The Deposition

Titles

The Deposition	[Exhib. Cat. Wroclaw 2017, No. 4]
The Lamentation of Christ	[Cat. Breslau 1886, 37, no. 56] [Cat. Breslau 1926, 20, no. 56]

Painting on spruce

Medium

Painting on spruce	[Exhib. Cat. Wroclaw 2017, no. 4] [Cat. Breslau 1926, 20, no. 56]
Painting on poplar	[Cat. Breslau 1886, 37, no. 56]

This representation of the Lamentation draws on a composition conceived by Cranach the Elder for his woodcut series The Passion (c. 1509). Christ is shown at centre, surrounded by the Virgin, St John, Mary Magdalene, Nicodemus, Joseph and two other women. The crown of thorns and three nails are illustrated in the right foreground, while a deminutative donor figure is shown kneeling in prayer at the left. A set of keys hangs from his right arm. The figurative group is set against a landscape showing Mount Golgotha on the right and an Alpine scene beyond.

[cda 2020]

Attributions: Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder (?)
Circle of Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder (?)	[Exhib. Cat. Wroclaw 2017, no. 4]
Circle of Lucas Cranach the Elder	[cda 2018]
Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder	[Cat. Breslau 1926, 20, no. 56]
German Master	[Cat. Breslau 1886, 37, no. 56]

Production date: 1516

Production date

1516

[dated]

Dimensions: Dimensions of support: 81 x 62 cm

Dimensions

Dimensions of support: 81 x 62 cm
[Exhib. Cat. Wroclaw 2017, no. 4]

Signature / Dating: Dated at the bottom left: '1516'

Signature / Dating

Dated at the bottom left: '1516'
[cda 2018]

Owner: Muzeum Narodowe we Wroclawiu
Repository: Muzeum Narodowe we Wroclawiu
Location: Wroclaw

CDA ID: PL_MNWr_VIII-2663
FR (1978) Nr.: FR-none
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/PL_MNWr_VIII-2663/

Provenance

from the monastery buildings of St Vincent and St James Cathedral, Wroclaw
transferred from the Royal University Cabinet of Art and Antiquities (Kunst und Antikenkabinet der Kgl. Universität) to the Silesian Museum of Fine Arts, Wroclaw
(listed in the catalogue from 1886)
[Cat. Breslau 1926, 20, no. 56]

Exhibitions

Wroclaw 2017, no. 4

Literature

Reference on page

Catalogue Number

Figure / Plate

Exhib. Cat. Wroclaw 2017

92-94

004

Fig. p. 93

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

Show Literature

Cat. Breslau 1926

Author	Heinz Braune, Erich Wiese
Title	Katalog der Gemälde und Skulpturen. Schlesisches Museum der Bildenden Künste Breslau. VI Auflage
Place of Publication	Breslau
Year of Publication	1926

Show Literature

Cat. Breslau 1886

056

Author	Robert Kahl
Title	Schlesisches Museum der Bildenden Künste zu Breslau. Beschreibendes Verzeichnis der Gemälde
Place of Publication	Breslau
Year of Publication	1886

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Research History / Discussion

In the Breslau catalogue from 1926 the painting is described as a copy after 'The Lamentation' [Hollstein 21] from Cranach the Elder's woodcut series: The Passion.

[Cat. Breslau 1926, 20, no. 56]

The painting had formerly been attributed to a pupil of Dürer, and exhibits characteristics of the upper german style, especially that typical of Regensburg, while the landscape shows similarities with those of Albrecht Altdorfer.

[Cat. Breslau 1886, 37, no. 56]

The Deposition, 1516

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