The Fall of Man: Eve

The Fall of Man: Eve

Title

The Fall of Man: Eve

[CDA 2011]

Painting on limewood (Tilia sp.)

Medium

Painting on limewood (Tilia sp.)

[Kunsthistorisches Museum, revised 2011]

Eve as a full-length figure, depicted standing with the serpent and an apple

[Tüchler, Schütz, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna 2011]

Attribution
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Kunsthistorisches Museum, revised 2011]

Production date
about 1520

Production date

about 1520

[Kunsthistorisches Museum, revised 2011]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 72,4 (l.) 72,6 (r.) x 28,8 (t.) 28,9 (b.) cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 72,4 (l.) 72,6 (r.) x 28,8 (t.) 28,9 (b.) cm

  • Dimensions of the painted surface: 71.9 (l.) 72.2 (r.) x 28.8 (t.) 28.9 (b.) cm

  • Dimensions including the frame: 84.8 x 41.4 x 4.6 cm

  • [Kunsthistorisches Museum, revised 2011]

Signature / Dating

None

Inscriptions and Labels

Reverse of the panel:

  • top centre:
    printed paper label: 'II. D. u. N. 1. 109.'
    in white chalk: 'K'
  • centre:
    printed …

Inscriptions and Labels

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

  • Reverse of the panel:

    • top centre:

  • printed paper label: 'II. D. u. N. 1. 109.'

  • in white chalk: 'K'

    • centre:

  • printed paper label: 'C. LUC. CRA (...) Nro.' (half cut off - missing half on the reverse of GG_929a)

    • bottom right (upside down):

  • stamp: 'GI 1949'

    • bottom right:

  • printed paper label: 'Direktion der Gemäldegalerie, Kunsthistorisches Staatsmuseum', handwritten addition in black pen: '929b'

  • [Kunsthistorisches Museum, revised 2011]

Owner
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Repository
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Location
Vienna
CDA ID
AT_KHM_GG929b
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/AT_KHM_GG929b/

Connected Works

The Fall of Man: Adam
  • The Fall of Man: Adam, about 1520
  • AT_KHM_GG929a
  • Painting
  • Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Provenance

  • Collection of the Archduke Leopold Wilhelm, Inventory 1659, No. 664?
  • Inventory from 1730 as Padovanino [Storffer , Bd. II, 1730, No. 169]

[Kunsthistorisches Museum, revised 2011]

Exhibitions

Vienna 1972, No. 5

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Exhib. Cat. Prague 2016 84, 85
EditorOlga Kotková
TitleCranach. Ze všech stran. From all sides.
Place of PublicationPrague
Year of Publication2016
Pages16-180
Show Literature
Exhib. Cat. London 2007 27
EditorCaroline Campbell
TitleTemptation in Eden. Lucas Cranach's Adam and Eve , [London, Courtauld Institute Gallery]
Place of PublicationLondon
Year of Publication2007
Show Literature
Exhib. Cat. Prague 2005 88 (English version 36) under no. 17
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
Show Literature
Reiter 1994 42, Fn. 20
AuthorCornelia Reiter
TitleDie Geschichte der Gemäldesammlung des Schottenstiftes
Publicationin Alfred Brogyányi, ed., Festschrift zur Eröffnung des Museums im Schottenstift
Place of PublicationVienna
Year of Publication1994
Pages39-44
Show Literature
Exhib. Cat. Vienna 1972 No. 5
AuthorKarl Schütz
EditorKunsthistorisches Museum, Wien
TitleLucas Cranach der Ältere und seine Werkstatt. Jubiläumsausstellung museumseigener Werke 1472-1972
Place of PublicationVienna
Year of Publication1972
Show Literature
Cat. Vienna 1938 No. 1923
Authorn. a.
TitleKunsthistorisches Museum: Katalog der Gemäldegalerie
SeriesFührer durch das Kunsthistorische Museum
Volume8
Place of PublicationVienna
IssueSecond edition
Year of Publication1938
Show Literature
Baldass 1922 B 80
AuthorLudwig Baldass
TitleDie altösterreichischen Tafelbilder der Wiener Gemäldegalerie
JournalWiener Jahrbuch für bildende Kunst
IssueJg. 5
Year of Publication1922
Pages67-86
Show Literature
Frimmel 1917 104-105
AuthorTheodor von Frimmel
TitleDie Gemäldesammlung des Wiener Schottenstiftes
JournalStudien und Skizzen zur Gemäldekunde
IssueJg. III. Band, H. I. und II. Lieferung (Jänner 1917)
Year of Publication1917
Pages101-108
Show Literature
Cat. Vienna 1886 No. 1490
AuthorEduard von Engerth
TitleGemälde. Beschreibendes Verzeichnis. Kunsthistorische Sammlungen des Allerhöchsten Kaiserhauses
Volume1 - 3
Place of PublicationVienna
Year of Publication1886
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  • The Fall of Man: Eve, about 1520

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