The panel depicts a scene on Calvary with many figures. Christ and the two thieves occupy an area covered by dark clouds in the upper third of the panel. The crosses of the thieves project diagonally into the pictorial space. A group with the three Marys and St John can
The panel depicts a scene on Calvary with many figures. Christ and the two thieves occupy an area covered by dark clouds in the upper third of the panel. The crosses of the thieves project diagonally into the pictorial space. A group with the three Marys and St John can be seen to the left of Christ and on the right-hand side the henchmen gamble for the robe of the crucified. Underneath the cross we see a group of men on horseback and soldiers, among them the converted centurion, who looks up at Christ and points upwards. The central third of the painting shows a forest of lances and pikes against the backdrop of the sky.
[Görres, cda 2015]
- Attributions
-
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder
Lucas Cranach the Elder
Attributions
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder | [Klingen, Cat. Dessau 1996, 32] |
Lucas Cranach the Elder | [Exhib. Cat. Berlin 1983, 364f., Fig. 326, No. E 58][1] [1] [Klingen, Cat. Dessau 1996, 32] |
Lucas Cranach the Younger | [Exhib. Cat. Chemniz 2005, 348, 349][2] [1] [Klingen, Cat. Dessau 1996, 32] |
- Production dates
- about 1537 - 1538
after 1537
Production dates
about 1537 - 1538 | [Klingen, Cat. Dessau 1996, 32] |
after 1537 | [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, 149] [Exhib. Cat. Weimar 1972, 173, 79, No. 68a] |
- Dimensions
- Dimensions of support: 121.5 x 83.8 x 1.3 cm
Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 121.5 x 83.8 x 1.3 cm
Dimensions including frame: 136 x 99.3 x 7.1 cm (+ 1.1cm)
[Anhaltische Gemälde-Galerie, revised 2011]
- Signature / Dating
Artist's insignia bottom left of the centre in front of the kneeling figure: winged serpent
Signature / Dating
Artist's insignia bottom left of the centre in front of the kneeling figure: winged serpent
[CDA 2011]
- Inscriptions and Labels
Reverse of the panel: - in the top left quarter of the cradle:
paper label 'Gemäldegalerie Dessau / Werkstatt-Tagebuch …Inscriptions and Labels
Stamps, Seals, Labels:
Reverse of the panel: - in the top left quarter of the cradle:
paper label 'Gemäldegalerie Dessau / Werkstatt-Tagebuch Nr. [stamp-printed] 491 [handwritten with a feather in brown-black]'
- top in the centre:
paper label with a handwritten inscription in blue ink 'Cranach, Lukas, 16 kreuzigung Christi / Jst 1503 Staat 6 GV394'
Reverse of the frame:
- top left:
paper label 'Gemäldegalerie Dessau / Werkstatt-Tagebuch Nr. [stamp-printed]
491 [handwritten with a feather in brown-black]
- bottom right:
paper label 'Staatliche Galerie Dessau / Gesamtverzeichnis / Nr. [printed] 394 [handwritten in pencil]
- beside this:
paper label, not legible, ending with the no. '2053 (?)'
[Anhaltische Gemälde-Galerie, revised 2011]
- Owner
- Anhaltische Gemälde-Galerie, Dessau
- Repository
- Anhaltische Gemälde-Galerie, Dessau
- Location
- Dessau
- CDA ID
- DE_AGGD_16
- FR (1978) Nr.
- FR377C
- Persistent Link
- https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_AGGD_16/