Resurrection, 1501

Title

Resurrection

Painter

• Hans Holbein the Elder

Altar

Inside of the Outer Wings, Passion of Christ (High Altarpiece of the Dominican Church)

Period Produced

• 16th century

School

• Renaissance

Object Type

• painting (artwork)

Physical Description

Mixed technique on spruce wood

Material

• spruce wood

Technique

• mixed technique

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Old Masters 1300 - 1800

Collection

• permanent loan

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main, Dauerleihgabe des Historischen Museums Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

On permanent loan from Historisches Museum Frankfurt am Main since 1922

Genre

• altarpiece
• depiction of a saint
• Biblical portrayal
• historical narration

Main Motif

• the Passion
• Jesus Christ
• The Maries
• Mary Magdalene
• Salome
• Cleopas
• angel
• man
• woman
• group of people

Persons Shown

• Jesus Christ
• Mary Magdalene
• Mary of Cleophas
• Salome
• The Maries

Illustrated Passage

• Bibel, Neues Testament, Matthäus 28,1-8
• Bibel, Neues Testament, Markus 16,1-8
• Bibel, Neues Testament, Lukas 24,1-12
• Bibel, Neues Testament, Johannes 20,1-10
• Bibel, Neues Testament, 1. Korinther 15,20-28

Primary

• 73E12 Christ, usually holding a banner, arises from the grave; often combined with sleeping and/or frightened soldiers
• 73EE123 Christ stepping out of the tomb - EE - the tomb closed (with unbroken seals)
• 73E23 angel(s) addressing the holy women ~ Resurrection of Christ