The Crucifixion, ca. 1508 – 1510

Title

The Crucifixion

Painter

• Lucas Cranach the Elder

Period Produced

• 16th century

School

• Renaissance

Object Type

• painting (artwork)

Physical Description

Mixed technique on lime wood

Material

• limewood

Technique

• mixed technique

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Kreuztitulus: I . N | R . I
Unter dem Fuß des Knaben: das Schlangenzeichen mit aufgestellten Flügeln und Ring im Maul

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Old Masters 1300 - 1800

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 1870

Genre

• Biblical portrayal
• historical narration
• depiction of a saint

Main Motif

• crucified man
• crucifixion
• the Passion
• group of people at Golgotha
• force
• Life of the Virgin
• Jesus Christ
• Saint Dismas
• the impenitent thief
• Mary
• Cleopas
• Salome
• Mary Magdalene
• The Maries
• Saint John the Evangelist
• Longinus
• Stephaton
• Golgotha
• woman
• child
• man
• group of people

Persons Shown

• Dismas (saint)
• The Maries
• Gestas
• Jesus Christ
• John the Evangelist
• Longinus
• Mary
• Mary of Cleophas
• Mary Magdalene
• Salome
• Stephaton

Illustrated Passage

• Bibel, Neues Testament, Matthäus 27,33-56
• Bibel, Neues Testament, Markus 15,22-41
• Bibel, Neues Testament, Lukas 23,33-49
• Bibel, Neues Testament, Johannes 19,18-30

Primary

• 73D61 comprehensive representations of the events on Golgotha during Christ's hanging on the cross, no particular event emphasized
• 73D58 the superscription: I(esus) N(azarenus) R(ex) I(udaeorum) ~ Christ's crucifixion
• 73DD642 crucified Christ with Mary Magdalene, who usually weeps and embraces the cross - DD - the three crosses
• 73DD6411 Mary and John close together; sometimes Mary swooning ~ crucified Christ - DD - the three crosses
• 11HH(MYRRHOPHORES) the three (sometimes four) Maries together; possible attributes: jar of ointment
• 73DD644 crucified Christ with Stephaton and/or Longinus - DD - the three crosses
• 45B the soldier; the soldier's life
• 12A521 high priest ~ hierarchy of priests
• 73D631 the centurion confessing his belief in Christ; sometimes the soldiers do the same