The Mass of St. Gregory

Title

[Ackland Art Museum, revised 2014]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Ackland Art Museum, revised 2014]

During the Elevation of the Host the Man of Sorrows appears to St Gregory. Gregory stands in front of the altarpiece, which is shown from the left side in this depiction. On or above the Mensa the Man of Sorrows appears in a bluish band of clouds in which the Stations of the Cross in the form of the Arma Christi (Instruments of the Passion) are symbolically illustrated. Gregory looks up over the raised host at Christ. Two officiating priests kneel behind him and hold the braiding on his chasuble. Other celebrants and members of the congregation are also represented. A bishop descending some steps can be seen through an open door in the background.

[cda 2016]

Attribution: Circle of Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Circle of Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Ackland Art Museum, revised 2014]

Production date: about 1550

Production date

about 1550

[Ackland Art Museum, revised 2014]

Dimensions: Dimensions of support: 86.4 x 61.9 cm (34 x 24 3/8 in.)

Dimensions

Dimensions of support: 86.4 x 61.9 cm (34 x 24 3/8 in.)
[Ackland Art Museum, revised 2014]

Signature / Dating: Artist's insignia, top right: winged serpent

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia, top right: winged serpent
[Ackland Art Museum, revised 2014]

Owner: Ackland Art Museum, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Ackland Fund
Repository: Ackland Art Museum, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Location: Chapel Hill

CDA ID: US_AAM_59-8-2
FR (1978) Nr.: FRSup006E
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/US_AAM_59-8-2/

Provenance

29.01.1914 sale Leon Hirsch, No. 46, New York
Ehrlich Galleries, New York
Long, W. Lunsford
Ackland Art Museum, North Carolina

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. Sup. 6E]

Exhibitions

Ackland Exhibitions
13 Mar 1959 - 31 Dec 1959 Anonymous Loans
26 Oct 1959 - 15 Dec 1959 Birth of a Museum
27 Sep 1970 - 17 Oct 1970 Ackland Collection (1970)
14 Jun 1986 - 24 Aug 1986 Likeness and Character: Portraits in the Ackland Art Museum
1990 Gallery Reinstallation: Middle Ages and Northern European Renaissance
2 Dec 1990 Gallery Reinstallation: European and 20th Century Art - newly conserved works
13 Nov 1998 - 14 Nov 1998 A Tribute to Joseph Sloane
17 Sep 2000 - 11 Jun 2001 Mass and Masterpiece: Celebrating the Eucharist in Renaissance and Baroque
2 Aug 2007 - 30 Jan 2008 16th - 17th Century Art from the Permanent Collection
30 Jan 2008 - 7 Aug 2011 Art and Religious Life in Early Modern Europe, 1400 - 1750
24 Jun 2011 - Permanent Collection - The Western Tradition

Literature

Reference on page

Catalogue Number

Figure / Plate

Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979

No. Sup 6E

Author	Max J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
Editor	G. Schwartz
Title	Die Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of Publication	Basel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication	1979

Show Literature

The Mass of St. Gregory, about 1550

Images

Conservation History

Date1988

Treatment carried out in 1988

[Ackland Art Museum, revised 2014]

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