Adam and Eve

Adam and Eve

Title

Adam and Eve

[CDA 2011]

Painting on spruce wood

Medium

Painting on spruce wood

[Hoffmann, Cat. Weimar 1992, 46]

Adam and Eve stand in front of the tree of knowledge at the centre of the image surrounded by game, a lion, partridges and a hare. Eve, whose skin is considerably paler, has put her right arm around Adam's shoulders, and together they hold an apple. There are more apples

Adam and Eve stand in front of the tree of knowledge at the centre of the image surrounded by game, a lion, partridges and a hare. Eve, whose skin is considerably paler, has put her right arm around Adam's shoulders, and together they hold an apple. There are more apples in the tree as well as the serpent.

[Görres, cda 2016]

Attributions
Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder

[CDA 2010]

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Hoffmann, Cat. Weimar 1992, 46]

Hans Cranach

[Schuchardt 1871, 156, No. 53][1]
[1][Hoffmann, Cat. Weimar 1992, 46]

Production dates
about 1600 or later
about 1530 or later

Production dates

about 1600 or later

[CDA]

about 1530 or later

[Hoffmann, Cat. Weimar 1992, 46]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 83.4 x 52.7 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 83.4 x 52.7 cm

  • [Hoffmann, Cat. Weimar 1992, 46]

Signature / Dating

None

Owner
Klassik Stiftung Weimar, Museums
Repository
Klassik Stiftung Weimar, Museums
Location
Weimar
CDA ID
DE_KSW_G593
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_KSW_G593/

Provenance

  • a painting of Adam and Eve by Cranach, 'discovered' by Heinrich Meyer (1812) in the town hall of Weimar (Letter from Meyer to Goethe on the 11.XI.1812)
    [Heckler 1919, 317][1]
    [Henning 1972, 506 f.][1]
  • 1908 acquired by the art dealer Franz Hancke, Breslau, allegedly from the family Arnemann, Hamburg
    [Exhib. Cat. Dresden 1899, No. 41][1]
    [Flechsig 1900 A, 260][1]

[Hoffmann, Cat. Weimar 1992, 46]
[1] [Hoffmann, Cat. Weimar 1992, 46]

Exhibitions

Berlin 1989, no. C 45

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Heydenreich 2015 119, Fn. 26
AuthorGunnar Heydenreich
TitleHans Cranach. Auf der Suche nach seinem verlorenen Oeuvre
Publicationin Elke A. Werner, Anne Eusterschulte, Gunnar Heydenreich, eds., Lucas Cranach der Jüngere und die Reformation der Bilder
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication2015
Link https://lucascranach.org/application/files/5415/6232/3883/Heydenreich_2015_-_Hans_Cranach.pdf
Pages116 -127
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Cat. Weimar 1992 46-47 No. 14
AuthorHelga Hoffmann
EditorKunstsammlungen zu Weimar
TitleKunstsammlungen zu Weimar. Die deutschen Gemälde des XVI. Jahrhunderts
Place of PublicationFulda
Year of Publication1992
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Exhib. Cat. Berlin 1989 No. C45
AuthorHelga Thamm
EditorStaatliche Museen, Berlin
TitleDasein und Vision [Berlin, Staatl. Museen, Altes Museum]
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1989
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Glaser 1923 232
AuthorCurt Glaser
TitleLukas Cranach
Place of PublicationLeipzig
Year of Publication1923
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/glaser1923
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Cat. Weimar 1913 No. 150
EditorWillibald Hermens
TitleKatalog des Groszherzoglichen Museums zu Weimar
Place of PublicationWeimar
Year of Publication1913
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Schuchardt 1871 156 53
AuthorChristian Schuchardt
TitleLucas Cranach des Aeltern Leben und Werke. Dritter Theil
Place of PublicationLeipzig
Year of Publication1871
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/schuchardt1871bd3
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Cat. Weimar 1867 No. 100
AuthorSixt Thon
EditorKunstsammlungen zu Weimar
TitleKatalog der Großherzoglichen Kunstsammlung im Palais zu Weimar
Place of PublicationWeimar
Year of Publication1867
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Parthey 1863-1864 679 No. 14
AuthorGustav Parthey
TitleDeutscher Bildersaal. Verzeichnis der in Deutschland vorhandenen Oelbilder verstorbener Maler aller Schulen
Volume1, 2
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1864
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Schuchardt 1851 C 127 403
AuthorChristian Schuchardt
TitleLucas Cranach des Aeltern Leben und Werke. Zweiter Theil
Place of PublicationLeipzig
Year of Publication1851
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/schuchardt1851bd2
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Heller 1844 100
AuthorJoseph Heller
TitleDas Leben und die Werke Lucas Cranach's
Place of PublicationBamberg
Year of Publication1844
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Heller 1821 226
AuthorJoseph Heller
TitleVersuch über das Leben und die Werke Lucas Cranachs
Place of PublicationBamberg
Year of Publication1821
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/heller1821
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Meyer 1817 331
AuthorH. Meyer
TitleGemälde von Lukas Kranach dem ältern und jüngern in Weimar
Publicationin Christian August Vulpius, ed., Die Vorzeit oder Geschichte, Dichtung, Kunst und Literatur des Vor- und Mittel-Alters
Volume1
Place of PublicationErfurt
Year of Publication1817
Show Literature
  • Adam and Eve, about 1600 or later

Images

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Documents

Technical studies

06.10.2014Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • X-radiography
  • x_radiograph

Equipment: ERESCO 42 MF 4 from the company GE.

Scanner: CRxFlex.

Parameters: 60 KV, 6mA, 20 seconds

Distance from the object: 3m

[HfBK Dresden, Prof. I. Mohrmann, K. Risse, 06.10.2014]

  • created by I. Mohrmann
  • created by HfBK Dresden
  • created by K. Risse

04. 2010Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared reflectography
  • irr

Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

Tools/Materials:

- fluid medium, brush

Type/Ductus:

- traced delicate, fine lines; some hatching-strokes

Function:

- binding for the final painted version; lines delineate contours and describe essential features within forms; minimal representation of volume (hatching-strokes)

Deviations:

- minor alterations made during the painting process to clearly define form

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- the underdrawing is probably not from the Cranach workshop

Comments:

- probably transferred from a pre-existing design

[Smith, Sandner, Heydenreich, cda 2012]

  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
  • photographed by Ingo Sandner

1988Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared photography

Support

- three planks, vertically aligned

Underdrawing

- the underdrawing is visible in the flesh paint

IR- photograph: IfD Berlin, J. Fritz 1972

Paint Layers and Gilding

- original edges of the painted surface preserved at the top and the bottom

[Hoffmann, Cat. Weimar 1992, 46]

1972Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared photography
  • photographed by J. Fritz
  • photographed by Institut für Denkmalpflege, Berlin

Condition Reports

Date1990

  • the panel has been trimmed slightly, on the right and left somewhat more

  • thinned to a thickness of 3-5 mm

  • oak wood cradle (from the restoration in 1868 or later)

  • painted surface not well preserved, numerous abraded areas and retouchings

[Hoffmann, Cat. Weimar 1992, 46]

Conservation History

Date1972

Conservation

[Hoffmann, Cat. Weimar 1992, 46]

Date1868

No information

[Hoffmann, Cat. Weimar 1992, 46]

Versions

Adam and Eve
  • Adam and Eve, 1527
  • RU_SMBKPM_916
  • Painting
  • The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

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