The small format panel in Gotha depicts the encounter between Jesus and the adulteress, an event frequently represented by Cranach and his workshop. Jesus is positioned in the centre of a composition set against a black background, and wears a blue undergarment and a luminous red cloak. He holds the
The small format panel in Gotha depicts the encounter between Jesus and the adulteress, an event frequently represented by Cranach and his workshop. Jesus is positioned in the centre of a composition set against a black background, and wears a blue undergarment and a luminous red cloak. He holds the sinner's wrist in his left hand and points towards her with his right hand. The woman is shown with a slightly inclined head, looking out at the viewer. She wears a red dress with the lacing open to reveal her breasts. Her right arm is held by a man in armour. A second soldier at the left edge holds a number of stones at the ready for the execution. Further scribes and Pharisees stand either side of the adulteress and Jesus.
[Benjamin D. Spira, in Exhib. Cat. Gotha, Kassel 2015, 198]
- Attributions
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Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder
Lucas Cranach the Younger
Attributions
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder | [cda 2010] 'Nach Lucas Cranach der Jüngere' |
Lucas Cranach the Younger | [Exhib. Cat. Gotha/Kassel 2015, 198] |
Lucas Cranach the Elder | 'von Lucas Cranachen: ein Original'[1] |
- Production date
- about 1540 - 1550
Production date
about 1540 - 1550 | [...] '[...] This little painting could not have been produced before about 1545.[Exhib. Cat. Gotha 1994, 53] |
- Dimensions
- Dimensions of support: 14.7 x 19.7 x 0.25 cm
Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 14.7 x 19.7 x 0.25 cm
[cda 2010]
- Signature / Dating
Artist's insignia top centre, to the right of Christ's head (probably later addition): winged serpent, facing left; in yellow paint.
Signature / Dating
Artist's insignia top centre, to the right of Christ's head (probably later addition): winged serpent, facing left; in yellow paint.
- Inscriptions and Labels
- below the top edge:
'WER VNTER EVCH ON SVNDE IST. DER WERFE DEN ERSTEN STEIN AVFF SIE. IOHANN. AM VIII.' …
Inscriptions and Labels
Inscriptions, Badges:
- below the top edge:
'WER VNTER EVCH ON SVNDE IST. DER WERFE DEN ERSTEN STEIN AVFF SIE. IOHANN. AM VIII.'
Stamps, Seals, Labels:
Reverse of the panel: - top, centre:
in red 'A' or 'AL' linked;
- on the right:
in black paint: a horizontal 'i'
[Exhib. Cat. Gotha 1994, 53]
- right side:
printed yellow label: 'Schloßmuseum Gotha/Inv. Nr.:/S.G. Nr.:/Alte Nr.:'; handwritten entry in black: '51'; '11'; '364'.
- bottom centre:
handwritten in red ink: 'Zentral-Museum/Gotha/11/(364)'
- Owner
- Stiftung Schloss Friedenstein, Gotha
- Repository
- Stiftung Schloss Friedenstein, Gotha
- Location
- Gotha
- CDA ID
- DE_SMG_SG11
- FR (1978) Nr.
- FR-none
- Persistent Link
- https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_SMG_SG11/