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

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

Title

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

[cda 2015]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[cda 2015]

The right fixed wing panel depicts two scenes from the Passion of Christ: Christ ist judged by Pontius Pilate and Christ carrying the Cross.

Attribution
Master of the Pflock Altarpiece

Attribution

Master of the Pflock Altarpiece

[Sandner 1993, 242]

Production date
about 1521

Production date

about 1521

[Sandner 1993, 242]

Dimensions
Dimensions of painted surface: 187.7 x 68 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of painted surface: 187.7 x 68 cm

  • [Heydenreich, cda 2015]

Signature / Dating

None

Owner
Ev.-Luth. Kirchgemeinde Annaberg-Buchholz
Repository
St. Annenkirche, Annaberg-Buchholz
Location
Annaberg-Buchholz
CDA ID
DE_SAKA_SAKA002f
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_SAKA_SAKA002f/

Provenance

  • donated by the miners' association and consecrated Pentecost 1521
    [Sandner 1993, 304]

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Sandner 1993 242, 302, 304-305, 337 Plate 74-76
AuthorIngo Sandner
TitleSpätgotische Tafelmalerei in Sachsen
Place of PublicationDresden, Basel
Year of Publication1993

Research History / Discussion

The altarpiece is the only surviving example of a cooperation between the artist and a sculptor.

[Sandner 1993, 302]

  • The Bergknappschaft Altarpiece [right fixed wing]: Christ and Pontius Pilate, Christ on the Way to Calvary, about 1521

Images

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Technical studies

03. 2015Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared reflectography
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Underdrawing

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]

  • photographed by Ingo Sandner
  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich

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