The Lamentation

The Lamentation

Title

The Lamentation

[cda 2020]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[page from an auction catalogue, Galerie Fischer Lucerne, Nov. 1979; Koepplin Archive]

This representation of the lamentation shows a group of figures huddled around Christ’s limp corpse in the foreground. Mary Magdalene kneels in front of the dead Christ wearing a contemporary velvet dress and holding up his arms. St John is shown behind kneeling and supporting his torso. The three Marys

This representation of the lamentation shows a group of figures huddled around Christ’s limp corpse in the foreground. Mary Magdalene kneels in front of the dead Christ wearing a contemporary velvet dress and holding up his arms. St John is shown behind kneeling and supporting his torso. The three Marys are also present, pictured mourning the loss. The scene is set in a landscape with a dramatic threatening sky and the three crosses on the hill of Calvary are visible at the left in the background. A single leafy tree occupies the centre of the composition. The ointment jar and the crown of thorns have been positioned prominently in the foreground.

[cda 2020]

Attributions
Lucas Cranach the Elder
Circle of Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Expertise Max Friedländer, 1928; page from an auction catalogue, Galerie Fischer Lucerne, Nov. 1979; Koepplin Archive]

Circle of Lucas Cranach the Elder

'Cranach Schule'
[information on a glasplate negative, SMB, Gemäldegalerie, Fotoarchiv, 2021]

Production date
about 1515

Production date

about 1515

[Expertise Max Friedländer, 1928; page from an auction catalogue, Galerie Fischer Lucerne, Nov. 1979; Koepplin Archive]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 59.7 x 40.8 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 59.7 x 40.8 cm

  • [page from an auction catalogue, Galerie Fischer Lucerne, Nov. 1979; Koepplin Archive]

Signature / Dating

none

Owner
Private Collection
Repository
Private Collection
CDA ID
PRIVATE_NONE-P352
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P352/

Provenance

  • from the collection of Rudolf von Valentini (1855–1925), Head of Emperor Wilhelm II's Civil Cabinet
  • 1927, private collection, Stülpnagel, Potsdam
    [Information on a glass plate negative, SMB, Gemäldegalerie, Fotoarchiv, 2021]
  • since the 1930s the panel has repeatedly appeared on the Swiss art market
  • sale Galerie Fischer, Lucerne, Nov. 1979, lot. 1289
    [handwritten annotation on the reverse of a b/w photograph; Koepplin Archive]

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Weltkunst 1979 2786
Authorn. a.
Titlen. t.
JournalWeltkunst: Zeitschrift für Kunst und Antiquitäten
Year of Publication1979
Show Literature
  • The Lamentation, about 1515

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