Crowded calvary

Title

Crowded calvary

Draughtsman

• Hans Schäufelein

Period Produced

• 16th century

School

• Renaissance

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• Vergé paper
• handmade paper

Technique

• pen drawing

Geographic Reference

• southern German

Production Reason

• study after a drawing?
• study after an altar?

Watermark

• Zweikonturiger Kreis [Untersatzpapier]

Work Catalogues

• Panofsky 1948.II.61.478
• Nicht bei Strauss

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• 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
• Dismas (saint)
• Gestas
• Stephaton
• Longinus

Illustrated Passage

• Bibel, Neues Testament

Primary

• 73D611 the cross(es) in the middle distance
• 73D64 crucified Christ, with particular persons under the cross

Secondary

• 73D6271 one of the soldiers (Stephaton) gives Christ vinegar on a sponge attached to a pole or lance
• 73D625 bystanders at the foot of the cross, among whom Mary, Mary Magdalene and John the Evangelist; Mary may be shown swooning
• 41A343 ladder

Historic Attribution

• Albrecht Dürer draughtsman
• German, 16th century draughtsman