The Lamentation of Christ with Saints Wolfgang and Helen and Unidentified Donors

The Lamentation of Christ with Saints Wolfgang and Helen and Unidentified Donors

Title

The Lamentation of Christ with Saints Wolfgang and Helen and Unidentified Donors

[Cat. Budapest 2003, 28-29]

Painting on wood, transferred to canvas

Medium

Painting on wood, transferred to canvas

[Cat. Budapest 2003, 28-29]

Christ's corpse is depicted at the centre of the image resting on a white cloth and supported by St John. The Virgin embraces her dead son and Mary Magdalene kisses the wound on his right hand. Christ's left hand is held by one of the women in mourning. The scene

Christ's corpse is depicted at the centre of the image resting on a white cloth and supported by St John. The Virgin embraces her dead son and Mary Magdalene kisses the wound on his right hand. Christ's left hand is held by one of the women in mourning. The scene is completed by two other women as well as Nikodemus and Joseph of Arimathea. Behind them the two thieves still hang on their crosses and in the background there is a hilly landscape. Sts Wolfgang and Helen stand with their respective attributes on the left and right in the foreground. The donor family kneels between them.

[Herrschaft, cda 2014]

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Cat. Budapest 2003, 28-29]

Production date
about 1515 - 1516

Production date

about 1515 - 1516

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, 85, No. 076]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 165 x 122.5 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 165 x 122.5 cm

  • Painted surface: 163.5 x 120.5 cm

  • [cda 2014]

Signature / Dating

none

Owner
Szépmuvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
Repository
Szépmuvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
Location
Budapest
CDA ID
HU_SMB_138
FR (1978) Nr.
FR076
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/HU_SMB_138/

Provenance

  • 1871 collection Esterházy
    [Cat. Budapest 2003, 28-29]

Exhibitions

Dresden 1899, No. 144
Budapest 1953, No. 38
Tokyo 1994, No. 48

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Heydenreich 2021 B 63
AuthorGunnar Heydenreich
TitleHans Kemmer: Spuren künstlerischer Gestaltungsprozesse. Teil II: Wittenberg
Publicationin Dagmar Täube, ed., Lucas Cranach der Ältere und Hans Kemmer. Meistermaler zwischen Renaissance und Reformation [Lübeck, St. Annen-Museum]
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication2021
Pages59-69
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Exhib. Cat. Prague 2005 48 (English version 23) under no. 2
EditorObrazárna Pražského hradu, Kaliopi Chamonikola
TitlePod znamením okrídleného hada. Lucas Cranach a ceské zeme. Under the winged Serpent. Lucas Cranach and the Czech Land
Place of PublicationPrague
Year of Publication2005
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Cat. Budapest 2003 28-29
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 048
EditorZsuzsa Urbach
TitleRenaissance Paintings from the Budapest Museum of Fine Arts
Place of PublicationTokyo
Year of Publication1994
Show Literature
Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 85 No. 76 Fig. 76
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 164
AuthorAndor Pigler
TitleKatalog der Galerie Alter Meister I-II
Place of PublicationBudapest
Year of Publication1967
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932 144 Fig. 144
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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Flechsig 1900 B Pl. 19
AuthorEduard Flechsig
TitleTafelbilder Lucas Cranachs d. Ä. und seiner Werkstatt
Volume1, 2
Place of PublicationLeipzig
Year of Publication1900
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/flechsig1900tafeln
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Exhib. Cat. Dresden 1899 144
EditorKarl Woermann
TitleDeutsche Kunstausstellung Dresden 1899. Abteilung Cranach-Ausstellung. Wissenschaftliches Verzeichnis der ausgestellten Werke
Place of PublicationDresden
Year of Publication1899
Link http://resolver.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/SBB00002A2400000000
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  • The Lamentation of Christ with Saints Wolfgang and Helen and Unidentified Donors, about 1515 - 1516

Images

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  • overall
  • reverse
  • irr
  • uv_light

Technical studies

06. 2014Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared Reflectography
  • irr

Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

- an underdrawing is not readily visible

INTERPRETATION

- at the bottom left it is apparent that the donor was shifted to the right (the initial drawing of St Wolfgang is covered)

[Smith, Sandner, Heydenreich, cda 2014]

  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
  • photographed by Ingo Sandner

06. 2014Technical examination / Scientific analysis

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

Support

- the panel painting has been transferred to a fabric support (linen-cotton mix)

- in the left quarter the joins of the original wooden support can be discerned as vertical lines in the painted surface, furthermore irregularities in the original wooden support have also left their mark

[Herrschaft, cda 2014]

Condition Reports

Date2014 -

  • the distinct Craquelée reveals a lot about the structure of the original wooden support

  • partial blooming in the varnish in the sky and particularly in the tree

  • extensive retouching

  • examined by Jana Herrschaft

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