Christ and the Woman taken in Adultery

Christ and the Woman taken in Adultery

Title

Christ and the Woman taken in Adultery

[Nationalmuseum Stockholm, revised 2011]

Painting on limewood

Medium

Painting on limewood

[Klein, Report 1997]

Wood

[Nationalmuseum Stockholm, revised 2011]

Jesus is depicted in the centre of the image in a blue robe with a red cloak. He points at the adultress with his right hand and holds her right lower arm in his left hand. She wears a green dress and has lowered her eyes. A soldier holds her

Jesus is depicted in the centre of the image in a blue robe with a red cloak. He points at the adultress with his right hand and holds her right lower arm in his left hand. She wears a green dress and has lowered her eyes. A soldier holds her other arm. Another man stands in the foreground holding stones in his hands. More men stand behind the soldier facing towards Jesus.

Attribution
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Nationalmuseum Stockholm, revised 2011]
[Exhib. Cat. Stockholm 1966, 514, No. 1292]

Production date
after 1537

Production date

after 1537

[Exhib. Cat. Stockholm 1988, 86, No. 70]
[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, 142, No. 364E]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 76 x 121 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 76 x 121 cm

  • [Nationalmuseum Stockholm, revised 2011]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia beneath the inscription: winged serpent

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia beneath the inscription: winged serpent

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscription upper edge: '.WER VUNTER EUCH ON SVNDE IST DER WERFFE DEN ERSTEN STEIN AVFF SIE: IOHAN: AMVIII CAP:'

('He …

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

  • Inscription upper edge:

  • '.WER VUNTER EUCH ON SVNDE IST DER WERFFE DEN ERSTEN STEIN AVFF SIE: IOHAN: AMVIII CAP:'

  • ('He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.')

Owner
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm
Repository
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm
Location
Stockholm
CDA ID
SE_NMS_253
FR (1978) Nr.
FR364E
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/SE_NMS_253/

Provenance

  • 1546 - 1547 Gripsholm Castle
    [Nationalmuseum Stockholm, revised 2011]

'Two paintings on this theme, acquired by Christina from Prague, are listed as no. 206 and 474 in the 1652 inventory. However, the Gripsholm inventory of 1548 lists a similar composition and the origin of both this and another such painting in the Nationalmuseum cannot be determined.'
[Exhib. Cat. Stockholm 1966, 514, No. 1292]

Exhibitions

Stockholm 1966, No. 1 292
Stockholm 1988, No. 70

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Exhib. Cat. Gotha, Kassel 2015 198 under No. 55
EditorJulia Carrasco, Justus Lange, Stiftung Schloss Friedenstein, Gotha, Benjamin D. Spira, Timo Trümper
TitleBild und Botschaft. Cranach im Dienst von Hof und Reformation, [Gotha, Herzogliches Museum; Kassel, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Schloss Wilhelmshöhe]
Place of PublicationHeidelberg
Year of Publication2015
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Exhib. Cat. Prague 2005 100, 101 (English version 40) under no. 22 Fig. p. 101
EditorObrazárna Pražského hradu, Kaliopi Chamonikola
TitlePod znamením okrídleného hada. Lucas Cranach a ceské zeme. Under the winged Serpent. Lucas Cranach and the Czech Land
Place of PublicationPrague
Year of Publication2005
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Exhib. Cat. Stockholm 1988 86 No. 70 Fig. p. 86
EditorNationalmuseum, Stockholm
TitleCranach och den tyska renässancen
Place of PublicationStockholm
Year of Publication1988
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 143 364E
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
Show Literature
Exhib. Cat. Stockholm 1966 514 No. 1292
Authorn. a.
TitleChristina Queen of Sweden - a personality of European civilisation [Nationalmuseum Stockholm]
Place of PublicationStockholm
Year of Publication1966
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932 292 Fig. 292
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
Show Literature
  • Christ and the Woman taken in Adultery, after 1537

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Technical studies

24.10.1997Scientific analysis

  • Identification of wood species / Dendrochronology

Support

Identification of wood species: limewood (Tilia sp.)

  • analysed by Peter Klein

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