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The Crucifixion
Lucas Cranach the Elder1506-1520
SMK - Statens Museum for Kunst
Copenhagen, Denmark
Details
- Title: The Crucifixion
- Creator: Lucas Cranach the Elder
- Date Created: 1506-1520
- Værktekst: Cranach produced countless representations of the Crucifixion, both before and after the Reformation. One of the most famous is that from 1503 in Munich (Alte Pinakothek, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen); it is a clearly pre-Reformation work on account of the almost physical obtrusiveness towards the viewer. Cranach’s late Crucifixions, and late works in general, are on the other hand tied to the surface of the picture and make no attempt to reproduce a convincing effect of reality. This Crucifixion is moving in the direction of this flat effect - it is, among other things this that produces the "stiffness" and the emblematic quality in the representation of figures - but it is still a spatial image that formally invites the viewer to participate in the scene. In addition, The Crucifixion is a good example of a motif that could be incorporated without problem into the Reformation repertoire. Luther greatly preferred the historical portrayal of the Crucifixion rather than the iconic in which the Crucifixion is isolated outside time and place.
- Teknik: Olie på træ
- Proveniens: Overdraget fra Gottorp Slot 1814
- Provenance: Acquired 1814
- Physical Dimensions: w46.5 x h67 cm (Without frame)
- Dansk link: http://www.smk.dk/index.php?id=2900
- Dansk Titel: Korsfæstelsen
- Type: Painting
- Rights: Statens Museum for Kunst, http://www.smk.dk/en/copyright/creative-commons/
- Medium: Oil on panel
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