The Crucifixion with Donor Portraits of Wigand Märkel and His Family, ca. 1503 – 1505

Title

The Crucifixion with Donor Portraits of Wigand Märkel and His Family

Painter

• Frankfurt Master ca. 1500
• Hans Kaldenbach workshop ? alternatively

Period Produced

• 16th century

School

• Late Middle Ages

Object Type

• painting (artwork)

Physical Description

Mixed technique on lime wood

Material

• limewood

Technique

• mixed technique

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Inschrift auf Titulus: ".I.N.R.I."

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Old Masters 1300 - 1800

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 1818

Genre

• Biblical portrayal
• historical narration
• depiction of a saint

Main Motif

• crucified man
• crucifixion
• the Passion
• force
• Life of the Virgin
• Jesus Christ
• Saint John the Evangelist
• Mary
• Wigand Märkel
• Golgotha
• Jerusalem
• woman
• man
• group of people

Persons Shown

• Jesus Christ
• John the Evangelist
• Joseph of Arimathea
• Mary
• Mary Magdalene
• Nicodemus
• Simon of Cyrene
• Wigand Märkel

Associated Persons and Institutions

• Erhard Reuwich
• Anna von Aa
• Dismas (saint)
• Gestas

Illustrated Passage

• Bibel, Neues Testament, Matthäus 27,57-61
• Bibel, Neues Testament, Markus 15,42-47
• Bibel, Neues Testament, Lukas 23,44-49
• Bibel, Neues Testament, Johannes 19,18-27
• Bibel, Neues Testament, Matthäus 27,57-61
• Bibel, Neues Testament, Markus 15,42-47
• Bibel, Neues Testament, Lukas 23,50-55
• Bibel, Neues Testament, Johannes 19,38-42
• Bibel, Neues Testament, Matthäus 27,30-32
• Bibel, Neues Testament, Markus 15,20-21
• Bibel, Neues Testament, Lukas 23,26-28

Associated Source

• Bernhard von Breydenbach: Peregrinatio in terram sanctam, 1486

Primary

• 73D641 crucified Christ with Mary and John on either side of the cross; Holy Rood
• 73D58 the superscription: I(esus) N(azarenus) R(ex) I(udaeorum) ~ Christ's crucifixion
• 61B2(MÄRKEL, Wigand)13(+55) historical person (MÄRKEL, Wigand) - historical person (MÄRKEL, Wigand) portrayed in a group, in a group-portrait (+ full length portrait)
• 42B7411(7) father and son(7) (7) (7)
• 31A2522(+54) hands folded (+ kneeling)
• 42B7422(5) mother and daughter(5) (5) (5)
• 11Q7512 saying the rosary

Secondary

• 49L271 'huismerk', 'Hausmarke'
• 46A122(WIGAND MÄRKEL)1 armorial bearing, heraldry (WIGAND MÄRKEL) - coat of arms
• 46A122(MÄRKEL VON GRÜNAU)1 armorial bearing, heraldry (MÄRKEL VON GRÜNAU) - coat of arms
• 61E(JERUSALEM) names of cities and villages (JERUSALEM)
• 73D412 Simon the Cyrenian compelled to help Christ to bear the cross
• 73D76 Christ's entombment (possibly by angels)

Associative

• 61BB2(AA, Anna von)13(+55) historical person (AA, Anna von) - BB - woman - historical person (AA, Anna von) portrayed in a group, in a group-portrait (+ full length portrait)