The Virgin with the infant Christ flying towards her is shown in the middle-ground at the left on a hill. An ideal Jeruselm is illustrated in the background. The middle-ground and the foreground are separated by a wood. Christ is shown four times. At the left in the foreground: John
The Virgin with the infant Christ flying towards her is shown in the middle-ground at the left on a hill. An ideal Jeruselm is illustrated in the background. The middle-ground and the foreground are separated by a wood. Christ is shown four times. At the left in the foreground: John the Baptist points to the crucified Christ whose blood falls on the faithful. Beneath the cross the lamb is shown with the victory banner. In the foreground at the right the risen Christ is represented standing over death and the devil, wearing a red robe and a holding the victory banner.
[Gurlitt 1912, 71-72]
- Attribution
- Wolfgang Krodel the Elder
Attribution
Wolfgang Krodel the Elder | [Exhib. Cat. Lübeck 2021, no. 49] |
- Production date
- 1542
Production date
1542 | [dated] |
- Dimensions
- Dimensions of visible painted surface: 55.5 x 41.5 cm
Dimensions
Dimensions of visible painted surface: 55.5 x 41.5 cm
[Heydenreich, cda 2017]
- Signature / Dating
Artist's insignia under the cross: 'WK' linked and dated '1542'; in black paint.
Signature / Dating
Artist's insignia under the cross: 'WK' linked and dated '1542'; in black paint.
- Inscriptions and Labels
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top left: 'DE[...] WIRD EVCH[/]
[...]S EIN ZEICHEN GEWEN: SIHE[/]
[...]N[...]VNGERAW WIRD SCHWInscriptions and Labels
Inscriptions, Badges:
- top left:
'DE[...] WIRD EVCH[/]
[...]S EIN ZEICHEN GEWEN: SIHE[/]
[...]N[...]VNGERAW WIRD SCHW[/]
ANGER SEIN VND EINEN SON[/]
GEPEREN.'
- bottom from left to right, three text fields:
'DER GERECHT LEBT SEINES GLAVBENS .RO.I. [/]
WIR HALTEN DAS DER MENSCH GERECHT [/]
WERDE DVRCH DEN GLAVBEN: ON DES GESE-[/]
TZ WERCK .RO.III.
SIHE DAS IST GOTTES LAMB WELCHS DER[/]
WELT SVND T [...] .IO.I. IN DER HEILI[/]
[...][/]
BESPRE [...][/]
[...]
DER TOD IST VERS[...]YM SI[..]C: TOD[/]
WO IST DEIN [...] WO IST DEIN [/]
SIEG: GOTH ABER SEID NUR DER VNS[/]
DEN SIEG GIBT: DVRCH [...]VM CHRISTVM[/]
VNSERN HERRN .I. COR.XV.'
[cda 2016]
- Owner
- Ev.-luth.-Kirchengemeinde Kamenz
- Repository
- Klosterkirche und Sakralmuseum St. Annen (Städtische Sammlungen Kamenz)
- Location
- Kamenz
- CDA ID
- DE_StAK_002
- FR (1978) Nr.
- FR-none
- Persistent Link
- https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_StAK_002/
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