Christ on the Mount of Olives

Christ on the Mount of Olives

Title

Christ on the Mount of Olives

[cda 2020]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[cda 2020]

Positioned at the centre of the composition Christ kneels on a circular rocky plateau in the garden of Gethsemane awaiting the agony of the Passion. He looks up to the left with his arms raised. There a choir of cherubs in a cloud hold the tools of the passion. The

Positioned at the centre of the composition Christ kneels on a circular rocky plateau in the garden of Gethsemane awaiting the agony of the Passion. He looks up to the left with his arms raised. There a choir of cherubs in a cloud hold the tools of the passion. The sleeping apostles occupy the foreground of the composition, while in the background the soldiers, who will subsequently arrest Christ, can be seen approaching.

[cda 2020]

Attributions
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[D. Koepplin, handwritten on a sheet of paper; Koepplin Archive]

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Page from an auction catalogue, Sotheby's, London, 12.12.1979, lot 96; Koepplin Archive]

Production date
about 1520 - 1525

Production date

about 1520 - 1525

[D. Koepplin, handwritten on a sheet of paper; Koepplin Archive]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 45.5 x 33.5 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 45.5 x 33.5 cm

  • [Page from an auction catalogue, Sotheby's, London, 12.12.1979, lot 96; Koepplin Archive]

Signature / Dating

None

Owner
Private Collection
Repository
Private Collection
CDA ID
PRIVATE_NONE-P431
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P431/

Provenance

  • auction, Sotheby's, London, 12.12.1979, lot 96
    [A page from an auction catalogue, Sotheby's, London, 12.12.1979, lot 96; Koepplin Archive]
  • Christ on the Mount of Olives, about 1520 - 1525

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