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Description
English: Four saints adoring Christ crucified upon the Sacred Heart; Christ appears on the cross with a banderole, within a bleeding heart at upper centre; the heart is displayed by a shield, which is held by four angels; in the landscape below kneel St Sebastian, the Virgin, St John and St Roch; a town is seen in the background; with the two Saxon shields in the lower corners; first state (?). 1505
Woodcut
Depicted people Representation of: Jesus Christ
Date 1505
date QS:P571,+1505-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium paper
Dimensions
Height: 380 millimetres (borderlines)
Width: 284 millimetres
institution QS:P195,Q6373
Current location
Prints and Drawings
Accession number
1895,0122.267
Notes

There are incongruities in attributing the different states. Described as second state in Dodgson; the print corresponds to Hollstein's first state (with intact l side and without inscription on the banderole). Koepplin and Falk agree with Hollstein and regard the impressions without inscription as the early state. A second impression of this state and an impression of the first state are extant at the BM. As the presence of St Roch and Sebastian indicate, the print was associted with protection from the plague. The Saxon coat of arms appear here for the first time in Cranach's work.

cf D. Koepplin and T. Falk, Lucas Cranach: Gemälde - Zeichnungen - Graphik', 2 vols, exh. cat. Kunstmuseum Basel, 1974, no. 7.

Text From M. P. McDonald, Ferdinand Columbus: Renaissance Collector, British Museum, London, 2005:

'An image of unrelentingly orthodox character this print is one of Cranach's most elaborate religious images. It is the first devotional print to which Cranach paid special care in its execution. The composition is well balanced and the details beautifully cut. Cranach often locates his religious subjects in terrestrial settings that give the appearance of topographical accuracy. The buildings shown here cannot be identified but were possibly a significant residence or monastery near Wittenberg where he worked.'
Source/Photographer https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1895-0122-267
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