The Head of Christ

Title

The Head of Christ

[cda 2020]

Painting on parchment (?), laminated on wood

Medium

Painting on parchment (?), laminated on wood

[cda 2020]

This small-scale painting showing a frontal depiction of the head of Christ was probably conceived as a sketch to be used in the workshop as a template for other paintings.

[cda 2020]

Attribution: Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[cda 2020]

Production date: about 1520 - 1540

Production date

about 1520 - 1540

[cda 2020]

Dimensions: Dimensions of support: 25 x 18 cm

Dimensions

Dimensions of support: 25 x 18 cm
[handwritten note on the reverse of a b/w photograph; Koepplin Archive]

Signature / Dating: none

Owner: Private Collection
Repository: Private Collection

CDA ID: PRIVATE_NONE-P388
FR (1978) Nr.: FR-none
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P388/

Provenance

whereabouts unknown
[cda 2020]

Research History / Discussion

Koepplin has sugested that it may be the companion piece of a female head now in the Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlung (Inv. no. 12475), 25.5 x 17.9 cm, parchment [DE_BStGS_12475].

[handwritten note D. Koepplin, Koepplin Archive]

The Head of Christ, about 1520 - 1540

Images

Citing from the Cranach Digital Archive

Entry with author: <author's name>, 'The Head of Christ', <title of document, data entry or image>. [<Date of document or image>], in: Cranach Digital Archive, https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P388/ (Accessed {{dateAccessed}})
Entry with no author: 'The Head of Christ', <title of document, data entry or image>. [<Date of document, entry or image>], in: Cranach Digital Archive, https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P388/ (Accessed {{dateAccessed}})

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