Loading

Details

  • Title: The Crucifixion
  • Creator: Lucas Cranach the Elder
  • Creator Lifespan: About 1472 Kronach - 1553 Weimar
  • Creator Nationality: German
  • Creator Gender: Male
  • Creator Death Place: Weimar
  • Creator Birth Place: Kronach
  • 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

Get the app

Explore museums and play with Art Transfer, Pocket Galleries, Art Selfie, and more

Flash this QR Code to get the app

Interested in Visual arts?

Get updates with your personalized Culture Weekly

You are all set!

Your first Culture Weekly will arrive this week.

Google apps