Christ as the Man of Sorrows

Christ as the Man of Sorrows

Title

Christ as the Man of Sorrows

[cda 2020]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[typed on paper attached to the reverse of a b/w photograph; Koepplin Archive]

The fragment would have originally shown a full-length depiction of the Man of Sorrows, crowned with thorns against a dark background, but at some stage the format was cropped to just below Christ’s waist. He appears hunched together, his body exhibiting the wounds inflicted on him, but nevertheless he inclines

The fragment would have originally shown a full-length depiction of the Man of Sorrows, crowned with thorns against a dark background, but at some stage the format was cropped to just below Christ’s waist. He appears hunched together, his body exhibiting the wounds inflicted on him, but nevertheless he inclines his head to his right to catch the spectator’s gaze. He is flanked on either side by a cherub, holding the instruments of his martyrdom.

[cda 2020]

Attributions
Lucas Cranach the Elder and workshop
Lucas Cranach the Younger

Attributions

Lucas Cranach the Elder and workshop

[D. Koepplin, handwritten on a letter from Neumeister, Munich, 21.04.1993; Koepplin Archive]

Lucas Cranach the Younger

[typed on paper attached to the reverse of a b/w photograph; Koepplin Archive]

Production dates
after 1515
1550

Production dates

after 1515

[cda 2020]

1550

[dated, possibly not genuine]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 18 x 17.8 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 18 x 17.8 cm

  • [typed on paper attached to the reverse of a b/w photograph; Koepplin Archive]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia at the right-hand side: serpent and dated '15[5]0' (possibly not genuine)

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia at the right-hand side: serpent and dated '15[5]0' (possibly not genuine)

Inscriptions and Labels
  • on the reverse of the frame: 'Prof. Karl Stumpf gekauft'

Inscriptions and Labels

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

    • on the reverse of the frame: 'Prof. Karl Stumpf gekauft'
Owner
Private Collection
Repository
Private Collection
CDA ID
PRIVATE_NONE-P437
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P437/

Provenance

  • formerly collection of Karl Friedrich Stumpf-Brentano, Innsbruck
  • Neumeister, Munich
    [typed on paper attached to the reverse of a b/w photograph; Koepplin Archive]
  • auction Neumeister, Munich, 08.12.1993
    [cda 2020]

Research History / Discussion

Another uncropped version of this composition was sold at Christie's, London, 16.10.1998, lot 41 [PRIVATE_NONE-P438].

[cda 2020]

  • Christ as the Man of Sorrows, after 1515

Images

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Versions

Christ as the Man of Sorrows
  • Christ as the Man of Sorrows, about 1515 - 1520
  • PRIVATE_NONE-P438
  • Painting
  • Private Collection

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