Christ and the Adulteress

Title

[cda 2022]

Painting on softwood

Medium

Painting on softwood	[Lostart online database, accessed 04.04.2022]
Painting on pine	[Löcher, Cat. Nuremberg 1997, 609]

The artist uses half-length figures against a dark background to depict this scene from St John's Gospel (8, 1-11). Christ is shown standing at the centre of the image wearing a cloak over his robe. His right hand is raised. The adulteress stands to his left with her head bowed and gazes down. Christ has clasped her right hand in his left one. She is wearing a courtly dress with gold brocade. On the left side of the painting a group of men have gathered. The one in the foreground holds a bag of stones and the bearded man beside him clutches one at the ready in his left hand, while pointing at the adulteress with his right hand. Another group of men can be seen in conversation on the righthand side.

[cda 2022]

Attributions: Lucas Cranach the Elder
Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Lucas Cranach the Elder	[Lostart online database, accessed 04.04.2022]
Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder	[Cat. Nuremberg 1901, no. 209]

Production date: about 1520

Production date

about 1520

[Lostart online database, accessed 04.04.2022]

Dimensions: Dimensions of support: 77 × 110 cm

Dimensions

Dimensions of support: 77 × 110 cm
[Lostart online database, accessed 04.04.2022]

Signature / Dating: None

Inscriptions and Labels: Top edge: '113.'; 'QVI. SINE. PECCATO. EST. VESTRUM. IN. EAM. // PRIMV. LAPIDEM. MITTAT. // JOHANNIS. OCTAVO.'

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

Top edge: '113.'; 'QVI. SINE. PECCATO. EST. VESTRUM. IN. EAM. // PRIMV. LAPIDEM. MITTAT. // JOHANNIS. OCTAVO.'

Owner: Bayrische Staatsgemäldesammlungen
Repository: painting not preserved

CDA ID: DE_BSTGS-GNMN-Lost_Gm209
FR (1978) Nr.: FR-none
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_BSTGS-GNMN-Lost_Gm209/

Provenance

1804 from the Neuburg castle (Schloß Neuburg)
on permanent loan from the Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen to the Germanisches Nationalmuseum in Nuremberg
during the Second World War evacuated to Cadolzburg in Middle Franconia
the castle was destroyed by fire at the end of the war and the artworks stored there were probably all lost
[Lostart online database, accessed 04.04.2022]

Literature

Reference on page

Catalogue Number

Figure / Plate

Cat. Nuremberg 1997

609

Author	Kurt Löcher
Title	Die Gemälde des 16. Jahrhunderts. Germanisches Nationalmuseum Nürnberg
Place of Publication	Ostfildern-Ruit
Year of Publication	1997

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Cat. Nuremberg 1936/1937

Fig. 375

Author	Eberhard Lutze, Eberhard Wiegand
Title	Kataloge des Germanischen Nationalmuseums zu Nürnberg. Die Gemälde des 13.-16. Jahrhunderts
Place of Publication	Leipzig
Year of Publication	1937

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Cat. Nuremberg 1909

209

Author	Heinz Braune
Title	Katalog der Gemälde-Sammlung des Germanischen Nationalmuseums in Nürnberg
Place of Publication	Nuremberg
Year of Publication	1909

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Research History / Discussion

According to Löcher in [Cat. Nuremberg 1997, 609] the painting is considered a war loss and was probably destryed by fire ('Kriegsverlust 1945, vermutlich verbrannt.').

[Cat. Nuremberg 1997, 609]

Christ and the Adulteress, about 1520

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