Christ on the Cross with a kneeling Donor

Christ on the Cross with a kneeling Donor

Title

Christ on the Cross with a kneeling Donor

[cda 2023]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Deutsche Fotothek, accessed 20.12.2023]

The crucifix is shown from the front and stands out against a dark background, which is relieved only at the bottom right by the depiction of a landscape with a hill. Drops of blood cover Christ's slender body, the stigmata mark his limbs and his loincloth billows out ornamentally either

The crucifix is shown from the front and stands out against a dark background, which is relieved only at the bottom right by the depiction of a landscape with a hill. Drops of blood cover Christ's slender body, the stigmata mark his limbs and his loincloth billows out ornamentally either side of him in a manner typical of Cranach. His head is inclined to the left, where the donor can be seen, kneeling with his hands folded in prayer, and acknowledging Christ as his Saviour. The Anhalt coat of arms is shown prominently at the foot of the cross.

[cda 2023]

Attributions
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder
Workshop of Lucas Cranach the Younger

Attributions

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Deutsche Fotothek, accessed 20.12.2023];
or Workshop of Cranach the Younger [cda 2023]

Workshop of Lucas Cranach the Younger

or Workshop of Cranach the Elder [cda 2023]

Production date
about 1540 - 1555

Production date

about 1540 - 1555

[cda 2023]

Dimensions
Dimensions including frame: 50 x 34 cm

Dimensions

Signature / Dating

none

Inscriptions and Labels

none

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

  • none

Owner
Private Collection
Repository
Private Collection
CDA ID
PRIVATE_NONE-P624
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P624/

Provenance

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Schade 1974 389, Fn. 641
AuthorWerner Schade
TitleDie Malerfamilie Cranach
Place of PublicationDresden
Year of Publication1974
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/schade1974
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Auct. Cat. Paris 1943 8, 9 047 pl. II.
EditorHôtel Drouot, Paris
TitleTableaux anciens et modernes: par ou attribués à L. Cranach ... et des écoles allemande, espagnole, flamande, francaise, hollandaise et italienne ; dessins, aquarelles, gouaches, miniatures par Debucourt [...], Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 18.06.1943
Place of PublicationParis
Year of Publication1943
Link https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.12484
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Research History / Discussion

Description in the Deutsche Fotothek: "Ausschnitt aus einem größeren Gemälde" (Detail (fragment) froom a larger image)

[Deutsche Fotothek, accessed 20.12.2023]

Werner Schade thinks the donor could be Joachim I of Anhalt.

[Schade 1974, 389, Fn. 641]

Similar to [PRIVATE_NONE-P170]

[cda 2023]

  • Christ on the Cross with a kneeling Donor, about 1540 - 1555

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