A Pope preaching to the Pagans

A Pope preaching to the Pagans

Title

A Pope preaching to the Pagans

[Böhlitz 2005, 25]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Böhlitz 2005, 24]

lime wood

[Flechsig 1900 B, 24]

The right wing depicts a somewhat puzzling Sermon to the Pagans populated by many foreign people crowding around a renaissance-style pulpit. The depiction could refer to Peter's sermon in the apocryphon. The ramshackled church building might be a reference to the historical state of the Christian Church; it is

The right wing depicts a somewhat puzzling Sermon to the Pagans populated by many foreign people crowding around a renaissance-style pulpit. The depiction could refer to Peter's sermon in the apocryphon. The ramshackled church building might be a reference to the historical state of the Christian Church; it is conceivable that an anti-clerical reflection is present in the particularly starkly contrasted grand depiction of the supporting columns. In any case this overt contrast and the threatening weapons of the figure with his back to the viewer must be included in a consistent interpretation.

[Böhlitz 2005, 23-26]

Attribution
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Böhlitz 2005, 25]

Production date
about 1515 - 1525

Production date

about 1515 - 1525

[Böhlitz 2005, 25]

Dimensions
Dimensions of visible surface: 186 x 61 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of visible surface: 186 x 61 cm

  • [cda 2015]

Signature / Dating

None

Owner
Ev.-Luth. St.-Petri-Schlosskirchgemeinde Chemnitz
Repository
Schlosskirche Chemnitz
Location
Chemnitz
CDA ID
DE_PSKC_NONE-PSKC004
FR (1978) Nr.
FRSup018C
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_PSKC_NONE-PSKC004/

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Exhibitions

  • Dresden 1899, No. 150

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Sandner, Heydenreich, Smith-Contini 2015 131, Fn. 14
AuthorGunnar Heydenreich, Ingo Sandner, Helen Smith-Contini
TitleVeränderungen beim Unterzeichnen in Cranachs Werkstatt und die Arbeitsweise von Sohn Lucas
Publicationin Elke A. Werner, Anne Eusterschulte, Gunnar Heydenreich, eds., Lucas Cranach der Jüngere und die Reformation der Bilder
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication2015
Link https://lucascranach.org/application/files/5215/6337/7366/Heydenreich_Sandner_Smith-Contini_2015_-_Unterzeichnung.pdf
Pages128-141
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Cat. Chemnitz 2014 19 12
EditorEv.-Luth. St.-Petri-Schlosskirchgemeinde Chemnitz
TitleEv.-Luth. Schloßkirche Chemnitz
Place of PublicationChemnitz
Year of Publication2014
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Böhlitz 2005 19, 24-26 Pl. 6
AuthorMichael Böhlitz
TitleAltargemälde von Lucas Cranach dem Älteren, Lucas Cranach dem Jüngeren und ihren Schülern im Chemnitzer Raum
Publicationin Harald Marx, Ingrid Mössinger, Karin Kolb, ed., Cranach. Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz
Place of PublicationCologne
Year of Publication2005
Pages18-43
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Schulze 2004 36
AuthorIngrid Schulze
TitleLucas Cranach d. J. und die protestantische Bildkunst in Sachsen und Thüringen. Frömmigkeit, Theologie, Fürstenreformation
Place of PublicationBucha near Jena
Year of Publication2004
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Magirius 1997 22
AuthorHeinrich Magirius
TitleDie Schloßkirche in Chemnitz
SeriesGroße Baudenkmäler
Volume509
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1997
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Sandner 1993 178
AuthorIngo Sandner
TitleSpätgotische Tafelmalerei in Sachsen
Place of PublicationDresden, Basel
Year of Publication1993
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 Sup18B
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
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Röber 1975 57-59 19-19
AuthorWolf-Dieter Röber
TitleKunstwerke des Schlossbergmuseums und der Schlosskirche Karl-Marx-Stadt
Place of PublicationKarl-Marx-Stadt [Chemnitz]
Year of Publication1975
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932 368b
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1932
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/friedlaender1932
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Flechsig 1900 A 97-98
AuthorEduard Flechsig
TitleCranachstudien
Volume1
Place of PublicationLeipzig
Year of Publication1900
Link page/n5/mode/2up
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Technical studies

03. 2015Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared reflectography
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Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

Tools/Material:

- fluid black medium, brush

Type/Ductus:

- detailed feehand underdrawing

- thin lines

Function:

- relatively binding for the final painted version; lines delineate the main contours and define essential details and facial features; no representation with hatching-strokes

Alterations:

- minor alterations made during the painting process to clearly define forms; small changes

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Sandner, Smith-Contini, Heydenreich, cda 2015]

  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
  • photographed by Ingo Sandner

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