Christ and the Adulteress

Christ and the Adulteress

Title

Christ and the Adulteress

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 216B]

Painting on wood (cradled)

Medium

Painting on wood (cradled)

[handwritten annotation D. Koepplin on the reverse of a photograph in the Archive D. Koepplin]

A full-length representation of the subject in a vertical format. Christ is positioned at the centre of a crowd of men and points to the right at the adulteress. He holds her right hand and turns to the man in armour, who already holds stones in his hands, eager to

A full-length representation of the subject in a vertical format. Christ is positioned at the centre of a crowd of men and points to the right at the adulteress. He holds her right hand and turns to the man in armour, who already holds stones in his hands, eager to punish the sinner. A soldier at the right edge holds the adulteress by the arm. Four other men watch the event from a gallery in the upper right corner.

[Görres, cda 2014]

Attributions
Lucas Cranach the Younger
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Lucas Cranach the Younger

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 216B]

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Exhib. Cat Hamburg 2003, No. 41]

Production date
1537

Production date

1537

[dated]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 36 x 24 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 36 x 24 cm

  • [Exhib. Cat Hamburg 2003, No. 41]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia and date at the top right: winged serpent with dropped wings, facing left and dated '1537'

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia and date at the top right: winged serpent with dropped wings, facing left and dated '1537'

  • [cda 2014]

Owner
Private Collection
Repository
Private Collection
CDA ID
PRIVATE_NONE-P018
FR (1978) Nr.
FR216B
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P018/

Provenance

  • auction Anton Fischer Ritter von Ankern, Vienna, 16 March 1903, No. 11

  • August Berg Collection, Portland (Oregon)
    [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 216B]

  • 2003 Fischer Gallery, Lucerne
    [Exhib. Cat Hamburg 2003, No. 41]

Exhibitions

Hamburg 2003, No. 41

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Görres 2017 B 51, fn 53
AuthorDaniel Görres
TitleDer Mönch und der Maler - Luther und Cranach als Vermittler eines neuen Glaubens
Publicationin Gunnar Heydenreich, Daniel Görres, Beat Wismer, eds., Lucas Cranach der Ältere. Meister - Marke - Moderne. [Exhib. Cat. Düsseldorf 2017]
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication2017
Link https://lucascranach.org/application/files/4016/7870/1696/Goerres_2017_Der_Moench_und_der_Maler.pdf
Pages44-51
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Exhib. Cat. Hamburg 2003 55, 174 041 Pl. 41
EditorBucerius Kunst Forum, Werner Schade
TitleLucas Cranach. Glaube, Mythologie und Moderne [Bucerius Kunst Forum, Hamburg]
Place of PublicationOstfildern-Ruit
Year of Publication2003
Show Literature
Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 216B
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
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