The Crucifixion

The Crucifixion

Title

The Crucifixion

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

The panel shows Christ on the cross in front of a mountainous landscape with a castle. Mary Magdalene kneels behind the cross holding the shaft, while Mary and St. John stand either side with their hands folded in prayer. In the lower section there is a family of 14 donors

The panel shows Christ on the cross in front of a mountainous landscape with a castle. Mary Magdalene kneels behind the cross holding the shaft, while Mary and St. John stand either side with their hands folded in prayer. In the lower section there is a family of 14 donors and various coats of arms.

The donor figures and coats of arms suggest that this panel was created as an epitaph for the Saxon councillor Sigismund von Maltitz († 1520). At the lower centre the Maltitz family coat of arms (with a shield divided seven times by black and silver; on the helmet: six black rooster feathers, a fluttering red flag and black and silver covers) is prominently displayed and the coat of arms of the von Schönberg family (with a gold shield shows a lion divided by red and green; on the helmet the torso of a red lion and red and gold covers) is included on the far right. This is a reference to Sigismund's wife Clara von Schönberg. At the time of his father's death in 1520, his son Johann was already Bishop of Meissen and is therefore depicted on the epitaph to the left of his father in bishop's vestments and with the bishop's coat of arms.

[cda 2023]

Attributions
unknown
Lucas Cranach the Elder and workshop

Attributions

unknown
Lucas Cranach the Elder and workshop

[Karl Madsen, Cat. Copenhagen 1922, 22]

Production date
about 1526 - 1550

Production date

about 1526 - 1550
Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 115 x 72 cm

Dimensions

Owner
Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen
Repository
Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen
Location
Copenhagen
CDA ID
DK_SMK_KMS3475
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DK_SMK_KMS3475/

Provenance

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Cat. Copenhagen 1922 22 119
AuthorKarl Madsen
TitleFortegnelse over billeder af ældre malere og norsk, svensk og finsk kunst
Place of PublicationCopenhagen
Year of Publication1922
  • The Crucifixion, about 1526 - 1550

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