Allegory of Salvation

Allegory of Salvation

Title

Allegory of Salvation

[Cat. Warsaw 2000, 92-93]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[cda 2012]

Oak wood

[Cat. Warsaw 2000, 92-93]

St John the Baptist and two prophets from the Old Testament show the crucified one to a man clothed only in a loin cloth. In the background is the Raising of the Brazen Serpent, the Annunciation to the Virgin and Christ triumphing over Death and the Devil.

[Görres, cda

St John the Baptist and two prophets from the Old Testament show the crucified one to a man clothed only in a loin cloth. In the background is the Raising of the Brazen Serpent, the Annunciation to the Virgin and Christ triumphing over Death and the Devil.

[Görres, cda 2012]

Attributions
Antonius Heusler
Follower of Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Antonius Heusler

[Emmendörfer 1998, 221]

Follower of Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Cat. Warsaw 2000, 92-93]

Production dates
about 1555
about 1550 - 1599

Production dates

about 1555

[Emmendörfer 1998, 221]

about 1550 - 1599

'2nd half of the 16th Century' [Cat. Warsaw 2000, 92-93]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 47 x 34.5 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 47 x 34.5 cm

  • [Cat. Warsaw 2000, 92-93]

Signature / Dating

None

Owner
Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie
Repository
Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie
Location
Warsaw
CDA ID
PL_MNW_MOb2151
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PL_MNW_MOb2151/

Provenance

  • purchased in 1958 from Wladyslaw Reihelt, Posen
    [Cat. Warsaw 2000, 92-93]

Exhibitions

Warsaw 1961
Kielce 1996

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Exhib. Cat. Prague 2016 156, 157
EditorOlga Kotková
TitleCranach. Ze všech stran. From all sides.
Place of PublicationPrague
Year of Publication2016
Pages16-180
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Exhib. Cat. Prague 2005 106 (English version 41) under no. 25 Fig. p. 106
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. Warsaw 2000 46-47
AuthorBozena Steinborn, Antoni Ziemba
TitleMalarstwo Niemieckie Do 1600 Roku, Katalog Zbiorów. Deutsche Malerei bis 1600, Bestandskatalog
Place of PublicationWarsaw
Year of Publication2000
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Emmendörffer 1998 221 Fig. 22.16
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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Exhib. Cat. Eisenach 1998 221
EditorWartburg-Stiftung, Eisenach, Fachhochschule , Ingo Sandner
TitleUnsichtbare Meisterzeichnungen auf dem Malgrund. Cranach und seine Zeitgenossen. Ausstellungskatalog und Tagungsband Katalogteil 1; 2: Werkstatt und Schüler Cranachs; 3: Süddeutsche Meister; 4: Albrecht Dürer und sein Kreis; 5: Rheinische Meister
Place of PublicationRegensburg
Year of Publication1998
Pages229-240
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Drecka 1963 1-13
AuthorWanda Drecka
Title"Allégorie de la Rédemption" de Lucas Cranach le Vieux
JournalBulletin du Musée National de Varsovie
Issue4
Year of Publication1963
Pages1-17
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Pawlowski 1963 13-17
AuthorS. Pawlowski
TitleLa restauration d'une peinture de Lucas Cranach
JournalBulletin du Musée National de Varsovie
IssueIV (1963)
Year of Publication1963
Pages13-17
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  • Allegory of Salvation, about 1555

Images

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Versions

The Redemption of Mankind
  • The Redemption of Mankind, after 1539
  • DE_MHK_GK1033
  • Painting
  • Museumslandschaft Hessen Kassel

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