The Crucifixion with the Converted Centurion

Title

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Painting on oak wood

Medium

Painting on oak wood

[Letter to D. Koepplin from M. Canals, 01.02.2010; Koepplin Archive]

This painting is a simplified copy of a work by Cranach the Elder and represents an episode from the Bible: as Christ utters His final words ('Father, into Thy hands I commend my spirit'), a Roman centurion experiences a religious conversion. Here Christ is silhouetted against a dark and troubled sky at the point of death. In contrast the centurion who enters from the left astride a white horse exudes energy. Clothed in contemporary attire he looks up at Christ and recognises that 'Truly this man was the Son of God'. The composition is framed by the good and the bad thief.

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Attribution: Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Letter to M. Canals from D. Koepplin, 04.03.2010; Koepplin Archive]

Production date: after 1600

Production date

after 1600

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Dimensions: Dimensions of support: 77 x 51.5 cm

Dimensions

Dimensions of support: 77 x 51.5 cm
[Letter to D. Koepplin from M. Canals, 01.02.2010; Koepplin Archive]

Signature / Dating: none

Inscriptions and Labels

above the cross: 'I.N.R.I'

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

- above the cross:
'I.N.R.I'

Owner: Private Collection
Repository: Private Collection

CDA ID: PRIVATE_NONE-P581
FR (1978) Nr.: FR-none
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P581/

Provenance

2010, private collection, Spain
[Letter to D. Koepplin from M. Canals, 01.02.2010; Koepplin Archive]

Research History / Discussion

Simplified copy after a version by Cranach the Elder now in Seville: [ES_MBAS_CE0028P] and dated 1538.

Other versions of this subject include the smaller formats: [US_NGA_1961-9-69], dated 1536; [US_YUAG_1959-15-23], dated 1538 and [DE_BStGS_13255], dated 1539.

A later version somewhat smaller in format is also known: [DE_BNMM-FGK_R35].

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The Crucifixion with the Converted Centurion, after 1600

Images

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