The painting depicts the Risen Christ triumphant over Death holding the victory banner in his right hand. This incident is not described in the bible, and is based on early Christian apocryphal writings. Christ stands on the sarcophagus, wearing a red cloak and is surrounded by an almost white glorious
The painting depicts the Risen Christ triumphant over Death holding the victory banner in his right hand. This incident is not described in the bible, and is based on early Christian apocryphal writings. Christ stands on the sarcophagus, wearing a red cloak and is surrounded by an almost white glorious light. He seems to have overcome the results of the passion: the wounds on his hands and his feet are only barely visible, and the wound on his side is no longer there.
In the foreground the soldiers slowly awake from their slumber.
[see Elke A. Werner, Exhib. Cat. Berlin 2009, 219, No. IV.22]
- Attribution
- Lucas Cranach the Elder
Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder | [Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten, Berlin - Brandenburg, revised 2011] |
- Production date
- about 1537 - 1538
Production date
about 1537 - 1538 | [Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten, Berlin - Brandenburg, revised 2011] |
- Dimensions
- Dimensions of support: 150.6 x 111.8 cm
Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 150.6 x 111.8 cm
[Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten, Berlin - Brandenburg, revised 2011]
- Signature / Dating
none
- Owner
- Stiftung Preussische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg
- Repository
- Grunewald hunting lodge
- Location
- Grunewald
- CDA ID
- DE_SPSG_GKI1189
- FR (1978) Nr.
- FR374C
- Persistent Link
- https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_SPSG_GKI1189/