The Double Intercession: the Virgin of Mercy and the Man of Sorrows Interceding for Mankind (The Three Plagues)

The Double Intercession: the Virgin of Mercy and the Man of Sorrows Interceding for Mankind (The Three Plagues)

Titles

The Double Intercession: the Virgin of Mercy and the Man of Sorrows Interceding for Mankind (The Three Plagues)

[Cat. Budapest 2003, 32]

The Three Plagues

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, 97, no. 134D]

Painting on limewood

Medium

Painting on limewood

[Cat. Budapest 2003, 32]

Christ is depicted as the Man of Sorrows at the left of the image. He kneels on an Ankh cross and looks up to God the Father, who draws a bow with three arrows and aims at Mankind, protected on the right side of the composition by the Virgin's

Christ is depicted as the Man of Sorrows at the left of the image. He kneels on an Ankh cross and looks up to God the Father, who draws a bow with three arrows and aims at Mankind, protected on the right side of the composition by the Virgin's mantle.

[Görres, cda 2014]

Attributions
Lucas Cranach der Ältere
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Lucas Cranach der Ältere

[cda 2023]

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Exhib. Cat. Frankfurt 2007, No. 58]

Production dates
about 1516 - 1518
about 1522

Production dates

about 1516 - 1518

[Exhib. Cat. Frankfurt 2007, no. 58]

about 1520

[Cat. Budapest 1967, 166-167]

about 1522

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, 97, no. 134D]

Dimensions
Maße Bildträger: 75,4 (li.) / 75 (re.) x 55,2 (o) / 55,5 (u) x 1,2 cm

Dimensions

  • Maße Bildträger: 75,4 (li.) / 75 (re.) x 55,2 (o) / 55,5 (u) x 1,2 cm

  • [cda 2014]

  • Dimensions of support: 75.4 (li.) / 75 (re.) x 55.2 (o) / 55.5 (u) x 1.2 cm

  • [cda 2014]

Signature / Dating

none

Owner
Szépmuvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
Repository
Szépmuvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
Location
Budapest
CDA ID
HU_SMB_128
FR (1978) Nr.
FR134D
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/HU_SMB_128/

Provenance

  • 1872 gift from Arnold Ipolyi
    [Szépmuvészeti Múzeum, Budapest, revised 2013]

Exhibitions

Tokyo 1994, No. 49
Frankfurt/London 2007/2008, no. 58
Madrid 2017

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Exhib. Cat. Madrid 2017
EditorMuseo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid
TitleObras maestras de Budapest : del Renacimiento a las vanguardias [Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Feb. 18 - May 28, 2017]
Place of PublicationMadrid
Year of Publication2017
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Koepplin 2017 29, 35 Fn. 12
AuthorDieter Koepplin
TitleLucas Cranach Herz-Holzschnitt von 1505, betrachtet im Sinne des Johannes von Staupitz
Publicationin Gunnar Heydenreich, Daniel Görres, Beat Wismer, eds., Lucas Cranach der Ältere. Meister - Marke - Moderne. [Exhib. Cat. Düsseldorf 2017]
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication2017
Pages28-37
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Müller 2010 65, 66 Fig. 9
AuthorMatthias Müller
Title"Menschen so zu malen, daß sie erkannt werden und zu leben scheinen" Naturnachahmung als Problem in Lucas Cranachs höfischer Porträtmalerei
Publicationin Matthias Müller, ed., Apelles am Fürstenhof. Facetten der Hofkunst um 1500 im Alten Reich Exhib. Cat. Coburg 2010
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication2010
Pages57-73
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Exhib. Cat. Frankfurt 2007 234-235 58 p. 235
EditorBodo Brinkmann
TitleCranach der Ältere, [Frankfurt, Städel Museum, 23 Nov 2007 - 17 Feb 2008]
Place of PublicationOstfildern
Year of Publication2007
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Cat. Budapest 2003 32
EditorIldikó Ember, István Takács
TitleMuseum of Fine Arts Budapest. Old Masters' Gallery. Summary Catalogue, Vol. 3: German, Austrian, Bohemian and British Paintings
Volume3
Place of PublicationBudapest
Year of Publication2003
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Exhib. Cat. Tokyo 1994 B 049
EditorZsuzsa Urbach
TitleRenaissance Paintings from the Budapest Museum of Fine Arts
Place of PublicationTokyo
Year of Publication1994
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Koepplin 1988 153-190
AuthorDieter Koepplin
TitleKommet her zu mir alle. Das tröstliche Bild des Gekreuzigten nach dem Verständnis Luthers
Publicationin Kurt Löcher, ed., Martin Luther und die Reformation in Deutschland. Vorträge zur Ausstellung im Germanischen Nationalmuseum 1983, Wissenschaftliche Beibände zum Anzeiger des Germanischen Nationalmuseums, Bd. 8
Place of PublicationNuremberg
Year of Publication1988
Pages183-190
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 97 No. 134D
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
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Cat. Budapest 1967 166-167
AuthorAndor Pigler
TitleKatalog der Galerie Alter Meister I-II
Place of PublicationBudapest
Year of Publication1967
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  • The Double Intercession: the Virgin of Mercy and the Man of Sorrows Interceding for Mankind (The Three Plagues), about 1516 - 1518

Images

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Technical studies

06. 2014Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • UV-light photography
  • uv_light
  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
  • photographed by Ingo Sandner

06. 2014Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared Reflectography
  • irr

Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

Tools/Materials:

- fluid, black medium and brushes of varying widths

Type/Ductus:

- detailed and freehand underdrawing

- thin to somewhat broader lines

- hatching-strokes

Function:

- relatively binding for the final painted version; lines delineate contours and describe the essential details and the facial features; hatching-strokes serve the representation of volume

Deviations:

- alterations made during the painting process to clearly define form; some changes (e. g. the length of God the Father’s arrows)

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- workshop of Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Smith, Sandner, Heydenreich, cda 2014]

  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
  • photographed by Ingo Sandner
  • reverse

Support

- the panel has been thinned slightly and a cradle (sofwood) was attached to the reverse

- on the reverse there is a rebate, 0.8 cm in width along the top edge and 0.3 cm in width along the lower and right edges; there is no rebate along the left edge

- the panel has been trimmed slightly: c. 0.9 cm on the left side and c. 0.5 cm on the right side

[Herrschaft, cda 2014]

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