The Entombment

The Entombment

Title

The Entombment

[cda 2016]

Painting on limewood

Medium

Painting on limewood

[Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 571]

Together Joseph of Arimathea, Nicodemus and St John lay Christ's corpse in the tomb. Also present are the Virgin, three other women and two men deep in discussion. In the background a landscape with bushes is vaguely indicated.

[cda 2017]

Attributions
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder
Follower of Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

'Lucas Cranach der Ältere (Werkstatt)'
[Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 532]

Follower of Lucas Cranach the Elder

? [cda 2017]

Production date
about 1515 or later

Production date

about 1515 or later

[cda 2022]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 25 x 28 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 25 x 28 cm

  • [Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 532]

Signature / Dating

none

Owner
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
Repository
Unknown
CDA ID
DE_SKD-Lost_1932E-1
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_SKD-Lost_1932E-1/

Provenance

  • missing since the Second World War
    [Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 532]

See also the entry in the Lost Art-database, Stiftung Deutsches Zentrum für Kulturgutverluste: Lost Art-ID 124154; http://www.lostart.de/DE/Verlust/124154 (accessed 17 Dec. 2019).

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005 266, 368, 369, 532, 571 under No. 11 Figs. 122, 168
EditorHarald Marx, Karin Kolb, Ingrid Mössinger
TitleCranach Anlässlich der Ausstellung Cranach vom 13. November 2005 bis 12. März 2006 in den Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz. Eine Ausstellung in Kooperation mit der Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister der Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen Dresden
Place of PublicationCologne
Year of Publication2005
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Kolb 2005 A 165 Fig. 77
AuthorKarin Kolb
TitleCranach - Die Gemälde in Dresden und ihre Geschichte
Publicationin Harald Marx, Ingrid Mössinger, Karin Kolb, eds., Cranach. Gemälde aus Dresden, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz
Place of PublicationCologne
Year of Publication2005
Pages112-173
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Kolb 2005 C 532, 547, 549-551, 553, 554, 556, 557, 571
AuthorKarin Kolb
TitleDokumentation zum Dresdener Cranach-Bestand
Publicationin Harald Marx, Ingrid Mössinger, Karin Kolb, eds., Cranach. Gemälde aus Dresden, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz
Place of PublicationCologne
Year of Publication2005
Pages526-572
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Ebert 1963 87
AuthorHans Ebert
TitleÜber die Rückgewinnung zeitweilig verschollener Werke der Dresdener Gemäldegalerie
JournalJahrbuch der Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen Dresden
Issue4 (1963/1964)
Year of Publication1963
Pages25-44
Show Literature
  • The Entombment, about 1515 or later

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