Christ and the Samaritan Woman

Christ and the Samaritan Woman

Title

Christ and the Samaritan Woman

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Painting on alder wood

Medium

Painting on alder wood

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The scene depicts Christ's encounter with the Samaritan woman described in the fourth chapter of the Gospel of John. Exhausted from his wanderings, Christ settles to rest at Jacob's well in Samaria and asks a woman drawing water there for a drink. Initially she is puzzled by the request of

The scene depicts Christ's encounter with the Samaritan woman described in the fourth chapter of the Gospel of John. Exhausted from his wanderings, Christ settles to rest at Jacob's well in Samaria and asks a woman drawing water there for a drink. Initially she is puzzled by the request of this non-Jewish 'stranger', but during the conversation that follows she recognizes the traveller as the Messiah. He uses the example of the water from the well as an example of temporarily relief for thirst, and explains that the water he has to offer quenches thirst forever, as it grants eternal life.

An engraving by Hans Sebald Beham provided the artist with inspiration for this scene, which concentration on the two figures in dialogue. Once settled on the edge of the well that occupies the pictorial centre, Christ instructs the Samaritan woman. She has set her vessel down and listens to his words with an earnest face and folded arms. Two further episodes of the story are visualized simultaneously: in the first at the left in the background the disciples return home with their food purchases; two of them have put the bread on the table behind the well and urge Christ to eat, while in the second on the right, the residents of Sychar - led by the Samaritan woman - hurry towards Christ, whose sermons will convert many of them to the true faith.

[Elsbeth Wiemann, [http://onlinekatalog.staatsgalerie.de/detail.jsp?id=600FAE6D44790415C7B08EBD53F383E9&img=1; 12-01-2016]

Attributions
Antonius Heusler
Master H in A

Attributions

Antonius Heusler

[http://onlinekatalog.staatsgalerie.de/detail.jsp?id=600FAE6D44790415C7B08EBD53F383E9&img=1; 12-01-2016]

Master H in A

[Cat. Stuttgart 1900, 69]

Production date
1546

Production date

1546

[dated]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 82/82.3 (left/right) x 97.5/97.9 (top/bottom) x 0.8-1 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 82/82.3 (left/right) x 97.5/97.9 (top/bottom) x 0.8-1 cm

  • [cda 2015]

Signature / Dating

Monogrammed at bottom edge: 'A' with an enclosed 'H', and dated '1546', in white paint

Signature / Dating

  • Monogrammed at bottom edge: 'A' with an enclosed 'H', and dated '1546', in white paint

  • [Elsbeth Wiemann, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, revised 2015]

Inscriptions and Labels

Reverse of the panel: Adhesive label with a hoop crown and the inscription 'Fr II. Nro: i32'; upper frame …

Inscriptions and Labels

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

  • Reverse of the panel: Adhesive label with a hoop crown and the inscription 'Fr II. Nro: i32'; upper frame element an adhesive label with the number '251'; lower frame element a nailed-on number plaque '81' (old Staatsgalerie Stuttgart catalogue number); Staatsgalerie Stuttgar inventory label

  • [Elsbeth Wiemann, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, revised 2015]

Owner
Land Baden-Württemberg
Repository
Staatsgalerie Stuttgart
Location
Stuttgart
CDA ID
DE_SGS_1013
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_SGS_1013/

Provenance

  • 1736 acquired together with the collection of Count Gustav Adolf von Gotter by Duke Carl Alexander von Württemberg (as Lucas van Leyden)
  • 1899 given as a gift by the Württemberg King Wilhelm II.
    [Cat. Stuttgart 1907, 75]
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Exhibitions

  • Erfurt 1903, No. 142
  • Nuremberg 1952, B 23

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Cat. Kronach 2014 272 under No. 104
AuthorMatthias Weniger
TitleFränkische Galerie. Zweigmuseum des Bayerischen Nationalmuseums. Festung Rosenbach Kronach
Place of PublicationPetersberg
Year of Publication2014
Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974/1976 521 under No. 370
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
Cat. Stuttgart 1962 122
EditorStuttgarter Galerieverein
TitleKatalog der Staatsgalerie Stuttgart. Alte Meister
Place of PublicationStuttgart
Year of Publication1962
Cat. Stuttgart 1957 166
EditorStuttgarter Galerieverein
TitleKatalog der Staatsgalerie Stuttgart
Place of PublicationStuttgart
Year of Publication1957
Exhib. Cat. Nuremberg 1952 14 B 23
EditorGermanisches Nationalmuseum, Nürnberg
TitleAufgang der Neuzeit. Deutsche Kunst und Kultur von Dürers Tod bis zum Dreissigjährigem Kriege 1530-1650, Nürnberg, Germanisches National-Museum Nürnberg, 15. Juli bis 15. Oktober 1952.
Place of PublicationNuremberg
Year of Publication1952
Thieme-Becker 1950 37, 400
EditorHans Vollmer
TitleAllgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart, Bd. 37: Meister mit Notnamen und Monogrammisten
Place of PublicationLeipzig
Year of Publication1950
Cat. Stuttgart 1931 97
AuthorKlaus von Baudissin
TitleKatalog der Staatsgalerie zu Stuttgart
Place of PublicationStuttgart
Year of Publication1931
Zimmermann 1931 219
AuthorHildegard Zimmermann
TitleEin Sammelband mit Drucken des Leipziger Valentin Bapst und die Holzschnitt-Folgen des Monogrammisten H in A
JournalZentralblatt für Bibliothekswesen
Issue48 (1931)
Year of Publication1931
Pages217-220
Cat. Stuttgart 1917 53 81
AuthorGertrud Gradmann
TitleVerzeichnis der Gemäldegalerie im Kgl. Museum der bildenden Künste zu Stuttgart
Place of PublicationStuttgart
Year of Publication1917
Cat. Stuttgart 1907 75 81
AuthorKonrad Lange-Tübingen
TitleVerzeichnis der Gemäldesammlung im kgl. Museum der bildenden Künste zu Stuttgart.Mit 100 Abbildungen
Place of PublicationStuttgart
IssueSecond edition
Year of Publication1907
Cat. Braunschweig 1905 6
AuthorHerman Riegel
TitleHerzogliches Museum: beschreibendes und kritisches Verzeichnis der Gemäldesammlung, Nachtrag
Place of PublicationBraunschweig
Year of Publication1905
Doering, Voss 1905 17
EditorOskar Doering, Georg Voss
TitleMeisterwerke der Kunst aus Sachsen und Thüringen. Gemälde, Skulpturen, Schnitzaltäre, Medaillen, Buchmalereien, Weberien, Goldschmiedekunst
Place of PublicationMagdeburg
Year of Publication1905
Cat. Stuttgart 1903 24 81
AuthorKonrad Lange
TitleVerzeichnis der Gemälde-Sammlung im Königlichen Museum der bildenden Künste zu Stuttgart
Place of PublicationStuttgart
Year of Publication1903
Exhib. Cat. Erfurt 1903 25 142
EditorOskar Doering
TitleKatalog der kunstgeschichtlichen Ausstellung zu Erfurt, September 1903
Place of PublicationMagdeburg
Year of Publication1903
Link https://archive.org/details/katalogderkunstg00ange/page/n1/mode/2up
Cat. Stuttgart 1900 69 533
AuthorKonrad Lange
TitleVerzeichnis der Gemälde-Sammlung im Kgl. Museum der bildenden Künste zu Stuttgart
Place of PublicationStuttgart
Year of Publication1900
  • Christ and the Samaritan Woman, 1546

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Technical studies

06. 2015Technical examination / Scientific analysis

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DESCRIPTION

Tools/Material:

- Initial design with a dry drawing material, dark chalk? line in a fluid medium were probably then applied subsequently with a brush

Type/Ductus:

- loose and freehand underdrawing

- thin to somewhat broader lines

Function:

- only relatively binding for the final painted version; lines define the main contours and describe essential details within forms as well as facial features; no representation of volume with hatching-strokes

Deviations:

- corrections were made to forms during the painting process; small changes (e. g. the position of the Samaritan’s arms; the position of Christ’s foot

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- Antonius Heusler

[Sandner, Smith-Contini, Heydenreich, cda 2016]

  • fotografiert von Gunnar Heydenreich
  • fotografiert von Ingo Sandner

06. 2015Technical Examination

Support

- the original thickness of the panel has been preserved (c. 0.8-1 cm)

- the surface on the reverse is original and exhibits vertical marks from a block plane

- the dimensions are to a greater extent original, possibly trimmed by a few centimetres along the edge.

  • examined by Gunnar Heydenreich

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