Christ is depicted frontally on the cross. The centurion sits on a white horse beneath the cross and looks up. The thieves are shown on the left and right edges of the panel. All the other biblical characters have been omitted from this composition.
- Attributions
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Lucas Cranach the Elder
Lucas Cranach the Younger
Attributions
Lucas Cranach the Elder | [Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, revised 2011] |
Lucas Cranach the Younger | [Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, revised 2011] |
- Production date
- 1539
Production date
1539 | [dated] |
- Dimensions
- Dimensions of support: 51.5 x 34 cm
Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 51.5 x 34 cm
[Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, revised 2011]
- Signature / Dating
Artist's insignia bottom right: Monogramme 'LC' (linked) and dated '1539'
Signature / Dating
Artist's insignia bottom right: Monogramme 'LC' (linked) and dated '1539'
[Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, revised 2010]
- Inscriptions and Labels
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at the top edge:
'VATER IN DEIN HENT BEFIL ICH MEIN GAIST' -
under Christ's cross:
'WARLICH DISER MENSCH IST GOTES …Inscriptions and Labels
Inscriptions, Badges:
- at the top edge:
'VATER IN DEIN HENT BEFIL ICH MEIN GAIST'
- under Christ's cross:
'WARLICH DISER MENSCH IST GOTES SON GEWEST'
- Owner
- Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen
- Repository
- Staatsgalerie im Schloss Johannisburg, Aschaffenburg
- Location
- Aschaffenburg
- CDA ID
- DE_BStGS_13255
- FR (1978) Nr.
- FR378
- Persistent Link
- https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_BStGS_13255/
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