The Slaughter of the Innocents

Title

[Cat. Warsaw 2000, 56-59]

Painting on limewood

Medium

Painting on limewood

[Cat. Warsaw 2000, 56-59]

A scene of the massacre of the innocents with many figures is depicted in front of an elaborate renaissance architectural backdrop. The group consisting of soldiers and lamenting mothers is arranged circularly. The bodies of the murdered children lie in the centre. More children are torn from their mothers' arms by foot-soldiers and killed. King Herod and the court household watch the event from balconies. In the top left corner, beyond the architectural setting, the fleeing figures of the Virgin and Joseph with Jesus are visible.

[Görres, cda 2012]

Attributions: Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder
Master of the Mass of St Gregory

Attributions

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder	[Exhib. Cat. Wrocław 2017, no. 3] [Cat. Warsaw 2000, 56-59]
Master of the Mass of St Gregory	[Cat. Warsaw 2000, 56-59]

Production date: about 1515

Production date

about 1515

[Cat. Warsaw 2000, 56-59] [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 70A]

Dimensions: Dimensions of support: 122.5 x 85 cm

Dimensions

Dimensions of support: 122.5 x 85 cm
[Cat. Warsaw 2000, 56-59]

Signature / Dating: None

Inscriptions and Labels: Bottom: 'REVERENDVS VIR DOCTOR MARTINVS LVTHERVS NATVS ANO M.CCCC.LXXXIII.
IIII.ID. NOVEMB: HORA XI. ANTE MEDIAM NOCTEM IN OPPIDO CHERVUSCORVM …

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

Bottom:
'REVERENDVS VIR DOCTOR MARTINVS LVTHERVS NATVS ANO M.CCCC.LXXXIII.
IIII.ID. NOVEMB: HORA XI. ANTE MEDIAM NOCTEM IN OPPIDO CHERVUSCORVM ISLEBEA
IDEM MORTVVS EST ANO M.D.XLVI. XII CAL: MARTII. QVI FVIT DIES CONCORDIAE
IN PATRIA. ET SEPVLTVS EST WITEBERGAE IN TEMPLO ARCIS.'
[Görres, cda 2012]

Owner: Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie
Repository: Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie
Location: Warsaw

CDA ID: PL_MNW_MOb587
FR (1978) Nr.: FR070A
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/PL_MNW_MOb587/

Provenance

collection of Tomasz Zielinski, Kielce until ca 1850
Regulski Collection, Warsaw
Puslowski Collection, Cracow
during WW II taken to Gerany by Nazi authorities
in the MNW since 1946
[Cat. Warsaw 2000, 56-59]

Exhibitions

Warsaw 1961
Dresden 1971
Wrocław 2017, no. 3

Literature

Reference on page

Catalogue Number

Figure / Plate

Exhib. Cat. Wroclaw 2017

90-92

003

Fig. p. 91

Editor	Ewa Houszka, Marek Pierzchala
Title	Moda na Cranacha, Muzeum Narodowe we Wroclawiu, 31.10.2017-30.12.2017
Place of Publication	Wroclaw
Year of Publication	2017

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Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005

287, 288 Fn. 15

014 (mentioned under)

Fig. 131

Editor	Harald Marx, Karin Kolb, Ingrid Mössinger
Title	Cranach Anlässlich der Ausstellung Cranach vom 13. November 2005 bis 12. März 2006 in den Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz. Eine Ausstellung in Kooperation mit der Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister der Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen Dresden
Place of Publication	Cologne
Year of Publication	2005

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Cat. Warsaw 2000

56-59

Author	Bozena Steinborn, Antoni Ziemba
Title	Malarstwo Niemieckie Do 1600 Roku, Katalog Zbiorów. Deutsche Malerei bis 1600, Bestandskatalog
Place of Publication	Warsaw
Year of Publication	2000

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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979

70A

Author	Max J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
Editor	G. Schwartz
Title	Die Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of Publication	Basel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication	1979

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Research History / Discussion

According to Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 70A the painting in Warsaw is a 'replica', according to Koepplin, Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974, 540 it is 'an exact, artistically uninteresting copy' of the painting in Dresden (see related works).

[Görres, cda 2012]

The Slaughter of the Innocents, about 1515

Images

Technical studies

2000 - Technical Examination

Support

- six boards

[Cat. Warsaw 2000, 56-59]

Versions

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