Triptych for Gotthard von Höveln [right wing]: The Fall of Man (Eve) [exterior]; Christ carrying the Cross [interior]

Triptych for Gotthard von Höveln [right wing]: The Fall of Man (Eve) [exterior]; Christ carrying the Cross [interior]

Title

Triptych for Gotthard von Höveln [right wing]: The Fall of Man (Eve) [exterior]; Christ carrying the Cross [interior]

[cda 2021]

Painting on wood (oak?)

Medium

Painting on wood (oak?)

[Emmendörffer 1997, 122]

The exterior of this wing panel shows Eve as a full-length nude figure, facing left in the Garden of Paradise. In her right hand she holds a branch with foliage that discretely covers her private parts, while stretching out her left hand to offer Adam the fatal apple. In the

The exterior of this wing panel shows Eve as a full-length nude figure, facing left in the Garden of Paradise. In her right hand she holds a branch with foliage that discretely covers her private parts, while stretching out her left hand to offer Adam the fatal apple. In the foreground accurately painted flowers spring from the grass at her feet. The tree of knowledge with the serpent winding through its branches is prominently placed behind her at the left, whereas on the righthand side the background opens out to reveal a landscape with mountains, and to continue the narrative by showing the expulsion from the garden. The interior wing shows Christ carrying the cross, a scene that occupies the foreground and two thirds of the image. Behind as on the exterior the narrative is continued, showing the crucifixion on Calvary.

[cda 2021]

Attributions
Hans Kemmer
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Hans Kemmer

[Exhib. Cat. Lübeck 2021, no. 28] [Emmendörffer 1997, 114] [Norberg 1962, 7] [Wentzel 1949, 250]

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Cat. Strängnäs 1911, 46, 47, no. 94]

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Blomberg 1943, 16]

Production date
about 1540

Production date

about 1540

[Exhib. Cat. Lübeck 2021, no. 28] [Emmendörffer 1997, 113]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 112 x 50 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 112 x 50 cm

  • [Emmendörffer 1997, 122]

Signature / Dating

None

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscription on the frame: 'denna Tafla // är skängt Till bärbo kiörkia aff Hustru Cattarina Brant // ANNO 1715'

Inscriptions and Labels

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

  • Inscription on the frame: 'denna Tafla // är skängt Till bärbo kiörkia aff Hustru Cattarina Brant // ANNO 1715'

  • see also [Emmendörffer 1997, 122 fn. 640]

Owner
Bärbo kyrka, Sverige
Repository
Bärbo kyrka, Sverige
Location
Nyköping
CDA ID
SE_BK_NONE-BK001c
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/SE_BK_NONE-BK001c/

Provenance

  • probably war loot
    [Norberg 1962]
  • Bärbo (Sweden), parish church
    [Emmendörffer 1997, 122]

Exhibitions

Lübeck 2021, no. 28

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Emmendörffer 2021 129-132
AuthorChristoph Emmendörffer
TitleHans Kemmer. Lübecks Maler in der Reformation.
Publicationin Dagmar Täube, ed., Lucas Cranach der Ältere und Hans Kemmer. Meistermaler zwischen Renaissance und Reformation [Lübeck, St. Annen-Museum]
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication2021
Pages125-133
Exhib. Cat. Lübeck 2021 210, 211 028 Fig, pp. 210, 211
EditorDagmar Täube
TitleLucas Cranach der Ältere und Hans Kemmer. Meistermaler zwischen Renaissance und Reformation [Lübeck, St. Annen-Museum]
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication2021
Emmendörffer 1998 212 Fig. 22.8
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
Emmendörffer 1997 56, 58, 113-123 010 Pl. 9, 12
AuthorChristoph Emmendörffer
TitleHans Kemmer. Ein Lübecker Maler der Reformationszeit
Place of PublicationLeipzig
Year of Publication1997
Redelius 1985 10 Fig.
AuthorGunnar Redelius
TitleBärbo Kyrka 4 Ed.
Place of PublicationNyköping
Year of Publication1985
Gedda 1983
AuthorAnn-Marie Gedda
TitleHistorisk idyll i Bärbo
JournalSödermanlands Nyheter
Issue05.08.1983
Year of Publication1983
Norberg 1962
AuthorRune Norberg
TitleHans Kemmers altartavla i Bärbo Kyrka
JournalSödermanlandsbygden
Issue31
Year of Publication1962
Pages143-152
Wentzel 1949 246-251
AuthorHans Wentzel
Title(Nachrichten und Hinweise)
JournalZeitschrift des Vereins für Lübecker Geschichte und Altertumskunde
Issue31 (1949)
Year of Publication1949
Blomberg 1943 16 Figs. pp. 14-15
AuthorCarl Gustav Blomberg
TitleBärbo Kyrka
Place of PublicationEskilstuna
Year of Publication1943
Leijonhufvud 1937
AuthorKarl Karlson Leijonhufvud
TitleBärbo Kyrka och den inventarier. En historik utarbetad för Södermanlands Nyheter
JournalSödermanlands Nyheter
Issue27.03.1937
Year of Publication1937
Cat. Strängnäs 1911 46, 47 094 Fig.
AuthorCarl R. af Ugglas
TitleKatalog öfver Södermanlands Fornminnesförenings Kyrkomuseum i Strängnäs
Place of PublicationSträngnäs
Year of Publication1911
  • Triptych for Gotthard von Höveln [right wing]: The Fall of Man (Eve) [exterior]; Christ carrying the Cross [interior], about 1540

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Condition Reports

Date1997

Interior wing panel: rather well preserved with the exception of numerous small losses. Only the lefthand side of St John the evangelist's face exhibits more extensive paint loss. Exterior wing panel. Numerous small losses, particularly in the flesh paint of Adam and Eve. Otherwise the paint layers are relatively intact.

[Emmendörffer 1997, 123]

Conservation History

Date1939

Baroque overpaint removed from the exterior wing panel depicting Adam and Eve (which according to [Norberg 1962] was added by Olov Pilo). Numerous losses were retouched.

[Emmendörffer 1997, 123]

  • conservation treatment by Alfred Nilssons

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