Klage unter dem Kreuz,

1503

Material / Technology / Carrier

Tannenholz (Abies sp.)

Dimensions of the object

138 x 99,3 cm

Displayed

AP OG Saal II

Department

Altdeutsche Malerei

Genre

Malerei

Inventory number

1416

Acquisition

1804 als Säkularisationsgut aus einem aufgehobenen süddeutschen Kloster

Stock

Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München

Citation

Lucas Cranach d. Ä., Klage unter dem Kreuz, 1503, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München, URL: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/Qlx2dgbGXq (Last updated on 05.12.2023)

The Crucifixion is Cranach’s first large altar painting. It is an impressive demonstration of the thirty-one-year-old’s creative genius and expressive temperament. The figures found in traditional compositions of this subject have been rearranged to focus on the Virgin Mary who Cranach presents as a paradigm of piety, showing her devotion and pain at the sight of her son’s suffering. The perspectival foreshortening of the thief on the left is spectacular. The large loincloth worn by Christ has been further developed into an ornament.