The Crucifixion

The Crucifixion

Title

The Crucifixion

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Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

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This panel depicts a crucifixion scene with many figures (also called: 'the throng'). It is as such a pictorial type, which endeavours to illustrate the events around Christ's death as recorded in the bible particularly with regards to the participants. Numerous soldiers and men on horseback are shown beneath the

This panel depicts a crucifixion scene with many figures (also called: 'the throng'). It is as such a pictorial type, which endeavours to illustrate the events around Christ's death as recorded in the bible particularly with regards to the participants. Numerous soldiers and men on horseback are shown beneath the three crosses of Christ and the two thieves. Many of the men on horseback have a portrait-like appearance, without in fact being portraits of living people. The converted centurion is on horseback at the left with his hand raised. In the foreground on the left together with St John the women take care of the Virgin, who has collapsed; on the right in the foreground soldiers rally around and cast dice for Christ's robe.

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Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Younger

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Younger

[Museo Lázaro Galdiano online database, accessed 05.03.2021]&simpleSearch=0&hipertextSearch=1&search=simple&MuseumsSearch=MLGM) [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 377D]

Production date
about 1550

Production date

about 1550

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Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 65.5 x 41.5 cm

Dimensions

Owner
Museo Lázaro Galdiano, Madrid
Repository
Museo Lázaro Galdiano, Madrid
Location
Madrid
CDA ID
ES_FLG_2909
FR (1978) Nr.
FR377D
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/ES_FLG_2909/

Provenance

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Arbeteta Mira 2005
AuthorLetizia Arbeteta Mira
EditorMuseo Lázaro Galdiano, Madrid
TitleGuía breve del Museo Lázaro Galdiano
Place of PublicationMadrid
Year of Publication2005
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 377D
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
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Camon Aznar 1951 67
AuthorJosé Camon Aznar
EditorFundación Lázaro Galdiano, Madrid
TitleGuía del Museo Lázaro Galdiano
Place of PublicationMadrid
Year of Publication1951
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932 85 302d
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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Lazaro 1926 475, vol. II Fig. 1002
AuthorJosé Lázaro
TitleLa Colección Lázaro
VolumeVols.I, II
Place of PublicationMadrid
Year of Publication1926
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Research History / Discussion

This painting is very similar both in composition and size to the central panel of an altarpiece [DE_BStGS_12989] and another version or copy [DE_BStGS_13254b] both now the collection of the Staatsgalerie, Schloss Johannisburg in Aschaffenburg.

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  • The Crucifixion, about 1550

Images

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Versions

The Passion Triptych: The Crucifixion [central panel]
  • The Passion Triptych: The Crucifixion [central panel], after 1540
  • DE_BStGS_13254b
  • Painting
  • Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen
Crucifixion Triptych: The Crucifixion [central panel]
  • Crucifixion Triptych: The Crucifixion [central panel], 1540
  • DE_BStGS_12989
  • Painting
  • Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen

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