The tree at the centre separates the worlds of the Old and New Covenant. On one side the branches are bare, on the other side leaved. The Old Testament man (foreground, left), who was driven out of Paradise (background, left) and then condemned by the law (represented by Moses with
The tree at the centre separates the worlds of the Old and New Covenant. On one side the branches are bare, on the other side leaved. The Old Testament man (foreground, left), who was driven out of Paradise (background, left) and then condemned by the law (represented by Moses with the ten commandments and two prophets (?) on the right behind him), is driven into damnation (purgatory, foreground left) by Death and the Devil. At the top left Christ is shown as the Judge of the World. On the right side St John the Baptist shows a naked sinner the crucified one, blood spurts from his chest and falls on the Believer's head. On the far right the resurrected Christ stands in front of his tomb, triumphant over the dragon (Death) [sic] and a skeleton (Hell) [sic]. In the background the adoration of the brazen serpent is shown as the antetypus of the crucifixion, the Virgin = Mary is represented praying on a hill. An interpretation has yet to be found for the old man in the foreground on the right.
[Cat. Cologne 1969, 46]
- Attributions
-
Antonius Heusler
Franz Timmermann
Attributions
Antonius Heusler | [Exhib. Cat. Lübeck 2021, no. 48] [Sandner 1993, 238-243] |
Franz Timmermann | (?)[Schaefer, Saint-George 2003, 32-35][Emmendörffer 1998, 226] |
Lucas Cranach the Younger | [Cat. Cologne 1969, 46] |
- Production dates
- about 1540
about 1540 - 1545?
Production dates
about 1540 | [Krischel 2003, 15][Emmendörffer 1998, 227] |
about 1540 - 1545? | [Exhib. Cat. Lübeck 2021, no. 48] |
- Dimensions
- Dimension of support: 55 x 59.2 cm
Dimensions
Dimension of support: 55 x 59.2 cm
[Cat. Cologne 1969, 46]
- Signature / Dating
None
- Inscriptions and Labels
- bottom: 'Durchs gesetz kompt erkentnis der sunden Ro. 3
Das gesetz richt zorn an Ro .4
Die sunde ist …Inscriptions and Labels
Inscriptions, Badges:
- bottom:
'Durchs gesetz kompt erkentnis der sunden Ro. 3
Das gesetz richt zorn an Ro .4
Die sunde ist des todis spies aber das gesetz
Ist der sunden krafft 1 cor 15.'
- bottom left:
'zum tod vn[d] Teufel'
- top right:
'io. 1. Sihe das ist Gottis lam das der welt Sunde tregt'
'Esa[...] Sihe eine [Jun]gfrawe wird [sch]wanger vn[d] [einen] son geberen'
The inscriptions on the bottom relate to Romans 3:20, Romans 4:15 and 1. Cor 15:56, the inscription on the top relates to John 1:29 and Isahia 7:14.
[Cat. Cologne 1969, 46]
- Owner
- Wallraf-Richartz-Museum - Fondation Corboud, Köln
- Repository
- Wallraf-Richartz-Museum - Fondation Corboud, Köln
- Location
- Cologne
- CDA ID
- DE_WRMK_WRM3475
- FR (1978) Nr.
- FR-none
- Persistent Link
- https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_WRMK_WRM3475/
- bottom: 'Durchs gesetz kompt erkentnis der sunden Ro. 3