Christ and the Adulteress

Christ and the Adulteress

Title

Christ and the Adulteress

[cda 2016]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Exhib. Cat. Gotha 2015, 194, No. 53]

At the centre of the painting is the half-length figure of Christ in a greenish blue robe with a broad gold braid around the neckline, on the sleeves and the red coat. With the index finger of his left hand he points at the sinner, who is shown as a

At the centre of the painting is the half-length figure of Christ in a greenish blue robe with a broad gold braid around the neckline, on the sleeves and the red coat. With the index finger of his left hand he points at the sinner, who is shown as a young woman in contemporary dress - green velvet with gold edging - and with her hair pinned up. A group of bearded men stand at the right edge. Three figures are shown at the left edge: two wear head attire, while the one at the front expresses envy.

[Dommuseum Fulda, revised 2016]

Attributions
Lucas Cranach the Elder
Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Exhib. Cat. Gotha 2015, 194, No. 53]

Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, 96, No. 129B]
[Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974, S. 514, under No. 364]

Production dates
about 1520
about 1517

Production dates

about 1520

[cda 2017]

about1506-1508

[Schweinsberg 1966, 35]

about 1517

(?) [Exhib. Cat. Gotha 2015, 194, No. 53]

about 1512

[museen-in-hessen.de/de/museen/dommuseum_fulda] (accessed 13.07.2016)

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 75 x 122 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 75 x 122 cm

  • [Exhib. Cat. Gotha 2015, 194, No. 53]

Signature / Dating

none

Inscriptions and Labels

Upper edge: 'QVI SINE PECCATO EST VESTRVM / IN EAM PRIMV LAPIDEM MITTAT'
[Exhib. Cat. Gotha 2015, 194, …

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

  • Upper edge:

  • 'QVI SINE PECCATO EST VESTRVM / IN EAM PRIMV LAPIDEM MITTAT'

  • [Exhib. Cat. Gotha 2015, 194, No. 53]

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

  • Recto, lower left: in red paint '361'

  • [Dommuseum Fulda, revised 2016]

Owner
Kath. Pfarrgemeinde Sankt Elisabeth
Repository
Dommuseum Fulda
Location
Fulda
CDA ID
DE_DMBF_525001
FR (1978) Nr.
FR129B
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_DMBF_525001/

Provenance

  • Elisabethkirche, Kassel
  • until 1964 Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Kassel
    [Exhib. Cat. Gotha 2015, 194, No. 53]

Exhibitions

Gotha/Kassel 2015, No. 53

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Mayer 2021 106 Fig. 4
AuthorMiriam Mayer
TitleInschriften und Signaturen. Überlegungen zur Verwendung von Schrift in ausgewählten Werken von Hans Kemmer.
Publicationin Dagmar Täube, ed., Lucas Cranach der Ältere und Hans Kemmer. Meistermaler zwischen Renaissance und Reformation [Lübeck, St. Annen-Museum]
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication2021
Pages103-113
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Exhib. Cat. Gotha, Kassel 2015 194, 195 53 Pl. p. 195
EditorJulia Carrasco, Justus Lange, Stiftung Schloss Friedenstein, Gotha, Benjamin D. Spira, Timo Trümper
TitleBild und Botschaft. Cranach im Dienst von Hof und Reformation, [Gotha, Herzogliches Museum; Kassel, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Schloss Wilhelmshöhe]
Place of PublicationHeidelberg
Year of Publication2015
Show Literature
Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 96 No. 129B
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
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Schenk zu Schweinsberg 1966 33-42
AuthorEberhard Schenk zu Schweinsberg
TitleDie früheste Fassung des Gemäldes der Ehebrecherin von Lukas Cranach d. Ä.Schenk
JournalKunst in Hessen und am Mittelrhein
Issue6
Year of Publication1966
Pages33-42
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Research History / Discussion

This version of the adulteress in Fulda does not exhibit the Latin inscription that was usual on Post-Reformation versions of this subject and for this reason Schenk zu Schweinsberg suggested a dating before 1517.

[Exhib. Cat. Gotha 2015, 194, No. 53]

  • Christ and the Adulteress, about 1520

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