# Plague Picture [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [CRANACH, Lucas the Elder]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Oil and tempera on limewood, 75 x 56 cm ## Commentary In this highly original devotional picture Cranach combines Mary and Jesus in a plague picture. In the upper part God the Father aims his bow with three arrows downwards upon men who had fallen into sinful ways, the arrows representing plague, hunger and war. On the left it is watched by the Man of Sorrows kneeling on a T-shaped cross. On the right the Virgin of the Protective Cloak is seeking the grace of God for sinful humanity. ## Related artworks - [A Faun and his Family with a Slain Lion \(detail\)]() - [A Faun and his Family with a Slain Lion]() - [A Prince of Saxony]() - [A Princess of Saxony]() - [Adam and Eve \(detail\)]() - [Adam and Eve]() - [Adam and Eve]() - [Adam and Eve]() - [Adam and Eve]() - [Adam and Eve]() - [Adam and Eve]() - [Adam and Eve]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()