Marteldood van Paulus door onthoofding

1510 - 1514 · Print

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Where is “Marteldood van Paulus door onthoofding” 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

Het onthoofde lichaam van de apostel Paulus ligt op de grond, op de plaats waar zijn hoofd valt ontstaan twee fonteinen. Een Romeinse bevelhebber en zijn gevolg van onder andere soldaten kijkt toe. De soldaat die de heilige onthoofde rechts, stopt zijn zwaard weer in de schede. Linksboven twee schilden met het keurvorstelijk en hertogelijk wapen van Saksen.

Rijksmuseum

Details

Accession number: RP-P-OB-4446

What it shows

The beheading of Paul Maybe three fountains spring from his head

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.
c. 1512
Marriage to Barbara Brengbier
Around 1512 Cranach married Barbara Brengbier, daughter of the burgomaster of Gotha; the couple had six children in all.
1513
Son born: Hans Cranach
1514
Daughter born: Barbara Brück