Sacrifice of Abraham

Sacrifice of Abraham

Title

Sacrifice of Abraham

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 209]

Painting on beech

Medium

Painting on beech

[Exhib. Cat. Basel 1976, no. 456]

The sacrifice of Isaac is located on a rock in the upper third of the painting: Abraham gazes up to heaven brandishing a sword in his right hand while holding Isaac's head with his left hand. He in turn kneels at the edge of a stone wall, which serves as

The sacrifice of Isaac is located on a rock in the upper third of the painting: Abraham gazes up to heaven brandishing a sword in his right hand while holding Isaac's head with his left hand. He in turn kneels at the edge of a stone wall, which serves as the foundations for a pyre, and his torso rests on the bundles of wood. A descending angel grabs the sword from Abraham and points to the ram caught by the horns in bushes with his right hand. The two servants with the donkey are positioned prominently in the foreground, one standing, the other sitting. A bush serves as a backdrop behind them and they have seemingly been elevated to leading figures within the scene. To their right is a landscape, which offers a view into the far distance where a town is visible in the background.

[Hanzl, Sammlungen des Fürsten von und zu Liechtenstein 2013]

Attributions
Lucas Cranach the Elder
Lucas Cranach the Elder and Workshop

Attributions

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 209]

Lucas Cranach the Elder and Workshop

[Exhib. Cat. Basel 1976, No. 456]

Production date
1531

Production date

1531

[dated]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 50.3 x 34.2 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 50.3 x 34.2 cm

  • Dimensions including frame: 64.8 x 49.5 x 3.5 cm

  • [Sammlungen des Fürsten von und zu Liechtenstein, revised 2013]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia bottom right: winged serpent with elevated wings, facing left, with black paint between the digits of the date '1531'

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia bottom right: winged serpent with elevated wings, facing left, with black paint between the digits of the date '1531'

  • [cda 2013]

Inscriptions and Labels

Recto: - bottom, right:
in white paint: '141'

Reverse of the frame:

  • top, centre:
    inscription on label: 'Lucas Crane'
  • top, right:
    inscription …

Inscriptions and Labels

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

  • Recto: - bottom, right:

  • in white paint: '141'

  • Reverse of the frame:

    • top, centre:

  • inscription on label: 'Lucas Crane'

    • top, right:

  • inscription on label:

  • 'Kunstmuseum Luzern 1948

  • Meisterwerke aus den Sammlungen des Fürsten von Liechtenstein

  • Katalog Nr. 70'

    • top, right (beneath above):

  • inscription on label: '739'

  • [Sammlungen des Fürsten von und zu Liechtenstein, revised 2013]

Owner
Liechtenstein. The Princely Collections, Vaduz-Vienna
Repository
Liechtenstein. The Princely Collections, Vaduz-Vienna
Location
Vienna
CDA ID
AT_PCLW_GE739
FR (1978) Nr.
FR209
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/AT_PCLW_GE739/

Provenance

  • mentioned in Prince Johann Adam Andreas I. of Liechtenstein's estate inventory from 1712, no. 416, acquired by Karl Eusebius of Liechtenstein (?)

[Sammlungen des Fürsten von und zu Liechtenstein, revised 2013]

Exhibitions

Dresden 1899, no. 53
Lucerne 1948, no. 70
Bregenz 1965, no. 24
Salzburg 1969, no. 10
Basel 1974, no. 456
Vaduz 1979
Rome 2010, no. 43
Bard 2011

[Sammlungen des Fürsten von und zu Liechtenstein, revised 2013]

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Exhib. Cat. Rome 2010 262 - 265 No. 43 Pl. p. 263, Pl. p. 265 (detail)
EditorGalleria Borghese, Rome, Anna Coliva, Bernard Aikema
TitleCranach. L'altro rinascimento / a different renaissance, [Rome, Galleria Borghese 15 ottobre 2010 - 13 febbraio 2011]
Place of PublicationMilan
Year of Publication2010
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Baumstark 1980 127
AuthorReinhold Baumstark
TitleMeisterwerke der Sammlungen des Fürsten von Liechtenstein. Gemälde
Place of PublicationZurich, Munich
Year of Publication1980
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 209
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
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Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974/1976 560-561 456 Fig. 291
AuthorDieter Koepplin, Tilman Falk
TitleLukas Cranach. Gemälde, Zeichnungen und Druckgraphik
Volume1, 2
Place of PublicationBasel, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1974
Link http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-diglit-104522
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Exhib. Cat. Salzburg 1969
AuthorRupert Feuchtmüller, Franz Winzinger
TitleÖsterreichische Meisterwerke aus Privatbesitz und Stiftsgalerien. Von der Spätgotik bis zum Barock
Place of PublicationSalzburg
Year of Publication1969
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Exhib. Cat. Bregenz 1965 024 11
AuthorOscar Sandner
TitleMeisterwerke der Malerei aus Privatsammlungen im Bodenseegebiet
Place of PublicationBregenz
Year of Publication1965
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Exhib. Cat. Lucerne 1948 70
AuthorGustav Wilhelm, Paul Hilber
TitleMeisterwerke aus den Sammlungen des Fürsten von Liechtenstein, [Luzern, Kunstmuseum, 5. Juni - 31. Oktober 1948]
Place of PublicationLucerne
Year of Publication1948
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Posse 1942 29 60 69
AuthorHans Posse
TitleLucas Cranach d. Ä.
Place of PublicationVienna
Year of Publication1942
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932 209
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
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Kronfeld 1931 739
AuthorA. Kronfeld
TitleFührer durch die Fürstlich Liechtensteinsche Gemäldegalerie in Wien
Place of PublicationVienna
IssueThird edition
Year of Publication1931
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Heyck 1908 94 p. 76
AuthorEduard Heyck
TitleLukas Cranach
SeriesKünstlermonographien
Volume95
Place of PublicationBielefeld
Year of Publication1908
Link https://archive.org/details/lukascranach01heycgoog
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Flechsig 1900 A 274
AuthorEduard Flechsig
TitleCranachstudien
Volume1
Place of PublicationLeipzig
Year of Publication1900
Link page/n5/mode/2up
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Exhib. Cat. Dresden 1899 053
EditorKarl Woermann
TitleDeutsche Kunstausstellung Dresden 1899. Abteilung Cranach-Ausstellung. Wissenschaftliches Verzeichnis der ausgestellten Werke
Place of PublicationDresden
Year of Publication1899
Link http://resolver.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/SBB00002A2400000000
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Cat. Vienna 1896 A 128
AuthorWilhelm von Bode
TitleDie Fürstlich Liechtenstein'sche Galerie in Wien
Place of PublicationVienna
Year of Publication1896
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Cat. Vienna 1885 99 739
AuthorJacob Falke
TitleKatalog der Fürstlich Liechtensteinischen Bilder-Galerie im Gartenpalais der Rossau zu Wien
Place of PublicationVienna
Year of Publication1885
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Cat. Vienna 1873 126 1091
AuthorJacob Falke
TitleKatalog der Fürstlich Liechtensteinischen Bilder-Galerie im Gartenpalais der Rossau zu Wien
Place of PublicationVienna
Year of Publication1873
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Waagen 1862 251
AuthorGustav Friedrich Waagen
TitleDie deutschen und niederländischen Malerschulen, Handbuch der Geschichte der Malerei
Volume1
Place of PublicationStuttgart
Year of Publication1862
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Schuchardt 1851 C 447
AuthorChristian Schuchardt
TitleLucas Cranach des Aeltern Leben und Werke. Zweiter Theil
Place of PublicationLeipzig
Year of Publication1851
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/schuchardt1851bd2
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Cat. Vaduz 1805 414
Authorn. a.
TitleSammlungskatalog. Manuscript
Year of Publication1805
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Dallinger von Dalling 1780 113
AuthorJohann Dallinger von Dalling
TitleDescription des Tableaux, et des Pièces de Sculpture, que renferme la Gallerie de son Altesse François Joseph Chef et Prince Regnant de la Maison de Liechtenstein
Place of PublicationVienna
Year of Publication1780
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Vaduz 1712 416
Authorn. a.
TitleNachlassinventar Fürst Johann Adam Andreas I. von Liechtenstein. Manuscript
Place of PublicationVaduz
Year of Publication1712
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