Lamentation under the Cross, ca. 1509

Title

Lamentation under the Cross

Draughtsman

• Albrecht Altdorfer workshop ?
• Albrecht Altdorfer circle ? alternatively

Period Produced

• 16th century

School

• Renaissance

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• opaque white?
• handmade paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• brush drawing
• white heightening
• primary coat

Geographic Reference

• Danube region

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• workshop copy?

Captions Added Later

Verso bezeichnet unten mittig (mit Bleistift): 209
Verso unten links Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356), mit zugehöriger Inventarnummer

Watermark

• Adler

Work Catalogues

• Winzinger 1952.69.14
• Becker 1938.143.136

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

• Jesus Christ
• Mary
• Dismas (saint)
• Gestas
• John the Evangelist

Illustrated Passage

• Bibel, Neues Testament, Lukas 23,49

Primary

• 73D7211 Christ's body lying on the ground
• 73D64 crucified Christ, with particular persons under the cross

Historic Attribution

• Albrecht Altdorfer ? draughtsman