Law and Grace: Old Testament

Law and Grace: Old Testament

Title

Law and Grace: Old Testament

[cda 2017]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Exhib. Cat. Kamenz 2017, 78, No. 14]

A wood separates the foreground from the middle-ground. On a hill in the middle-ground: left, Adam and Eve next to the tree with the serpent; right, The Adoration of the Brazen Serpent. In the background: mountains. In the foreground: man is driven into hell by death and the devil, on

A wood separates the foreground from the middle-ground. On a hill in the middle-ground: left, Adam and Eve next to the tree with the serpent; right, The Adoration of the Brazen Serpent. In the background: mountains. In the foreground: man is driven into hell by death and the devil, on the right hand side four men among them Moses. Christ is shown on a globe in the sky.

[see Gurlitt 1912, 71]

Attribution
Wolfgang Krodel the Elder

Attribution

Wolfgang Krodel the Elder

[Exhib. Cat. Lübeck 2021, no. 49]
[Exhib. Cat. Kamenz 2017, 78, no. 14]
[Emmendörffer 1998, 223]
[Gurlitt 1912, 71]

Production date
1542

Production date

1542

[pendant dated]

Dimensions
Dimensions of visible painted surface: 55.5 x 41.6 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of visible painted surface: 55.5 x 41.6 cm

  • [Heydenreich, cda 2017]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia on the pendant: 'WK' linked and dated '1542'; in black paint.

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia on the pendant: 'WK' linked and dated '1542'; in black paint.

Inscriptions and Labels

  • top left: 'RO.I. ES WIRD OFFENBART [/]
    GOTTES ZORN VON HIMEL [/]
    VBER ALLER MENSCHEN [/]

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

    • top left:

  • 'RO.I. ES WIRD OFFENBART [/]

  • GOTTES ZORN VON HIMEL [/]

  • VBER ALLER MENSCHEN [/]

  • GOTLOS WESEN VND VN [/]

  • RECHT'

    • bottom from left to right, three text fields:

  • 'SIE SEIND ALLE ZVMAL SVNDER: VND MAN [/]

  • GELN DAS SIE SICH GOTTES NICHT RVMEN [/]

  • [...] GEN .RO.III.

  • DIE S[...] DES[...] SPES. AB[...] DAS [/]

  • GESE[...] R S[...] KR[...]

  • DVRCHS GESETZ KOMPT ERKENTNIS DER[/]

  • SVNDE.RO.III. DAS GESETZ VND [...] PROPH[/]

  • ETEN: GEHEN [P]IS AV IOHANNIS Z[...] MAT'

  • [cda 2016]

Owner
Ev.-luth.-Kirchengemeinde Kamenz
Repository
Klosterkirche und Sakralmuseum St. Annen (Städtische Sammlungen Kamenz)
Location
Kamenz
CDA ID
DE_StAK_001
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_StAK_001/

Connected Works

Law and Grace: The New Testament
  • Law and Grace: The New Testament, 1542
  • DE_StAK_002
  • Painting
  • Ev.-luth.-Kirchengemeinde Kamenz

Provenance

  • 1912 recorded in the St Marienkirche, Kamenz
    [Gurlitt 1912, 71]

Exhibitions

Lübeck 2021, no. 49

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Exhib. Cat. Lübeck 2021 252, 253 049 Fig. p. 253
EditorDagmar Täube
TitleLucas Cranach der Ältere und Hans Kemmer. Meistermaler zwischen Renaissance und Reformation [Lübeck, St. Annen-Museum]
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication2021
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Fleck 2021 96, 98, 99
AuthorMiriam Verena Fleck
Title"Wier seind allzumal sünder". Glaubensallegorien im Kontext von Buße und Erlösung
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
Pages93-101
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Sandner 2021 80
AuthorIngo Sandner
TitleDie Werkstattpraxis Lucas Cranach des Älteren
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
Pages71-81
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Binder 2017
AuthorThomas Binder
EditorSören Fischer
TitleWie kam Krodel nach Kamenz? Eine Spurensuche anhand historischer Überlieferungen.
Publicationin: Gesetz und Gnade. Wolfgang Krodel d. Ä., Lucas Cranach d. Ä. und die Erlösung des Menschen im Bild der Reformation. (anlässlich der Sonderausstellung im Sakralmuseum St. Annen, Kamenz vom 31. März bis 28. Mai 2017)
SeriesKleine Schriften der Städtischen Sammlungen Kamenz
VolumeBd. 8
Place of PublicationKamenz
Year of Publication2017
Pages91-97
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Exhib. Cat. Kamenz 2017
EditorSören Fischer
TitleGesetz und Gnade. Wolfgang Krodel d. Ä., Lucas Cranach d. Ä. und die Erlösung des Menschen im Bild der Reformation. (anlässlich der Sonderausstellung im Sakralmuseum St. Annen, Kamenz vom 31. März bis 28. Mai 2017)
SeriesKleine Schriften der Städtischen Sammlungen Kamenz
VolumeBd. 8
Place of PublicationKamenz
Year of Publication2017
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Emmendörffer 1998 223
AuthorChristoph Emmendörffer
TitleDie selbständigen Cranachschüler
Publicationin Ingo Sandner, Wartburg-Stiftung Eisenach and Fachhochschule Köln, eds., Unsichtbare Meisterzeichnungen auf dem Malgrund. Cranach und seine Zeitgenossen, Exhib. Cat. Eisenach
Place of PublicationRegensburg
Year of Publication1998
Pages203-228
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Gurlitt 1912 71
AuthorCornelius Gurlitt
TitleBeschreibende Darstellung der älteren Bau- und Kunstdenkmäler des Königreichs Sachsen. Band 36: Die Städte Kamenz und Pulsnitz
Place of PublicationDresden
Year of Publication1912
Link http://digital.slub-dresden.de/werkansicht/dlf/1947/1/0/
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Technical studies

09. 2016Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared reflectography
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Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

Tools/Material:

- fluid, black medium, brush

Type/Ductus:

- detailed and freehand underdrawing after a pre-existing design

- thin to somewhat broader lines

Function:

- binding for the final painted version; the lines define the main contours and describe details and facial features; no representation of volume with hatching strokes

Deviations:

- minor corrections were made to forms during the painting process

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- Wolfgang Krodel the Elder

[Sandner, Heydenreich, Smith-Contini, cda 2017]

  • photographed by Ingo Sandner
  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich

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