Lucas Cranach the Elder

The Mocking of Christ



Lucas Cranach the Elder - The Mocking of Christ



Lucas Cranach the Elder
The Mocking of Christ
35.9 x 28 cm
Oil on panel
Signed with the artist’s serpent device, and with initials 'LC' (lower right; the initials a later addition)
Sale Christie's, London, 5 July 2018


Provenance

Ludwig Wilhelm, Margrave of Baden-Baden (1655-1707) and his wife, Franziska Sibylle Augusta of Saxe-Lauenburg (1675-1733) (their seal appears on the reverse of the panel)
private collection, France
sale Christie's, London, From a French Private Collection, 5 July 2018, nr. 13

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