Abraham and Isaac

Title

Abraham and Isaac

[cda 2014]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[page from a catalogue (Auc. Cat. Galerie Alexander Gebhardt) in the Koepplin archive, c. 1967]

The painting shows Abraham and Isaac ascending the sacrificial mountain. Both carry bundles of wood, the young Isaac points ahead while turning around to his father. He in turn has a sword tucked into his belt and carries a jar of oil in his left hand. The servants wait in

[Görres, cda 2014]

Attributions: Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder	[cda 2014] [letter from D. Koepplin to the owner in the D. Koepplin Archive, 1972]
Lucas Cranach the Elder	[page of an Auc.Cat. Galerie Alexander Gebhardt in the Archive D. Koepplin, c. 1967]

Production date: about 1530

Production date

about 1530

[cda 2014]
[letter D. Koepplin to the owner in the Archive D. Koepplin, 1972]

Dimensions: Dimensions of support: 53.5 x 102.7 cm

Dimensions

Dimensions of support: 53.5 x 102.7 cm
[Max J. Friedländer Archive]

Signature / Dating: None

Owner: Stiftung Jakob Briner, Winterthur
Repository: Sammlung Oskar Reinhart, Winterthur
Location: Winterthur

CDA ID: PRIVATE_NONE-P057
FR (1978) Nr.: FR-none
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P057/

Provenance

by 1951 in the private collection of Aug. Mayer (Munich)
[Max J. Friedländer Archive]

Literature

Reference on page

Catalogue Number

Figure / Plate

Tacke 1992

254-256

Figs. 147, 148

Author	Andreas Tacke
Title	Der katholische Cranach. Zu zwei Großaufträgen von Lucas Cranach d. Ä., Simon Franck und der Cranach-Werkstatt (1520 - 1540)
Series	Berliner Schriften zur Kunst
Volume	2
Place of Publication	Mainz
Year of Publication	1992

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Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974/1976

560,562

Author	Dieter Koepplin, Tilman Falk
Title	Lukas Cranach. Gemälde, Zeichnungen und Druckgraphik
Volume	1, 2
Place of Publication	Basel, Stuttgart
Year of Publication	1974
Link	http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-diglit-104522

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Research History / Discussion

Expertise by Buchner 1961 and Friedländer 1951.

[Letter D. Koepplin to owner, D. Koepplin Archive, 1972]

Abraham and Isaac, about 1530

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