The Lamentation with the Two Thieves Crucified

The Lamentation with the Two Thieves Crucified

Title

The Lamentation with the Two Thieves Crucified

[Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, revised 2013]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, revised 2013]

Christ's corpse rests on a white sheet in the foreground and is supported by St John. The Virgin kneels beside him dressed in a blue gown with her hands held in an attitude of prayer. Mary Magdalene wears a golden brocade dress and has fallen on her knees to kiss

Christ's corpse rests on a white sheet in the foreground and is supported by St John. The Virgin kneels beside him dressed in a blue gown with her hands held in an attitude of prayer. Mary Magdalene wears a golden brocade dress and has fallen on her knees to kiss Christ's wounds. Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimathea stand at the right edge of the painting holding the crown of thorns. In the background the two thieves are shown on their crosses against a deep blue sky. A mountainous landscape is visible in the background on the left.

[Herrschaft, cda 2013]

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, revised 2013]

Production date
about 1515

Production date

about 1515

[Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, revised 2013]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 38.1 x 26.7 cm (15 x 10 1/2 in.)

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 38.1 x 26.7 cm (15 x 10 1/2 in.)

  • [Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, revised 2013]

  • Dimensions of support: 29 x 17.5 cm

  • [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 66]

  • [Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974, 487, No. 337, Pl. 24]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia centre, on middle cross: winged serpent

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia centre, on middle cross: winged serpent

Owner
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Repository
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Location
Boston
CDA ID
US_MFA_1970-348
FR (1978) Nr.
FR066
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/US_MFA_1970-348/

Provenance

  • unknown Italian collection (possibly Colonna family, Rome?) [see note 1]
  • by 1969, Frederick Mont, Inc., New York
  • 1970, sold by Mont to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 13, 1970)
  • Seth K. Sweetser Fund

NOTES:
[1] According to a letter from Betty Mont of Frederick Mont, Inc., to the MFA (April 4, 1970), an inscription on the reverse of the painting reading "Colonna" suggests it was with the Colonna family in Rome. Because this inscription is not legible today, this cannot be verified. Mrs. Mont believed the original frame to have been made in Italy and date to the 16th century. An Italian label was removed from the reverse of the painting and the panel bears an old Italian inscription, "Lucas Cranach / Olandese del Sec.o XV" (Lucas Cranach / Dutch, 15th century [sic]).

[Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, revised 2013]

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Exhib. Cat. Prague 2005 48 (English version 23) under no. 2
EditorObrazárna Pražského hradu, Kaliopi Chamonikola
TitlePod znamením okrídleného hada. Lucas Cranach a ceské zeme. Under the winged Serpent. Lucas Cranach and the Czech Land
Place of PublicationPrague
Year of Publication2005
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 No. 66
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
Show Literature
Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974/1976 391, 487 337 Pl. 24
AuthorDieter Koepplin, Tilman Falk
TitleLukas Cranach. Gemälde, Zeichnungen und Druckgraphik
Volume1, 2
Place of PublicationBasel, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1974
Link http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-diglit-104522
Show Literature
  • The Lamentation with the Two Thieves Crucified, about 1515

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