Christus voor Annas

1509 · Print

Can I see it?

Unknown

Where is “Christus voor Annas” now? Collection: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Unknown.

Rijksmuseum

Amsterdam, Netherlands

The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.

Source: The museum

On the map Museum page

About the work

Museum text in Dutch

Christus wordt door soldaten bij Annas voorgeleid. Annas zit op een troon en spreekt tegen Christus. Op de grond vechten twee honden. Op het raam in de achterwand van het vertrek zijn het keurvorstelijk en hertogelijk wapen van Saksen op twee schilden weergegeven.

Rijksmuseum

Details

Accession number: RP-P-OB-4393

What it shows

Christ before Annas (Hanna)Maybe a soldier about to strike Christ (John 18:13, 18:19-24)

In the catalog

Prints Renaissance 16th century

Sources

Rijksmuseum
Image: Rijksmuseum — public domain

In the life of Lucas Cranach

The whole life

1505–1547
Post: court painter
1508
Diplomatic Mission to Mechelen
He was sent on a diplomatic mission to Mechelen (Netherlands), where he painted portraits of Emperor Maximilian I and the future Emperor Charles V.
6 January 1508
Granted Nobility and a Coat of Arms
Cranach was granted nobility and a personal coat of arms — a winged serpent with a ruby ring in its mouth, which became the signature of his works and workshop.

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