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| Keywords: Lucas Cranach d.Ä. - Christus als Schmerzensmann.jpg Artwork Creator Lucas Cranach I Oil panel cm 38 4 27 credit line The various versions of the subject differ from each other principally in the angle of Christ's head and the position of his hands excluding the subsidiary angels or figures in some versions The present design in which Christ holds one hand against his breast appears to be unique although a version with the same pose but by Cranach the Younger was sold at Sotheby's 9 December 2009 lot 20<br/><br/>While the inspiration for this composition may derive from a Dürer etching of 1515 on stylistic grounds this painting does not fit either with a group of panels that are datable to circa 1515 such as Christ as the Man of Sorrows Dresden Gemäldegalerie or with a later group circa 1537 which Rosenberg and Friedländer consider could be by Lucas Cranach the Younger see Rosenberg and Friedländer The Paintings of Lucas Cranach London 1978 p 146 under no 381 On this basis Dr Werner Schade to whom we are grateful for confirming the attribution proposes a tentative date of 1530 <ref>http //www christies com/lotfinder/LotDetailsPrintable aspx intObjectID 5391241 Christie ™s</ref> reflist object history 2010 12 07 http //cranach ub uni-heidelberg de/wiki/images/thumb/b/b1/Christies2010Sale7887- jpg/537px-Christies2010Sale7887- jpg PD-old-100 DEFAULTSORT Cranach Lucas 1; Christus als Schmerzensmann Religious paintings by Lucas Cranach I Jesus Christ in art | ||||
