Christ as the Man of Sorrows between the Virgin and St John

Christ as the Man of Sorrows between the Virgin and St John

Title

Christ as the Man of Sorrows between the Virgin and St John

[cda 2020]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[cda 2020]

Christ as the Man of Sorrows is shown seated on the edge of his sarcophagus, displaying his wounds and bearing the crown of thorns on his head. Mary and St John flank Christ, with the former weeping into her robe and the latter with his hands clasped in prayer. Apart

Christ as the Man of Sorrows is shown seated on the edge of his sarcophagus, displaying his wounds and bearing the crown of thorns on his head. Mary and St John flank Christ, with the former weeping into her robe and the latter with his hands clasped in prayer. Apart from the edge of the tomb the background is one of unrelieved darkness without the angels featured in the previous compositions.

[cda 2020]

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

Attributions

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

? [cda 2020]

Workshop of Lucas Cranach the Younger

? [cda 2020]

Production date
after 1537

Production date

after 1537

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 383A]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: no information available

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: no information available

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia on the sarcophagus: serpent [authenticity questioned by D. Koepplin, handwritten on the reverse of a photograph, 2011; Koepplin Archive]

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia on the sarcophagus: serpent [authenticity questioned by D. Koepplin, handwritten on the reverse of a photograph, 2011; Koepplin Archive]

Owner
Pinacoteca Vaticana, Roma
Repository
Pinacoteca Vaticana, Roma
Location
Rome
CDA ID
VA_MVP_40275
FR (1978) Nr.
FR383A
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/VA_MVP_40275/

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 383A
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932 87 309a
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1932
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/friedlaender1932
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  • Christ as the Man of Sorrows between the Virgin and St John, after 1537

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