The first book of Kings, chapter 11 recounts how King Solomon led astray by his many wives from different countries prays to foreign Gods. Cranach shows the King appropriately enough kneeling in front of a statue of a female figure that is not unlike his wife who stands behind him.
The first book of Kings, chapter 11 recounts how King Solomon led astray by his many wives from different countries prays to foreign Gods. Cranach shows the King appropriately enough kneeling in front of a statue of a female figure that is not unlike his wife who stands behind him. The scene takes place in an interior with an open door offering a view of a landscape.
[Görres, cda 2016]
- Attributions
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Lucas Cranach the Younger
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder
Attributions
Lucas Cranach the Younger | [Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, 2011] |
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder | 'Atelierbild' 'Atelierbild' [1][Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 232] |
- Production date
- about 1537
Production date
about 1537 | [Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 230] |
- Dimensions
- Dimensions of support: 74 x 121.5 x 1.8 cm
Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 74 x 121.5 x 1.8 cm
[Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 230]
- Signature / Dating
Artist's insignia bottom, centre (below Solomon's foot): winged serpent with dropped wings, facing left; in black paint
Signature / Dating
Artist's insignia bottom, centre (below Solomon's foot): winged serpent with dropped wings, facing left; in black paint
- Inscriptions and Labels
Reverse of the panel:
[Gal.-Nr., repeatedly]; Sammlungsnachweis Pillnitz (repeatedly): 'Inv. 42'; in white chalk: '500'; in blue ink …Inscriptions and Labels
Stamps, Seals, Labels:
Reverse of the panel:
[Gal.-Nr., repeatedly]; Sammlungsnachweis Pillnitz (repeatedly): 'Inv. 42'; in white chalk: '500'; in blue ink on a label: '35 Kr 272 mAs 20.11.53, Inst. f. Denkmalpflege Halle'
Reverse of the frame: [Exhibition label: Weimar]; in red chalk: '68'
[Schlegel 2003, 89][1]
[1][Schlegel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 230]
- Owner
- Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
- Repository
- Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
- Location
- Dresden
- CDA ID
- DE_SKD_GG1928
- FR (1978) Nr.
- FR-none
- Persistent Link
- https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_SKD_GG1928/