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

[Christie's online database, accessed 10.09.2020]

The panel shows a full-length depiction of the Man of Sorrows, crowned with thorns against a dark background. 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

The panel shows a full-length depiction of the Man of Sorrows, crowned with thorns against a dark background. 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]

Inscribed with a coat of arms, probably those of Johannes Henckel von Donnersmarck (lower left)

[Christie's online database, accessed 10.09.2020]

Attributions
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[D. Koepplin, handwritten on the reverse of a b/w photograph; Koepplin Archive]

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Christie's online database, accessed 10.09.2020]

Production dates
about 1515 - 1520
1530

Production dates

about 1515 - 1520

[cda 2020]

1530

[dated, not genuine; D. Koepplin, handwritten on the reverse of a b/w photograph; Koepplin Archive]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 27.6 x 17.8 cm

Dimensions

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia at the right-hand side: serpent and dated '1530' (not genuine)

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia at the right-hand side: serpent and dated '1530' (not genuine)

Owner
Private Collection
Repository
Private Collection
CDA ID
PRIVATE_NONE-P438
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P438/

Provenance

  • (probably) commissioned by Johannes Henckel von Donnersmarck (1481-1539) [1]
  • private collection, Germany
  • sold, Christie's London, 20 July 1973, lot 217
  • private collection
  • sold, Christie's, London, 16.12.1998, lot 41
    [1] Henckel von Donnersmarck was born at Lentschau in 1481 and died at Breslau in 1539. A doctor of jurisprudence and priest in Kaschau, in 1522 he was appointed Court Chaplain to King Louis II of Hungary and from 1526-30 to the Dowager Queen Maria (according to a letter written by Mr. Victor Franco de Beaux to the present owner, dated 9 March 1993).
    [Christie's online database, accessed 10.09.2020]

Research History / Discussion

Another cropped version of this composition was sold at Neumeister, Munich, 08.12.1993, lot 501 [PRIVATE_NONE-P437].

[cda 2020]

  • Christ as the Man of Sorrows, about 1515 - 1520

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  • Christ as the Man of Sorrows, after 1515
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