Christ and the woman taken in adultery

Christ and the woman taken in adultery

Title

Christ and the woman taken in adultery

[Exhib. Cat. St. Petersburg 2016, No. 29]

Painting on copper, transferred from wood

Medium

Painting on copper, transferred from wood

[Cat. St. Petersburg 1986, 25]

Christ, who is in the centre of the image, points at the adulteress with his right hand while holding her hand with the other. He looks in the direction of the group of men on the left side of the painting. They have already prepared themselves for the stoning. The

Christ, who is in the centre of the image, points at the adulteress with his right hand while holding her hand with the other. He looks in the direction of the group of men on the left side of the painting. They have already prepared themselves for the stoning. The soft features of Christ contrast with the angry, distorted features of the man at the front of this group. The apostles are shown behind Christ and the adulteress. The scene, which takes place against a dark background, is brought closer to the viewer by the chosen composition.

[Görres, cda 2017]

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Younger

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Younger

[Exhib. Cat. St. Petersburg 2016, No. 29]

Production date
after 1532

Production date

after 1532

[Exhib. Cat. St. Petersburg 2016, No. 29]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 84 x 123 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 84 x 123 cm

  • [Exhib. Cat. St. Petersburg 2016, no. 29]

Signature / Dating

None

Owner
The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg
Repository
The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg
Location
St. Petersburg
CDA ID
RU_ESP_GE3673
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/RU_ESP_GE3673/

Provenance

  • Acquired in the 18th century
  • The painting hung in the Winter Palace
  • In 1762 it was transferresd to the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts
  • 1920 returned to State Hermitage
    [Cat. St. Petersburg 1986, 25]

Exhibitions

St. Petersburg 2016, no. 29

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Exhib. Cat. St. Petersburg 2016 029
AuthorMaria Pavlovna Garlova
EditorThe State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg
TitleKranachi: mezdi Renessansom i Man'erizmom / The Cranachs. Between the renaissance and mannerism
Place of PublicationSt. Petersburg
Year of Publication2016
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Cat. St. Petersburg 1986 25
AuthorNikolai Nikulin, Boris Asvarishch
TitleThe Hermitage: German and Austrian Paintings
Place of PublicationLeningrad
Year of Publication1986
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Cat. St. Petersburg 1981 203
Authorn. a.
TitleGosudarstvenny Ermitazh: Zapadnoevropeyskaya zhivopis, Katalog 2: Niderlandy, Flandriya, Belgiya, Gollandiya, Germaniya, Avstriya, Angliya, Daniya, Norvegiya, Finlandiya, Shvetsiya, Vengriya, Polsha, Rumyniya, Chekhoslovakiya
Place of PublicationSt. Petersburg
Year of Publication1981
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Malinovsky 1977 187
AuthorK. V. Malinovsky
TitleYakob fon Shtelin i yego zapiski po istorii russkoy zhivopisy XVIII veka
Publicationin T. V. Alekseeva, Russkoye iskusstvo barokko
Place of PublicationMoscow
Year of Publication1977
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Cat. St. Petersburg 1958 320
AuthorV. F. Levinson-Lessing, A. E. Krol, U. A. Rusakov
TitleGosudarstvenny Ermitazh: Otdel zapadnoevropeyskogo iskusstva: Katalog zhivopisi. T.II [State Hermitage: Department of Western/European art: Catalogue of paintings. Vol. II]
Place of PublicationSt. Petersburg, Moscow
Year of Publication1958
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Müller 1925 27
AuthorA. P. Müller
TitleInostrannyze zhivopistsy i skul'ptory v Rossii
Place of PublicationMoscow
Year of Publication1925
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Cat. St. Petersburg 1874 138 565
AuthorA. I. Somov
TitleKartinnaia galereia Imperatorskoi Akademii khudozhestv: Katalog proizvedenii zhivopisi
Place of PublicationSt. Petersburg
Year of Publication1874
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Waagen 1864 397
AuthorGustav Friedrich Waagen
TitleDie Gemäldesammlungen in der Kaiserlichen Eremitage zu St. Petersburg nebst Bemerkungen über andere dortige Kunstsammlungen
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication1864
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Georgi 1790 vol. 2, 537
AuthorJohann Gottlieb Georgi
TitleVersuch einer Beschreibung der Residenzstadt St. Petersburg und der Merkwürdigkeiten der Gegend, 2 vol.
Place of PublicationSt. Petersburg
Year of Publication1790
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