Grieving under the cross, ca. 1480 – 1490

Title

Grieving under the cross

Draughtsman

• Martin Schongauer succession

Inventor

• after Dieric Bouts the Elder circle

Period Produced

• 15th century

School

• Late Gothic

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• chalk?
• coal?
• Vergé paper
• handmade paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• pencil drawing
• chalk drawing?
• charcoal drawing?

Geographic Reference

• Upper Rhine
• Netherlandish

Production Reason

• pattern sheet
• study after a painting?

Captions Added Later

Verso bezeichnet (mit Bleistift): Alt Niederdeutsch XV Jahrhundert Einfluss der v Eykischen Schule
Unten rechts Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356)

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

Institution

• Städel Museum

Administration

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• historical narration
• Biblical portrayal

Persons Shown

• Mary
• Mary Magdalene
• Mary of Cleophas
• John the Evangelist

Illustrated Passage

• Bibel, Neues Testament, Johannes 19,25-27

Primary

• 73D625 bystanders at the foot of the cross, among whom Mary, Mary Magdalene and John the Evangelist; Mary may be shown swooning

Secondary

• 11Q21 one person praying
• 31A25212 arms crossed over the breast
• 41D27 drapery, draped garment, 'Gewandgebung'

Historic Attribution

• Thoman Burgkmair draughtsman
• Augsburgian, 15th century draughtsman
• Martin Schongauer draughtsman