Raising of the Cross (Right Wing of the Triptych), ca. 1480 – 1500

Title

Raising of the Cross (Right Wing of the Triptych)

Painter

• copy after Master of the Stötteritz Altar

Altar

Raising of the Cross

Part Number / Total

3 / 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

Departement

• Old Masters 1300 - 1800

Collection

• Städtische Galerie

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 1928

Genre

• altarpiece
• depiction of a saint
• Biblical portrayal
• historical narration

Main Motif

• Pontius Pilate
• Saint Dismas
• the impenitent thief
• Golgotha
• man
• group of people
• animal

Persons Shown

• Pontius Pilate
• Dismas (saint)
• Gestas

Associated Persons and Institutions

• Wilhelm Pleydenwurff

Illustrated Passage

• Bibel, Neues Testament, Matthäus 27,38
• Bibel, Neues Testament, Markus 15,27-28
• Bibel, Neues Testament, Lukas 23,32
• Bibel, Neues Testament, Johannes 19,18

Primary

• 73D631 the centurion confessing his belief in Christ; sometimes the soldiers do the same
• 44G312 prisoner; in fetters
• 44G54 thief