Christ is condemned to death

Christ is condemned to death

Title

Christ is condemned to death

[CDA 2011]

Painting on limewood

Medium

Painting on limewood

[Klein, Report 2013]
[Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 338]

The panel depicts the presentation of Christ on three different levels. The ill-treated figure of Christ stands on a gallery flanked by Pontius Pilate and his henchmen. Underneath the public has gathered to mock and jeer Christ. In the left bottom corner the vaults of a cellar are shown from

The panel depicts the presentation of Christ on three different levels. The ill-treated figure of Christ stands on a gallery flanked by Pontius Pilate and his henchmen. Underneath the public has gathered to mock and jeer Christ. In the left bottom corner the vaults of a cellar are shown from where the prisoner is lead out.

[Görres, cda 2016]

Attribution
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 338]
[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, 89, No. 96A]

Production date
about 1515 - 1520

Production date

about 1515 - 1520

[Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 338]
[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, 89, No. 96A]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 86 x 46.3 x 2.3 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 86 x 46.3 x 2.3 cm

  • [Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 338]

Signature / Dating

None

Inscriptions and Labels

Reverse of the panel:
[Gal.-No. repeated]

[Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 338]

Inscriptions and Labels

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

  • Reverse of the panel:

  • [Gal.-No. repeated]

  • [Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 338]

Owner
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
Repository
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
Location
Dresden
CDA ID
DE_SKD_GG1932
FR (1978) Nr.
FR096A
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_SKD_GG1932/

Provenance

  • the panel was one of a group of small paintings, that entered the collection of the Gemäldegalerie in 1820 or slightly later
  • after the 13th of March 1945 presumed missing
  • returned to Dresden in 1997

[Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 340, 341]

Exhibitions

Dresden 1937, 16
Dresden 1998, 152, 153
Dresden 2001, 29

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Krause 2013 190, 192, 194-195 9
AuthorHans-Joachim Krause
TitleCranachs Bildaustattung der Torgauer Schloßkapelle. Eine Rekonstruktion
JournalZeitschrift des deutschen Vereins für Kunstwissenschaft
Place of PublicationBerlin
IssueSonderdruck aus Band 65
Year of Publication2013
Pages177-214
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Maaz 2010 46, 47
AuthorBernhard Maaz
TitleCranach in der Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister Dresden
Place of PublicationBerlin, Munich
Year of Publication2010
Show Literature
Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005 254, 266, 338-343, 355, 368 23 Pl. p. 339
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 C 532, 547, 548, 550, 553-55 23
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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Schölzel 2005 190 23
AuthorChristoph Schölzel
TitleZeichnungen unter der Farbschicht. Zu den Unterzeichnungen von Cranachs Gemälden in der Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister und in der Rüstkammer Dresden
Publicationin Harald Marx, Ingrid Mössinger, Karin Kolb, eds., Cranach. Gemälde aus Dresden, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz
Place of PublicationCologne
Year of Publication2005
Pages182-197
Show Literature
Exhib. Cat. Dresden 2001 29
Authorn. a.
TitleFreunde schenken Kunst [ Dresden, Albertinum]
Place of PublicationDresden
Year of Publication2001
Show Literature
Exhib. Cat. Dresden 1998 152, 153
EditorHarald Marx, Jutta Charlotte von Bloh
TitleZurück in Dresden. Eine Ausstellung ehemals vermißter Werke aus Dresdener Museen. Skulpturensammlung, Rüstkammer, Kupferstich-Kabinett, Gemäldegalerie Alte und Neue Meister, Kunstgewerbemuseum, Porzellansammlung
Place of PublicationEurasberg
Year of Publication1998
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 89 No. 96A
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
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Bernhard, Rogner 1965 93
AuthorMarianne Bernhard, Klaus P. Rogner
TitleVerlorene Werke der Malerei. In Deutschland in der Zeit von 1939 bis 1945 zerstörte und verschollene Gemälde
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1965
Show Literature
Ebert 1963 86
AuthorHans Ebert
TitleÜber die Rückgewinnung zeitweilig verschollener Werke der Dresdener Gemäldegalerie
JournalJahrbuch der Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen Dresden
Issue4 (1963/1964)
Year of Publication1963
Pages25-44
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Exhib. Cat. Dresden 1937 16
Authorn. a.
TitleLucas Cranach der Ältere und der Jüngere. Ausstellung von Werken aus dem Besitze der Staatlichen Gemäldegalerie und dem Staatlichen Kupferstichkabinet
Place of PublicationDresden
Year of Publication1937
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932 under No. 85
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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Cat. Dresden 1930 A 54
AuthorHans Posse
TitleDie Staatliche Gemäldegalerie zu Dresden. Herausgegeben im Auftrage des Ministeriums für Volksbildung. Katalog der alten Meister. Kleine Ausgabe
Place of PublicationDresden
Year of Publication1930
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Cat. Dresden 1896 631
AuthorKarl Woermann
TitleKatalog der Königlichen Gemäldegalerie zu Dresden. Grosse Ausgabe
Place of PublicationDresden
Year of Publication1896
Link https://archive.org/details/katalogderknigli1896geml/page/n3/mode/2up
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Cat. Dresden 1887 613
AuthorKarl Woermann
TitleKatalog der Königlichen Gemäldegalerie zu Dresden. Grosse Ausgabe
Place of PublicationDresden
Year of Publication1887
Link https://digital.slub-dresden.de/werkansicht/dlf/89861/5
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Schäfer 1864 242
AuthorWilhelm Schäfer
TitleFührer in der Königlichen Gemälde-Gallerie zu Dresden. Erläuterungen und Andeutungen zum Verständnisse sowie zur Würdigung sämmtlicher Gemälde der Galerie. nach der Ordnung der Räume nebst Register der laufenden Nummern
Place of PublicationDresden
Year of Publication1864
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Cat. Dresden 1862 No. 1763
AuthorJulius Hübner
TitleVerzeichniss der Königlichen Gemälde-Gallerie zu Dresden. Mit einer historischen Einleitung. Notizen über die Erwerbung und Angaben der Bezeichnung der einzelnen Bilder
Place of PublicationDresden
Year of Publication1862
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Schuchardt 1851 C 53
AuthorChristian Schuchardt
TitleLucas Cranach des Aeltern Leben und Werke. Zweiter Theil
Place of PublicationLeipzig
Year of Publication1851
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/schuchardt1851bd2
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  • Christ is condemned to death, about 1515 - 1520

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Technical studies

08.04.2013Scientific analysis

  • Identification of wood species / Dendrochronology

Support

Identification of wood species: limewood

  • analysed by Peter Klein

2005Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared reflectography

Underdrawing

Detailed drawing executed with a brush: the contours and main forms are indicated with dynamic, long brushstrokes and small cresent shaped hooks, particularly in the figure of Christ; some slight deviations from the underdrawing are visible in the painted version, for example the captives rope, the arch-shaped tiles, the architectural element and the column on the right.

Framing

- no frame

[Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 338]

2003Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • other
  • reverse

Support

- 2.3 cm thick

- original surface on the reverse

- four boards, rounded top, vertically aligned

- right of the centre: knot

- the heartwood is on the reverse

- plane marks are visible; the central join has been smoothed with a toothed plane

[Schlegel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 338]

2001Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared reflectography
  • irr

Underdrawing

Results

Drawing material:

- fluid (brush)

Technique:

- Detailed drawing executed with a brush: the contours and main forms are indicated with dynamic, long brushstrokes and small cresent shaped hooks, particularly in the figure of Christ; some slight deviations from the underdrawing are visible in the painted version, for example the captives rope, the arch-shaped tiles, the architectural element and the column on the right. See: [Schölzel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 338]

  • photographed by Christoph Schölzel
  • photographed by Firma SWE Sichert-Walter-Eichert

Condition Reports

Date2005

Support:

  • two horizontal bars (pine wood)

  • marks from a saw along the top and bottom edges

-the central join has been filled with a strip of veneer, above which there is the remains of a paper facing

  • marks from nails employed to fix the panel in a frame

Painted surface:

  • retouching, particularly at the edges of the panel and along the join, which has been repeatedly reglued

[Schlegel, Schölzel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 338]

Conservation History

Date2005

[GGAM, Abt. Restaurierung, Restaurierungsprotokoll][1]

[1][Schölzel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 338]

Date1996

[GGAM, Abt. Restaurierung, Meldung][1]

[1][Schölzel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 338]

Date1933

[Sächs, HStADD, 13458 SKD, GG Nr. 8, Bd. 15 Bl. 176][1]

[1][Schölzel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 338]

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