In this painting from the Cranach workshop (probably a work by Lucas Cranach the Younger) the number of figures has been reduced to illustrate the Protestant Belief as propagandised by Luther with reference to St Paul's letters to the Romans. Christ is shown kicking Death, who is depicted as a
In this painting from the Cranach workshop (probably a work by Lucas Cranach the Younger) the number of figures has been reduced to illustrate the Protestant Belief as propagandised by Luther with reference to St Paul's letters to the Romans. Christ is shown kicking Death, who is depicted as a skeleton crawling over the tombstone. The Devil is represented by a dragon-like creature with the horns of a ram and a pig's snout. Christ has pinned him down with his other foot and the glass shaft of his banner.
[Löcher, in Cat. Schwäbisch Hall 2008, 84]
- Attribution
- Lucas Cranach the Younger
Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Younger | [Cat. Schwäbisch Hall 2009, 84] |
- Production date
- 1561
Production date
1561 | [dated] |
- Dimensions
- Dimensions of support: 72 x 41.5 cm
Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 72 x 41.5 cm
[Cat. Schwäbisch Hall 2009, 84]
- Signature / Dating
Artist's insignia at the bottom on the tombstone: winged serpent (not authentic as executed over a more recent varnish layer) and dated '1561' (probably genuine)
Signature / Dating
Artist's insignia at the bottom on the tombstone: winged serpent (not authentic as executed over a more recent varnish layer) and dated '1561' (probably genuine)
[cda 2015]
- Owner
- Sammlung Würth
- Repository
- Sammlung Würth
- Location
- Schwäbisch Hall
- CDA ID
- DE_SWK_6556
- FR (1978) Nr.
- FR-none
- Persistent Link
- https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_SWK_6556/