The Crucifixion

The Crucifixion

Title

The Crucifixion

[cda 2019]

Painting on wood (?)

Medium

Painting on wood (?)

[cda 2019]

Christ on the cross is shown between the two thieves against the background of an expansive landscape with a town; at the left side the Virgin is supported by St John and Mary Magdalene.

Attributions
Follower of Lucas Cranach the Elder
Circle of Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Follower of Lucas Cranach the Elder

[handwritten annotation D. Koepplin on the reverse of a photograph in the D. Koepplin Archive, painting seen in 1970]

Production date
about 1515 - 1525

Production date

about 1515 - 1525

[cda 2019]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 51 × 33.5 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 51 × 33.5 cm

  • [handwritten annotation D. Koepplin on the reverse of a photograph in the D. Koepplin Archive, 1970]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia under the cross on a stone: serpent with elevated wings (probably not genuine)

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia under the cross on a stone: serpent with elevated wings (probably not genuine)

Inscriptions and Labels

Above the cross: 'INRI'

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

  • Above the cross: 'INRI'

Owner
Private Collection
Repository
Private Collection
CDA ID
PRIVATE_NONE-P309
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P309/

Provenance

  • formerly in a swiss private collection
  • stolen in November 2009
    [section from the newspaper: Tagesanzeiger, 12.12.2009 "Bilderraub in Züricher Vorortsvillen" in the D. Koepplin Archive]
    [https://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/service/archiv/; accessed 26.09.2019]
  • The Crucifixion, about 1515 - 1525

Images

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Citing from the Cranach Digital Archive

Entry with author
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Entry with no author
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