Raising of the Cross (Centre Panel of the Triptych), ca. 1480 – 1500

Title

Raising of the Cross (Centre Panel of the Triptych)

Painter

• copy after Master of the Stötteritz Altar

Altar

Raising of the Cross

Part Number / Total

1 / 3

Period Produced

• 15th century

School

• Late Middle Ages

Object Type

• painting (artwork)

Physical Description

Mixed technique on limewood

Material

• limewood

Technique

• mixed technique

Institution

• Städel Museum

Administration

• Old Masters 1300 - 1800

Collection

• Städtische Galerie

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 1928

Genre

• altarpiece
• Biblical portrayal
• historical narration

Main Motif

• crucified man
• crucifixion
• the Passion
• force
• Jesus Christ
• Golgotha
• man
• group of people
• animal

Persons Shown

• Jesus Christ

Associated Persons and Institutions

• Adam
• Wilhelm Pleydenwurff

Illustrated Passage

• Bibel, Neues Testament, Matthäus 27,33-43
• Bibel, Neues Testament, Markus 15,22-32
• Bibel, Neues Testament, Lukas 23,33-37
• Bibel, Neues Testament, Johannes 19,17-18

Primary

• 73D551 raising of the cross to which Christ is nailed already

Secondary

• 11D123 specific forms of the cross
• 34B11 dog