The Redemption of Mankind

The Redemption of Mankind

Title

The Redemption of Mankind

[cda 2015]

Painting on limewood

Medium

Painting on limewood

[Exhib. Cat. Gotha 2015, 182, no. 48]

The upright rectangular painting, which probably originally functioned as an epitaph, shows the vindication of man through faith, a central subject of the Lutheran doctrine. Against the backdrop of a rocky landscape a man wearing only a white loincloth is depicted to the left of the central axis striding forward.

The upright rectangular painting, which probably originally functioned as an epitaph, shows the vindication of man through faith, a central subject of the Lutheran doctrine. Against the backdrop of a rocky landscape a man wearing only a white loincloth is depicted to the left of the central axis striding forward. Two prophets walk behind him and their heads and gestures follow the man's gaze. St John the Baptist is pictured on the right pointing towards the crucifixion at the edge of the painting. A scene showing the brazen serpent is visible to the left of the cross and Christ triumphant over death and the devil on the right, above them the Virgin appears on top of Mount Tabor. At the left edge half a tree is visible, rich with foliage.

[Exhib. Cat. Gotha 2015, 182, No. 48]

Attributions
Antonius Heusler
Lucas Cranach the Younger

Attributions

Antonius Heusler

[Exhib. Cat. Gotha 2015, 182, no. 48] [Schneckenburger-Broschek, Cat. Kassel 1997, 126-133]

Lucas Cranach the Younger

[Inventory stamp on the reverse of a b/w photograph; Koepplin Archive]

Franz Timmermann

[Dieter Koepplin, letter to A. Schneckenburger-Broschek, 31.10.1982; Koepplin Archive]

Production dates
after 1539
1539 - 1561

Production dates

after 1539

[Exhib. Cat. Gotha 2015, 182, no. 48]

1527 - 1540

[Reinitzer 2006, 63f., 208f.]

1539 - 1561

[MHK online database, accessed 25.09.2023]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 50.7 x 38.6 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 50.7 x 38.6 cm

  • [Exhib. Cat. Gotha 2015, 182, no. 48]

Signature / Dating

None

Inscriptions and Labels
  • beneath the image: 'Nim w[ar di]e ju[ng]fraw wirdt / [sc]hwang[er und einen] son g[ebere]n …

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

    • beneath the image:

  • 'Nim w[ar di]e ju[ng]fraw wirdt / [sc]hwang[er und einen] son g[ebere]n / Der ger[echte] lebet sine[s glauben]s // Ich ele[nder] men[sc]h [wer wir]d mich / erlose[n] von de[m] leibe des Todes Ro 7 // W[ir] halten da[s der Mensch gerecht werde] // Sihe das [ist got]is / lamb d[as der w]elt / sunde [tregt] // Der tod ist verschlung[en] / im sieg T[od wo ist dein spies] / helle [wo ist] dein sieg'

  • [Exhib. Cat. Gotha 2015, 182, no. 48]

Owner
Museumslandschaft Hessen Kassel
Repository
Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Kassel
Location
Kassel
CDA ID
DE_MHK_GK1033
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_MHK_GK1033/

Provenance

Exhibitions

Gotha/Kassel 2015, no. 48

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Sandner, Burkhardt 2018 95-97
AuthorIngo Sandner, Hans Burkhardt
TitleAntonius Heusler. Ein Annaberger Maler der Reformationszeit
Place of PublicationMarienberg
Year of Publication2018
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Exhib. Cat. Gotha, Kassel 2015 182 48 Pl. p. 183
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
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Lange 2015 39
AuthorJustus Lange
TitleLucas Cranach und die Landgrafschaft Hessen
Publicationin Julia Carrasco, Justus Lange, Benjamin D. Spira, Timo Trümper, Stiftung Schloss Friedenstein Gotha and Museumslandschaft Hessen Kassel, eds., Bild und Botschaft. Cranach im Dienst von Hof und Reformation, [Exhib. Cat. Gotha, Kassel]
Place of PublicationHeidelberg
Year of Publication2015
Pages29-42
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Fleck 2010 164-166, 501 111
AuthorMiriam Fleck
TitleEin tröstlich gemelde. Die Glaubensallegorie "Gesetz und Gnade" in Europa zwischen Spätmittelalter und Früher Neuzeit
Place of PublicationKorb
Year of Publication2010
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Reinitzer 2006 63 f., 280 f.
AuthorHeimo Reinitzer
TitleGesetz und Evangelium. Über ein reformatorisches Bildthema, seine Tradition, Funktion und Wirkungsgeschichte
Volume1-2
Place of PublicationHamburg
Year of Publication2006
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Exhib. Cat. Prague 2005 106 (English version 41) under no. 25
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
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Cat. Kassel 1997 126-133
AuthorAnja Schneckenburger-Broschek
EditorStaatliche Museen Kassel
TitleAltdeutsche Malerei. Die Tafelbilder und Altäre des 14. bis 16. Jahrhunderts in der Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister und im Hessischen Landesmuseum Kassel. Bestandskatalog Staatliche Museen Kassel
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication1997
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Research History / Discussion

[see also MHK online database, accessed 07.12.2020]

  • The Redemption of Mankind, after 1539

Images

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Versions

Allegory of Salvation
  • Allegory of Salvation, about 1555
  • PL_MNW_MOb2151
  • Painting
  • Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie

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