Adam

Adam

Painting on limewood

Medium

Painting on limewood

[Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 210]

The almost life-size depiction shows Adam as a nude full-length figure, facing right. In his right hand he holds an apple with a branch still attach to it, which discretely covers his private parts, while with his left hand he appears to scratch his head. A section of the tree

The almost life-size depiction shows Adam as a nude full-length figure, facing right. In his right hand he holds an apple with a branch still attach to it, which discretely covers his private parts, while with his left hand he appears to scratch his head. A section of the tree of knowledge is represented at the right edge of the painting and leads over to the pendant panel showing Eve. The background is filled with shrubbery.

[Görres, cda 2016]

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Younger

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Younger

[Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, 2011]
[Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 210]
[Koepplin , Exhib. Cat. Zürich 1971, No. 16, 17][1]
[1][Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 213, 216]

Production date
after 1537

Production date

after 1537

[Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 210]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 172.7 x 63.3 x 2.7 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 172.7 x 63.3 x 2.7 cm

  • [Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 210]

Signature / Dating

None

Inscriptions and Labels

Reverse of the panel:
[Gal.-Nr., repeatedly]

Reverse of the frame: [Exhibition label: Tokyo]

[Schlegel 2003, 56][1]

Inscriptions and Labels

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

  • Reverse of the panel:

  • [Gal.-Nr., repeatedly]

  • Reverse of the frame: [Exhibition label: Tokyo]

  • [Schlegel 2003, 56][1]

  • [1][Schlegel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 210]

Owner
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
Repository
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
Location
Dresden
CDA ID
DE_SKD_GG1916A
FR (1978) Nr.
FR357
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_SKD_GG1916A/

Provenance

  • [Sächs, HStADD, 13458 SKD, Inventar Nr. 1, Bl. 208][1]
    (not clear,which Adam and Eve pair)
  • [Sächs, HStADD, 13458 SKD, Inventar Nr. 3, Bl. 249, 410][1]
  • 1707 from the Kunstkammer to the Bildergalerie
    [Hantzsch 1902, 285-287, Fn. 294][1]
    [Sächs, HStADD, Akten der Generaldirektion der königlichen Sammlungen, Cap. X a, Nr. 39][1]
  • 1945 war loss, parts in:
    [Forschungsarchiv SKD, Notizen Hans Posse Nr. 13][2]

[1][Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 216]
[2][Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden 2011]

Exhibitions

Dresden 1937, 13
Zürich 1971, No. 16,17
Berlin 1972, No. 35
Berlin 1983, No. E 10
Berlin 2002/2003, No. 129, 130
London 2003, No. 8, 9
Jackson, Mississippi 2004, No. 1.22
Chemnitz 2005, No. 3.1

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Maaz 2010 60, 61
AuthorBernhard Maaz
TitleCranach in der Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister Dresden
Place of PublicationBerlin, Munich
Year of Publication2010
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Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005 210-216, 310, 426 3.1 Pl. p. 211
EditorHarald Marx, Karin Kolb, Ingrid Mössinger
TitleCranach Anlässlich der Ausstellung Cranach vom 13. November 2005 bis 12. März 2006 in den Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz. Eine Ausstellung in Kooperation mit der Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister der Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen Dresden
Place of PublicationCologne
Year of Publication2005
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Kolb 2005 A 118, 119, 143, 148, 164, 168 Fn. 23, 173 Fn. 259 3.1
AuthorKarin Kolb
TitleCranach - Die Gemälde in Dresden und ihre Geschichte
Publicationin Harald Marx, Ingrid Mössinger, Karin Kolb, eds., Cranach. Gemälde aus Dresden, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz
Place of PublicationCologne
Year of Publication2005
Pages112-173
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Kolb 2005 C 529, 540-549, 551, 552, 554, 555, 557 3.1
AuthorKarin Kolb
TitleDokumentation zum Dresdener Cranach-Bestand
Publicationin Harald Marx, Ingrid Mössinger, Karin Kolb, eds., Cranach. Gemälde aus Dresden, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz
Place of PublicationCologne
Year of Publication2005
Pages526-572
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Schölzel 2005 192 3.1
AuthorChristoph Schölzel
TitleZeichnungen unter der Farbschicht. Zu den Unterzeichnungen von Cranachs Gemälden in der Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister und in der Rüstkammer Dresden
Publicationin Harald Marx, Ingrid Mössinger, Karin Kolb, eds., Cranach. Gemälde aus Dresden, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz
Place of PublicationCologne
Year of Publication2005
Pages182-197
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Exhib. Cat. Jackson, Mississippi 2004 No. 1.22
EditorHeinz-Werner Lewerken
TitleThe Glory of Baroque Dresden. The State Art Collections Dresden Mississippi Arts Pavillion
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication2004
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Exhib. Cat. London 2003 Nos. 8, 9
EditorHarald Marx
TitleMasterpieces from Dresden, Royal Academy of Arts
Place of PublicationLondon
Year of Publication2003
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Schlegel 2003 56-60
AuthorArmgard Schlegel
TitleTechnologische Untersuchungen an Holzbildträgern von Gemälden der Cranachwerkstatt in den Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen Dresden
Place of PublicationDresden
IssueSeminararbeit der Hochschule für Bildende Künste Dresden
Year of Publication2003
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Exhib. Cat. Berlin 2002/2003 Nos. 129, 130
AuthorHarald Marx
TitleNach der Flut. Meisterwerke der Dresdener Gemäldegalerie in Berlin, Altes Museum Berlin
Place of PublicationLeipzig
Year of Publication2002
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Exhib. Cat. Berlin 1983 No. E 10
EditorAltes Museum, Berlin
TitleKunst der Reformationzeit
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1983
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 151 No. 357 Fig. 357
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
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Jacobi, Hoffmann 1972 No. 35
AuthorFritz Jacobi, Raimund Hoffmann
EditorDeutscher Kulturbund
TitleLucas Cranach 1472-1553. Cranach-Ehrung der DDR 1972
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1972
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Exhib. Cat. Zurich 1971 A Nos. 16, 17
Authorn. a.
TitleKunstschätze aus Dresden
Place of PublicationZurich
Year of Publication1971
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Aragon, Cocteau 1957 22, 142
AuthorLouis Aragon, Jean Cocteau
TitleEntretiens sur le musée de Dresde
Place of PublicationParis
Year of Publication1957
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Exhib. Cat. Dresden 1937 14
Authorn. a.
TitleLucas Cranach der Ältere und der Jüngere. Ausstellung von Werken aus dem Besitze der Staatlichen Gemäldegalerie und dem Staatlichen Kupferstichkabinet
Place of PublicationDresden
Year of Publication1937
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932 288
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1932
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/friedlaender1932
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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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Hantzsch 1902 285-287
AuthorViktor Hantzsch
TitleBeiträge zur älteren Geschichte der kurfürstlichen Kunstkammer in Dresden
JournalNeues Archiv für Sächsische Geschichte
Issue23 (1902) 3/4
Year of Publication1902
Pages220-296
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Lindau 1883 222-224
AuthorMartin Bernhard Lindau
TitleLucas Cranach. Ein Lebensbild aus dem Zeitalter der Reformation
Place of PublicationLeipzig
Year of Publication1883
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Schäfer 1860 998-1000
AuthorWilhelm Schäfer
TitleDie Königliche Gemälde-Gallerie im Neuen Museum zu Dresden. Beschreibung und Erläuterung sämmtlicher Gemälde nach der Ordnung der Räume begleitet von kunsgeschichtlichen und kritischen Erinnerungen
Volume1 - 3
Place of PublicationDresden
Year of Publication1860
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Heller 1854 61
AuthorJoseph Heller
TitleLucas Cranach's Leben und Werke
Place of PublicationNuremberg
Year of Publication1854
Link http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015062799757
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Schuchardt 1851 C 42 228
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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Connected Works

Eve
  • Eve, after 1537
  • DE_SKD_GG1916AA
  • Painting
  • Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
  • Adam, after 1537

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Technical studies

20.09.2012Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared reflectography
  • irr

Underdrawing

Results

Technique:

- there are a few lines, which appear to deviate from the painted version (underdrawing or contours?)[1]

- Alterations: contors of the left heel

[1][Schölzel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 210]

[Böhme, Schölzel, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, 2012]

  • photographed by Alexandra Böhme
  • photographed by Christoph Schölzel

2005Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared reflectography

Underdrawing

- there are a few lines, which appear to deviate from the painted version (underdrawing or contours?)

Framing

- new frame: stained frame with a simple chamfered profile, 20th century

[Schölzel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 210]

2003Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • reverse

Support

- limewood

- 2.7 cm thick

- original surface on the reverse

- three vertical boards

- plane marks

- rebate runs around the edge of the panel

- top edge beveled

- horizontal marks from a saw

- square indentations for fixing the panel in a rebate frame with wedges

- black coating

[Schlegel 2003, 56-60][1]

[1][Schlegel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 210]

Condition Reports

Date2003

Support:

  • square indentations for fixing the panel in a rebate frame with wedges

  • a wedge-shaped groove has been removed from the joins and filled

  • the panel exhibits a convex warp (0.5 cm) on the front

Painted surface:

  • retouches on the stomach and legs of Adam, along the top join and in areas of prominent craquelée where there is paint loss

  • old, yellowed varnish

[Schlegel 2003, 56][1]

[1][Schlegel, Schölzel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 210]

Conservation History

Date2005

  • in preparation for an exhibition (frame)

see pdf

Date1986

[GGAM, Abt. Restaurierung, Meldung][1]

[1][Schölzel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 210]

see also pdf

Date1968

[GGAM, Abt. Restaurierung, Meldung][1]

[1][Schölzel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 210]

see also pdf

Date1967

[GGAM, Abt. Restaurierung, Meldung][1]

[1][Schölzel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 210]

see also pdf

Date1955

[GGAM, Abt. Restaurierung, sowjetischer Gemäldepass][1]

[1][Schölzel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 210]

see also pdf

Date1898

[Sächs, HStADD, 13458 SKD, GG Nr. 8, Bd. 6, Bl. 133, 136, 140][1]

[1][Schölzel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 210]

Date1877

[Sächs, HStADD, 13458 SKD, GG Nr. 8, Bd. 8a, Bl. 167; Bd. 8 b, Bl. 82][1]

[1][Schölzel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 210]

Date1838

[GGAM, Matthai 1835 with handwritten annotation, 36][1]

[1][Schölzel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 210]

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