Abraham and Isaac

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

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 the background with a donkey.

[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
AuthorAndreas Tacke
TitleDer katholische Cranach. Zu zwei Großaufträgen von Lucas Cranach d. Ä., Simon Franck und der Cranach-Werkstatt (1520 - 1540)
SeriesBerliner Schriften zur Kunst
Volume2
Place of PublicationMainz
Year of Publication1992
Show Literature
Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974/1976 560,562
AuthorDieter Koepplin, Tilman Falk
TitleLukas Cranach. Gemälde, Zeichnungen und Druckgraphik
Volume1, 2
Place of PublicationBasel, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1974
Link http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-diglit-104522
Show Literature

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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