The depiction of the crowning of thorns is characterized by the antagonism between the suffering Christ, who is presented looking at the viewer, in an almost statuesque stillness and the dramatic movement and gestures of the henchmen. A man dressed in a long fur-lined velvet robe mocks Christ with grimaces.
The depiction of the crowning of thorns is characterized by the antagonism between the suffering Christ, who is presented looking at the viewer, in an almost statuesque stillness and the dramatic movement and gestures of the henchmen. A man dressed in a long fur-lined velvet robe mocks Christ with grimaces. Pilate stands in the company of soldiers on a gallery, which divides the composition into two levels.
[see Elke A. Werner, Exhib. Cat. Berlin 2009, 215-216, No. IV.17]
- Attribution
- Lucas Cranach the Elder
Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder | [Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten, Berlin - Brandenburg, revised 2011] |
- Production date
- 1537
Production date
1537 | [dated] |
- Dimensions
- Dimensions of support: 152.6 x 113.5 cm
Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 152.6 x 113.5 cm
[Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten, Berlin - Brandenburg, revised 2011]
- Signature / Dating
Artist's insignia in the middle of the lower edge: winged serpent (with dropped wings) and date '1537'
Signature / Dating
Artist's insignia in the middle of the lower edge: winged serpent (with dropped wings) and date '1537'
- Owner
- Stiftung Preussische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg
- Repository
- Grunewald hunting lodge
- Location
- Grunewald
- CDA ID
- DE_SPSG_GKI1194
- FR (1978) Nr.
- FR372
- Persistent Link
- https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_SPSG_GKI1194/