Man of Sorrows

Man of Sorrows

Title

Man of Sorrows

[Muzeum Narodowe w Poznaniu, revised 2018]

Painting on beech

Medium

Painting on beech

[Muzeum Narodowe w Poznaniu, revised 2018]

The panel shows a full-length depiction of the Man of Sorrows seated in front of a rocky landscape. His body is covered with wounds and he is wearing the crown of thorns on his head. Supporting his head with his right hand he gazes out at the viewer. Eight angels

The panel shows a full-length depiction of the Man of Sorrows seated in front of a rocky landscape. His body is covered with wounds and he is wearing the crown of thorns on his head. Supporting his head with his right hand he gazes out at the viewer. Eight angels look down on him from the upper edge of the painting.

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder (and Workshop)

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder (and Workshop)

[Muzeum Narodowe w Poznaniu, revised 2018] [Exhib. Cat. Wrocław 2017, no. 38]

Production date
about 1545

Production date

about 1545

(?) [Muzeum Narodowe w Poznaniu, revised 2018]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 51 x 35.5 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 51 x 35.5 cm

  • [Muzeum Narodowe w Poznaniu, revised 2018]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia centre left: winged serpent with dropped wings

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia centre left: winged serpent with dropped wings

Owner
Muzeum Narodowe w Poznaniu
Repository
Muzeum Narodowe we Wroclawiu
Location
Wroclaw
CDA ID
PL_MNP_Mo472
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PL_MNP_Mo472/

Provenance

  • in the collection of Thomas Rehdiger in Breslau (Wroclaw)
  • 1575 bequeathed by Rehdiger to the City of Breslau (Wroclaw)
  • 1863 Breslau, Paintings Gallery in the Ständehaus
  • 1898 property of the Schlesisches Museum für Kunstgewerbe und Altertümer
  • 1943 evacuated to the repository in Luisdorf (Lojowice kolo Strzelina)
  • 1950 transferred from the Muzeum Slaskie (Silesian Museum) in Breslau (Wroclaw) to the repository in Narozno Bozków, from where it was transferred in 1950 to the Muzeum Narodowe in Posen (Poznan)
  • since 2005 deposited in the Muzeum Narodowe in Wroclaw
    [Muzeum Narodowe w Poznaniu, revised 2018]

Exhibitions

Wrocław 2017, no. 38

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Exhib. Cat. Wroclaw 2017 176-178 038 Fig. p. 177
EditorEwa Houszka, Marek Pierzchala
TitleModa na Cranacha, Muzeum Narodowe we Wroclawiu, 31.10.2017-30.12.2017
Place of PublicationWroclaw
Year of Publication2017
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Cat. Wroclaw 2012 No. 20
AuthorBeata Lejman
TitleMalarstwo Europy Srodkowej XVI-XVIII w. Niemcy, Austria, Czechy, Wegry, Slowacja, Katalog zbiorów, Muzeum Narodowe we Wroclawiu
Place of PublicationWroclaw
Year of Publication2012
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Oszczanowski 2012 205, note 481
AuthorPiotr Oszczanowski
TitleZloty medalion oprawiony czterema diamentami. Dziela Gerharda Hendrika z Amsterdamu z poczatku XVII wieku w Olesnicy
Place of PublicationWroclaw
Year of Publication2012
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Houszka 1998 15, 16 Fig. 4
AuthorEwa Houszka
EditorP. Lukaszewicz, Muzeum Narodowe we Wroclawiu
TitlePrehistoria wroclawskich muzeów
PublicationIn Piotra Łukaszewicza, ed.,: Muzea sztuki w dawnym Wroclawiu
Place of PublicationWroclaw
Year of Publication1998
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Stephan 1946
AuthorBernhard Stephan
TitleInventarisationsverzeihnis der zur Zeit im Schlossmuseum befindlichen Kunstgegenstände, mps w Gabinecie Dokumentów MNWroclaw
Place of PublicationWroclaw
Year of Publication1946
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Cat. Wroclaw 1863 37 No. 637
TitleKatalog der Bilder-Galerie im Ständehause zu Breslau, Dritte vermehrte Ausgabe
Place of PublicationWroclaw
Year of Publication1863
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Kalinka 1852 34
AuthorWalerian Kalinka
TitleZbiory starożytności polskich w Paryżu
JournalPrzegląd Poznański
Place of PublicationPoznań
Issue15
Year of Publication1852
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  • Man of Sorrows, about 1545

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