Adam and Eve

Title

Adam and Eve

[CDA 2010]

Painting on limewood

Medium

Painting on limewood

[Cat. Coburg 2018, 32]
[Klein report 03.03.2016]

A small format representation of Adam and Eve against a black backdrop standing beside the tree of knowledge. The serpent coils its way towards Eve through the tree. She holds an apple in her hand and looks out at the viewer.

[Görres, cda 2015]

Attributions: Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder
Lucas Cranach the Elder and workshop

Attributions

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder	[Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg, revised 2010]
Lucas Cranach the Elder and workshop	[Cat. Coburg 2018, 32]

Production date: about 1512

Production date

about 1512

[Maedebach, Exhib. Cat. Coburg 1972, No. 1]

[Cat. Coburg 2018, 32]

Dimensions: Dimensions of support: 31 x 25.5 x 0.7 cm (original panel)/2.0 cm (including cradle)

Dimensions

Dimensions of support: 31 x 25.5 x 0.7 cm (original panel)/2.0 cm (including cradle)
[Cat. Coburg 2018, 32]
Dimensions of support: 31.2 x 25.7 cm
[Maedebach, Exhib. Cat. Coburg 1972, no. 1]

Signature / Dating: none

Inscriptions and Labels: none Reverse: - adhesive label and inscription KVC
[Cat. Coburg 2018, 32]

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

none

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

Reverse: - adhesive label and inscription KVC
[Cat. Coburg 2018, 32]

Owner: Veste Coburg Kunstsammlungen
Repository: Veste Coburg Kunstsammlungen
Location: Coburg

CDA ID: DE_KSVC_M159
FR (1978) Nr.: FR-none
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_KSVC_M159/

Provenance

Gotha, Kunstkammer Schloss Friedenstein, Gemäldegalerie
1856 Herzogliche Kunst- und Altertümersammlung der Veste Coburg (HKA)
1919 Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg (KVC)
[Cat. Coburg 2018, 32]

Exhibitions

Coburg 1972, no. 1

Literature

Reference on page

Catalogue Number

Figure / Plate

Cat. Coburg 2018

32-35

Pl. 33, Fig. 1

Author	Klaus Weschenfelder
Title	Cranach in Coburg. Gemälde von Lucas Cranach d.Ä., Lucas Cranach d.J., der Werkstatt und des Umkreises in den Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg
Place of Publication	Regensburg
Year of Publication	2018

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Weschenfelder 2018 A

14, 18

Author	Klaus Weschenfelder
Title	Cranach in Coburg.
Publication	in Klaus Weschenfelder, ed., Cranach in Coburg. Gemälde von Lucas Cranach d.Ä., Lucas Cranach d.J., der Werkstatt und des Umkreises in den Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg
Place of Publication	Regensburg
Year of Publication	2018
Pages	7-23

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Exhib. Cat. Coburg 1972

No. 1

Editor	Heino Maedebach
Title	Graphik aus dem Kupferstichkabinett der Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg. Beiheft: Lucas Cranach d. Ae. und seine Werkstatt: Gemälde
Place of Publication	Coburg
Year of Publication	1972

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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932

under No. 40

Author	Max J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
Title	Die Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of Publication	Berlin
Year of Publication	1932
Link	http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/friedlaender1932

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Voss, Lehfeldt 1907

558

No. 5

Author	Paul Lehfeldt, Georg Voss
Title	Bau- und Kunst-Denkmäler Thüringens. Herzogthum Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha; Amtsgerichtsbezirke Neustadt, Rodach, Sonnefeld, Königsberg, Coburg
Series	Bau- und Kunstdenkmäler Thüringens
Volume	IV
Place of Publication	Jena
Year of Publication	1907

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Flechsig 1900 A

281

No. 107

Author	Eduard Flechsig
Title	Cranachstudien
Volume	1
Place of Publication	Leipzig
Year of Publication	1900
Link	page/n5/mode/2up

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Adam and Eve, about 1512

Images

Documents

DE_KSVC_M159_FR-none_2016_analysis-report-001.pdf

Technical studies

2018Technical Examination

Support

- limewood

- single board; toolmarks from a toothed plane on the reverse (distance between the teeth: 0.1 cm)

- the panel was probably originally fitted in a grooved frame

Ground and Imprimatura

- chalk ground

- the panel was probably fitted in a frame when the ground was applied as a distinctive barbe is visible along the edge of the paited surface.

[Cat. Coburg 2018, 32]

03.03.2016Scientific analysis

Dendrochronology / identification of wood species

DE_KSVC_M159_FR-none_2016_analysis-report-001.pdf

Support

Identification of wood species: limewood (Tilia sp.)

[Klein report, 03.03.2016]

analysed by Peter Klein

Condition Reports

Date2018

Support:

pine wood cradle
at the top right: numerous filled worm channels (inactive)
later marks caused by nails in the frame

Varnish:

repeatedly reworked with a glossy resin varnish

[Cat. Coburg 2018, 32]

Conservation History

Date1850

Restoration

[Cat. Coburg 2018, 32]

conservation treatment by Heinrich Krüppel

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