda 2013]

The panel depicts the Virgin as the Mother of Sorrows as a full-length figure standing on stony ground against a black background. The Virgin faces left and has her eyes lowered in grief. A halo with short rays surrounds her head. Over her dark robe she wears a beige cloak,

The panel depicts the Virgin as the Mother of Sorrows as a full-length figure standing on stony ground against a black background. The Virgin faces left and has her eyes lowered in grief. A halo with short rays surrounds her head. Over her dark robe she wears a beige cloak, that covers her head in a similar manner to the white veil with which she dries her eyes from her face.

[Görres, cda 2013]

Attribution
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[cda 2013]

Production date
about 1520 - 1525

Production date

about 1520 - 1525

[cda 2013]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 123.3 x 40.8 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 123.3 x 40.8 cm

  • [cda 2013]

Signature / Dating

None

Owner
Ev.-Luth. Kirchgemeinde St. Nikolai, Weistropp-Constappel
Repository
Dom zu Meißen
Location
Meissen
CDA ID
DE_NWC-DM_NONE-DM009
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_NWC-DM_NONE-DM009/

Connected Works

Man of Sorrows
  • Man of Sorrows, about 1520 - 1525
  • DE_NWC-DM_NONE-DM008
  • Painting
  • Ev.-Luth. Kirchgemeinde St. Nikolai, Weistropp-Constappel

Provenance

  • on permanent loan from the Church of St Nikolai, Weistropp-Constappel

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Gurlitt 1923 108
AuthorCornelius Gurlitt
TitleBeschreibende Darstellung der älteren Bau- und Kunstdenkmäler in Sachsen. Amtshauptmannschaft Meißen-Land
SeriesBeschreibende Darstellung der älteren Bau- und Kunstdenkmäler in Sachsen
Volume41
Place of PublicationDresden
Year of Publication1923
Show Literature
  • Mother of Sorrows, about 1520 - 1525

Images

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  • overall
  • overall
  • reverse
  • irr
  • x_radiograph
  • detail

Technical studies

07. 2013Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared reflectography
  • irr

Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

Tools/Materials:

- dry drawing material, dark chalk (for the initial design); fluid, black medium and brush

Type/Ductus:

- detailed and freehand underdrawing

- delicate, fine lines; thin to broad lines with a brush

- hatching-strokes

Function:

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

Deviations:

- minor alterations made during the painting process to clearly define form; small changes (e.g. slight shift in the position of the right foot; the robe is slightly longer)

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- workshop of Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Smith, Sandner, Heydenreich, cda 2013]

  • photographed by Ingo Sandner
  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich

07. 2013Technical Examination

  • reverse

Support

verso thinned and cradled

[cda 2013]

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