Christ and the Woman taken in Adultery

Christ and the Woman taken in Adultery

Title

Christ and the Woman taken in Adultery

[Nationalmuseum Stockholm, revised 2011]

Painting on limewood

Medium

Painting on limewood

[Klein, Report 1997]

Wood

[Nationalmuseum Stockholm, revised 2011]

Jesus is depicted in the centre of the image in a blue robe with a red cloak. He points at the adultress with his right hand and holds her right hand in his left. She wears a yellow dress and has lowered her eyes. A soldier stands in the foreground

Jesus is depicted in the centre of the image in a blue robe with a red cloak. He points at the adultress with his right hand and holds her right hand in his left. She wears a yellow dress and has lowered her eyes. A soldier stands in the foreground holding a stone in his hand. More men stand in the background, most of them facing towards Jesus.

Attribution
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Nationalmuseum Stockholm, revised 2011]

Production date
after 1537

Production date

after 1537

[Exhib. Cat. Stockholm 1988, 87, No. 71]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 77 x 124 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 77 x 124 cm

  • [Nationalmuseum Stockholm, revised 2011]

Signature / Dating

None

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscription upper edge: 'WER VNTER EVCH ON SVNDE IST DER WERFEE DEN ERSTEN STEIN AVF SIE: MARCVS AM VIII.'

('He …

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

  • Inscription upper edge:

  • 'WER VNTER EVCH ON SVNDE IST DER WERFEE DEN ERSTEN STEIN AVF SIE: MARCVS AM VIII.'

  • ('He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.')

Owner
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm
Repository
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm
Location
Stockholm
CDA ID
SE_NMS_1128
FR (1978) Nr.
FR364F
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/SE_NMS_1128/

Provenance

  • 1648 Prag (?)
    [Nationalmuseum Stockholm, revised 2011]

Exhibitions

Stockholm 1966, No. 1 293
Stockholm 1988, No. 71

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Exhib. Cat. Prague 2005 100 (English version 40) under no. 22
EditorObrazárna Pražského hradu, Kaliopi Chamonikola
TitlePod znamením okrídleného hada. Lucas Cranach a ceské zeme. Under the winged Serpent. Lucas Cranach and the Czech Land
Place of PublicationPrague
Year of Publication2005
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Exhib. Cat. Stockholm 1988 87 No. 71 Fig. p. 87
EditorNationalmuseum, Stockholm
TitleCranach och den tyska renässancen
Place of PublicationStockholm
Year of Publication1988
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 143 364F
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
Show Literature
Exhib. Cat. Stockholm 1966
Authorn. a.
TitleChristina Queen of Sweden - a personality of European civilisation [Nationalmuseum Stockholm]
Place of PublicationStockholm
Year of Publication1966
Show Literature
  • Christ and the Woman taken in Adultery, after 1537

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Technical studies

24.10.1997Scientific analysis

  • Identification of wood species / Dendrochronology

Support

Identification of wood species: limewood (Tilia sp.)

  • analysed by Peter Klein

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