Christ in Limbo

Christ in Limbo

Title

Christ in Limbo

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 217F]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lucas_Cranach_d_%C3%84_Oil_painting_Hallwylska.JPG; accessed 21-01-2015]]

Christ stands on the left side wearing a red robe and holding the transparent victory banner in his hand. He bends down to liberate the ancestors from limbo. A naked female figure climbs the steps out of limbo and looks at the viewer. On the right half of the painting

Christ stands on the left side wearing a red robe and holding the transparent victory banner in his hand. He bends down to liberate the ancestors from limbo. A naked female figure climbs the steps out of limbo and looks at the viewer. On the right half of the painting the saved souls are shown, among them Adam and Eve as well as St John the Baptist. The foreground is occupied by a group of naked children. The windows and arches of the architectural frame in which the scene is set open out onto an expansive landscape. In the top left corner the demons of hell fly through the air in wild confusion.

[Görres, cda 2015]

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 217F]

Production date
1530

Production date

1530

[dated][Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 217F]

Dimensions
Dimension of support: 57.5 x 38 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimension of support: 57.5 x 38 cm

  • [email corresponce, Hallwylska museet 2015]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia on the architectural element above and to the right of Christ's proper left hand: serpent, facing left and dated '1530'; in black paint

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia on the architectural element above and to the right of Christ's proper left hand: serpent, facing left and dated '1530'; in black paint

Inscriptions and Labels

On the reverse: - red seal; see catalogue entry B.112 for a brief description and sketch
[Cat. Stolkholm …

Inscriptions and Labels

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

  • On the reverse: - red seal; see catalogue entry B.112 for a brief description and sketch

  • [Cat. Stolkholm 1930 A, 265]

Owner
Hallwylska museet, Stockholm
Repository
Hallwylska museet, Stockholm
Location
Stockholm
CDA ID
SE_HMS_XXXII-B-112
FR (1978) Nr.
FR217F
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/SE_HMS_XXXII-B-112/

Provenance

  • Carl Wilhelm Brogren
  • collection of Christian Hammer
  • 1905 Bukowskis, Stockholm, (Cat. 165, no. 56)
  • Wilhelmina von Hallwyl
  • 1970, Utställningar Stockholm
  • 1988, National Museum, Stockholm, no. 42
  • Hallwylska Museet
    [Cat. Stockholm 1997, 389, no. 386]

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Cat. Stockholm 1997 389 386 Fig.
AuthorEva Helena Cassel-Pihl
EditorHallwylska museet, Stockholm
TitleHallwylska målerisamlingen - The Hallwyl collection of paintings
Place of PublicationStockholm
Year of Publication1997
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 217F
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932 179c
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1932
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/friedlaender1932
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Cat. Stockholm 1930 A 264, 265 B. 112
EditorHallwylska museet, Stockholm, Wilhelmina von Hallwyl
TitleHallwylska Samlingen Grupp 32: Taflor I
Place of PublicationStockholm
Year of Publication1930
Link http://kvk.bibliothek.kit.edu/view-title/index.php?katalog=ARCHIVE_ORG&url=http%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2FHallwylskaSamlingen32&signature=y-JTPqO2kQRdi7hZsDW3e-ANrST5numtMceWFpOjgfQ&showCoverImg=1
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Granberg 1913 73 249 Fig.
AuthorOlof Granberg
TitleInventaire général des trésors d'art-peintures & sculptures, principalement de maitres étrangér.
Volume3
Place of PublicationStockholm
Year of Publication1913
Show Literature
  • Christ in Limbo, 1530

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