The painting shows a man grabbing a woman by the arm. They are evidently having an argument. Beside them is a compact group of children and women some cowering fearfully on the ground. The reduction of the number of figures and the idiosyncrasy of the composition lends the panel
The painting shows a man grabbing a woman by the arm. They are evidently having an argument. Beside them is a compact group of children and women some cowering fearfully on the ground. The reduction of the number of figures and the idiosyncrasy of the composition lends the panel a unique character. In the past this prompted a misinterpretation of the image as a depiction of Adam and Eve after Cain killed his brother. By transferring the conflict to the couple it also recalls motifs that are found on the panel in a private collection in Moscow as well as a silverpoint drawing in Kupferstichkabinett in Berlin.
[Carrasco, Exhib. Cat. Düsseldorf 2017, 234, No. 135]
- Attribution
- Lucas Cranach the Elder
Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder | [Exhib. Cat. Düsseldorf 2017, 234, No. 135] |
- Production date
- about 1530
Production date
about 1530 | [Exhib. Cat. Düsseldorf 2017, 234, No. 135] |
- Dimensions
- Dimensions of support: 49.8 x 42 cm
Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 49.8 x 42 cm
[Exhib. Cat. Düsseldorf 2017, 234, No. 135]
- Signature / Dating
None
- Inscriptions and Labels
None
Inscriptions and Labels
Inscriptions, Badges:
None
- Owner
- Westfälischer Kunstverein
- Repository
- LWL-Museum für Kunst und Kultur Münster
- Location
- Münster
- CDA ID
- DE_MKKM_114WKV
- FR (1978) Nr.
- FR200
- Persistent Link
- https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_MKKM_114WKV/