Lucas Cranach the Elder
The Penance of Saint John Chrysostom
1509
Physical Qualities
Engraving with retroussage, Sheet: 257 x 202 mm. (10 1/8 x 7 15/16 in.)
Plate: 254 x 199 mm. (10 x 7 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1946.112.7246
BMA, "German Prints from the Renaissance," 8 February - 31 March, 1977.
Cohn, Marjorie B. "Retroussage in Cranach's Penance of St. John Chrysostom." In Shop Talk: Studies in Honor of Seymour Slive, edited by Cynthis P. Schneider, Alice I. Davies, and William W. Robinson, 55-58. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Art Museums, 1995. This article includes a reproduction of the beta-radiograph for 1946.112.7246.
Signed: 1
Inscribed: Recto: in image, lower right, in block "L C / 1509" with winged serpent. Verso: center in graphite "14"; lower center in graphite "1894"; lower left in graphite diamond with "9025"
Markings: CM: Claghorn WM: coat-of-arms of Saxony (close to Briquet 1203)
