Christ as the Man of Sorrows

Christ as the Man of Sorrows

Title

Christ as the Man of Sorrows

[cda 2021]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Auct. Cat. New York, 17.01.1986, lot 53]

Christ as the Man of Sorrows is depicted as a seated half-length figure against a dark neutral background. His body exhibits the wounds of his torture and is turned so it recedes into the pictorial space. In contrast his head, which is crowned with thorns and shown three-quarter profile is

Christ as the Man of Sorrows is depicted as a seated half-length figure against a dark neutral background. His body exhibits the wounds of his torture and is turned so it recedes into the pictorial space. In contrast his head, which is crowned with thorns and shown three-quarter profile is turned in the opposite direction and appears to seek eye contact with the viewer. His arms are crossed in front of him holding the instruments of his martyrdom – the scourge and fasces.

[cda 2021]

Attributions
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder
Lucas Cranach the Younger

Attributions

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[cda 2021]

Lucas Cranach the Younger

[D. Koepplin, handwritten on the copy of a page from an auction catalogue; Koepplin Archive]

Lucas Cranach the Elder

'ascribed to' [Auct. Cat. New York, 17.01.1986, lot 53]

Production date
about 1537

Production date

about 1537

[cda 2021]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 79 x 57 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 79 x 57 cm

  • [Auct. Cat. New York, 17.01.1986, lot 53]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia at the centre on the right: winged serpent

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia at the centre on the right: winged serpent

  • [Auct. Cat. New York, 17.01.1986, lot 53]

Owner
Private Collection
Repository
Private Collection
CDA ID
PRIVATE_NONE-P506
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P506/

Provenance

  • Lempertz, Cologne, 29.11.1968, lot 14
  • property of Dr. Paul Weiden, New York
  • sold at Sotheby's, New York, 17.01.1986, lot 53
    [Auct. Cat. New York, 17.01.1986, lot 53]
  • Christ as the Man of Sorrows, about 1537

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