This is an oil on panel painting. The panel contains evidence of eighteen people, although, for some only the tops of their heads can be seen. The perspective is in close range, bringing the viewer into an intimate space. Christ is in the center wearing a red robe over a
This is an oil on panel painting. The panel contains evidence of eighteen people, although, for some only the tops of their heads can be seen. The perspective is in close range, bringing the viewer into an intimate space. Christ is in the center wearing a red robe over a bluish gray tunic. His left hand holds the wrist of the adulterous woman, his right points two fingers at her. She wears an orange dress, the bodice of which is slightly torn open revealing her breast. She wears a thin filmy scarf around her shoulder and over her head. Her eyes are cast downward. To Christ's right are two white bearded men, they seem to be in discussion with Christ. The one man in the foreground has a bag of rocks; he clutches one stone behind his back. Each man has a different facial expression as well as distinct features: there are no perfect generic faces, they are all very individual. The man in soldier's garb on Christ's left in the foreground looks directly at the viewer, as if suddenly he is aware of being observed.
[http://collection.chrysler.org/emuseum/copyright/7565?t:state:flow=442ca83a-10eb-4cb0-a3f7-1e2180b204b0] (accessed 14.04.2014)
- Attributions
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Lucas Cranach the Younger
Lucas Cranach the Younger and workshop
Attributions
Lucas Cranach the Younger | [Chrysler Museum of Art, revised 2015] |
Lucas Cranach the Younger and workshop | 'possibly with workshop participation' |
- Production dates
- 1532 - 1537
after 1537
Production dates
1532 - 1537 | [Chrysler Museum of Art, revised 2015] |
after 1537 | [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 364] |
- Dimensions
- Dimensions of support: 74.3 x 121.9 cm (29 1/4 x 48 in.)
Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 74.3 x 121.9 cm (29 1/4 x 48 in.)
Dimensions including frame: 96.5 x 144.8 x 8.9 cm (38 x 57 x 3 1/2 in.)
[Chrysler Museum of Art, revised 2015]
- Signature / Dating
Artist's insignia at the upper right after inscription: winged serpent with elevated wings of a bat.
Signature / Dating
Artist's insignia at the upper right after inscription: winged serpent with elevated wings of a bat.
[Chrysler Museum of Art, revised 2015]
- Inscriptions and Labels
On top: 'WER VNTER EVCH ON SVNDE IST DER WERFFE DEN ERSTEN STEIN AVF SIE . IOH . VIII …
Inscriptions and Labels
Inscriptions, Badges:
On top:
'WER VNTER EVCH ON SVNDE IST DER WERFFE DEN ERSTEN STEIN AVF SIE . IOH . VIII .'
[cda 2015]
- Owner
- Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia
- Repository
- Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia
- Location
- Norfolk
- CDA ID
- US_ChrMA_71-484
- FR (1978) Nr.
- FR364
- Persistent Link
- https://lucascranach.org/en/US_ChrMA_71-484/