The Bergknappschaft Altarpiece [right fixed wing]: Christ and Pontius Pilate, Christ on the Way to Calvary

Christ and Pontius Pilate

DESCRIPTION

Tools/Material:

- fluid black medium, brush; initial design probably executed with a very diluted medium

Type/Ductus:

- very detailed freehand underdrawing; construction lines for the architecture drawn with a ruler

- thin to broader lines, frequently very long; hatching-strokes

Function:

- binding for the final painted version (where no changes were made); lines delineate the main contours and define essential details and facial features; representation of volume with hatching-strokes

Deviations:

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

The Carrying of the Cross

DESCRIPTION

Tools/Material:

- fluid black medium, brush; initial design probably executed with a very diluted medium

Type/Ductus:

- very detailed freehand underdrawing

- thin to broader lines, frequently long; hatching-strokes

Function:

- binding for the final painted version (where there are no changes); lines delineate the main contours and define essential details and facial features; representation of volume with hatching-strokes

Deviations:

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

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- a workshop colleague of the Master of the Pflock Altar

Comments:

- after a printed prototype, (The Small Passion from 1509, Albrecht Dürer)

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