Christ as Man of Sorrows

Christ as Man of Sorrows

Title

Christ as Man of Sorrows

[Exhib. Cat. Brussels 2010, No. 155]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Exhib. Cat. Brussels 2010, No. 155]

Christ as the Man of Sorrows is depicted as a seated half-length figure against a black background. His body is covered in blood and is turned to the right, whereas his head faces to the left in three-quarters profile and is crowned with thorns. Christ has raised both hands to

Christ as the Man of Sorrows is depicted as a seated half-length figure against a black background. His body is covered in blood and is turned to the right, whereas his head faces to the left in three-quarters profile and is crowned with thorns. Christ has raised both hands to his chest and looking directly at the viewer he presents his wounds. Below there is a gaping side-wound from which a stream of blood flows towards Christ's lap where the tools of martyrdom rest.

[Görres, cda 2014]

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Exhib. Cat. Brussels 2010, No. 116]

Production date
after 1537

Production date

after 1537

[Exhib. Cat. Brussels 2010, No. 155]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 50 x 33 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 50 x 33 cm

  • [Exhib. Cat. Brussels 2010, No. 155]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia at the bottom left: winged serpent with dropped wings, facing right

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia at the bottom left: winged serpent with dropped wings, facing right

  • [Exhib. Cat. Brussels 2010, No. 155]

Owner
Private Collection
Repository
Private Collection
CDA ID
PRIVATE_NONE-P051
FR (1978) Nr.
FR381
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P051/

Provenance

  • 1912 sale Munich
  • Watzdorff-Lindenau Collection
  • 1930 Hamburger Kunsthalle
  • T. Gilbert Brouilette Collection, New York
  • E. Williams Cooper Collection, Kansas
  • 1954 Bob Jones University, Greenville/South Carolina
  • 1965 Museo de Arte, Ponce/Puerto Rico
  • private collection

[Exhib. Cat. Brussels 2010, No. 155]
[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 381]

Exhibitions

Brussels/Paris 2010/2011, No. 155
Madrid, No. 148

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Exhib. Cat. Brussels 2010 234 155 pp. 234, 258
EditorBozarbooks & Lannoo, Guido Messling
TitleDie Welt des Lucas Cranach. Ein Künstler im Zeitalter von Dürer, Tizian und Metsys [anlässlich der Ausstellung "Die Welt des Lucas Cranach", Palast der Schönen Künste, Brüssel, 20. Oktober 2010 - 23. Januar 2011]
Place of PublicationBrussels
Year of Publication2010
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Exhib. Cat. Madrid 2007/2008 148
EditorFernando Checa
TitleDurero y Cranach. Arte y Humanismo en la Alemania del Renacimiento [Madrid, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza]
Place of PublicationMadrid
Year of Publication2007
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 381
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
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Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974/1976 451 291
AuthorDieter Koepplin, Tilman Falk
TitleLukas Cranach. Gemälde, Zeichnungen und Druckgraphik
Volume1, 2
Place of PublicationBasel, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1974
Link http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-diglit-104522
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Cat. Ponce 1965 45-46
AuthorJulius S. Held
TitleCatalogue 1. Paintings of the European and American schools
Place of PublicationPonce
Year of Publication1965
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Cat. Greenville 1954 88
AuthorHans Tietze, Erika Tietze-Conrat
TitleThe Bob Jones University Collection of Religious Paintings
Place of PublicationGreenville/South Carolina
Year of Publication1954
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932 307
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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Cat. Hamburg 1930 30 640
Authorn. a.
TitleKunsthalle zu Hamburg. Katalog der Alten Meister
Place of PublicationHamburg
IssueThird edition
Year of Publication1930
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Knapp 1913 16
AuthorFritz Knapp
TitleWürzburg und seine Sammlungen
JournalMünchner Jahrbuch der bildenden Kunst
Issue8
Year of Publication1913
Pages97-142
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  • Christ as Man of Sorrows, after 1537

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Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

- an underdrawing is not clearly distinguishable from the painted version; some lines executed in a dry drawing material (dark chalk?) in the hands and loin cloth; brush lines appear to belong to the painted version

- diligent underdrawing, binding for the painted version

[Smith, Sandner, Heydenreich cda 2014]

  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich

Versions

Man of Sorrows
  • Man of Sorrows, about 1538
  • DE_SHSCGF_XI182
  • Painting
  • Stiftung der Herzog von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha'schen Familie

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