The Last Judgment

The Last Judgment

Painting on wood

The painting shows Christ in an aureole at the apex of the composition, flanked by the Virgin and St John the Baptist, other saints are visible in the bordering band of cloud together with angels' heads. At the left in the foreground St Peter and the archangel lead

The painting shows Christ in an aureole at the apex of the composition, flanked by the Virgin and St John the Baptist, other saints are visible in the bordering band of cloud together with angels' heads. At the left in the foreground St Peter and the archangel lead the naked saved souls into heaven, while at the right Hell is shown as a hole in the ground into which the devil and his demons drive the damned.

[Görres, cda 2016]

Attributions
Lucas Cranach the Elder
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Lucas Cranach the Elder
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Cat. Amsterdam 1911, no. 735d]

Production date
about 1525 - 1530

Production date

about 1525 - 1530
Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 73.34 x 99.85 cm (28 7/8 x 39 5/16 inches)

Dimensions

Owner
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City
Repository
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City
Location
Kansas City
CDA ID
US_NAMAKC_60-37
FR (1978) Nr.
FR100
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/US_NAMAKC_60-37/

Provenance

  • Cornelis Hoogendijk (1866-1911), Amsterdam, by 1907-1911 [1]
  • by descent to Hoogendijk heirs, Amsterdam, 14.05.1911 - 1912
  • their sale, Tableaux anciens dépendant des collections formées par M.-C. Hoogendijk de la Haye, Frederik Muller et Cie, Amsterdam, 14.05.1912, lot 18
  • Musée van Stolk, Haarlem, The Netherlands, 08.05.1912 - 1928
  • its sale, 300 Sculptures et Tableaux, Xe-XVIe siècles, Objets de vitrine – Art Textile, etc., Frederik Muller et Cie, Amsterdam, 08.05.1928, lot 379
  • possibly Johanna Grossmann-Kanoldt (1890-1940), Munich, by 22.11.1928 [2]
  • with Gottschewski-Schäffer Galleries, Berlin, by 1932
  • Florenz Wigger (b. 1873), Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, by 1932 - until at least June 1937
  • inherited by his wife, Karoline Wigger, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, by 30.08.1947 [3]
  • purchased from Wigger by Peter Nathan, Zürich, on joint account with Schaeffer Galleries, New York, by September 1959-1960 [4]
  • purchased from Schaeffer by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1960

NOTES:
[1] The painting was on loan to the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, from 1907-1911 and is included in the 1911 Rijksmuseum collection catalogue. According to Dr. A van Schendel, Director of the Department of Paintings, Rijksmuseum, in a letter to Mr. H. Schaeffer, Schaeffer Galleries, 22.06.1959, Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, Schaeffer Galleries Records, box 59, the painting was returned to the Hoogendijk heirs in 1911.
[2] The Grossmann-Kanoldt collection is listed in the painting’s provenance as published in Schaeffer Galleries, Schaeffer Galleries: Twenty-Fifth Anniversary, 1936-1961 (New York: Schaeffer Galleries, 1961), unpaginated, but no date of ownership is given. In a letter from Ludwig Burchard, art historian, to Johanna Grossmann-Kanoldt, Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, Schaeffer Galleries Records, box 59, Burchard tells Grossmann-Kanoldt that the painting is a genuine work by Cranach and is in good condition.
[3] According to an unaddressed note from Karoline Wigger, 30.08.1947, Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, Schaeffer Galleries Records, box 59, she had already sold the painting but it was still in her possession for safety reasons.
[4] According to Hanns Schaeffer, Schaeffer Galleries, in a letter to Peter Nathan, 09.05.1960, Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, Schaeffer Galleries Records, box 117, Correspondence, Nathan and Schaeffer had joint ownership of the painting. According to Jakob Rosenberg, Professor Emeritus, Harvard University, in a letter to Ross Taggart, Senior Curator, 29.05.1973, NAMA curatorial files, Kate Schaeffer told Rosenberg that Hanns Schaeffer bought the painting back from its owner in Garmisch-Partenkirchen before selling it to NAMA.

[NAMA online database, accessed 22.12.2020]

Exhibitions

Amsterdam 1907 - 1911
Berlin 1937, no. 41
Kansas City 1960, no. 68

Literature

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Krause 2013 196 11
AuthorHans-Joachim Krause
TitleCranachs Bildaustattung der Torgauer Schloßkapelle. Eine Rekonstruktion
JournalZeitschrift des deutschen Vereins für Kunstwissenschaft
Place of PublicationBerlin
IssueSonderdruck aus Band 65
Year of Publication2013
Pages177-214
Cat. Kansas City 2005 12, 20-21, 23, 29, 67-78 Fig.
AuthorBurton L. Dubar, Molly Faries
TitleThe Collections of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. German and Netherlandish Paintings 1450-1600
Place of PublicationKansas City
Year of Publication2005
Faries 1998 309, 316 Fig. 32.8
AuthorMolly Faries
TitleUnderdrawings in Cologne Paintings, Interpretative Issues related to Attribution and Workshop Practice
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
Pages309-316
Heil Swanborn 1995 66, 77, 122 Fig.
AuthorSara M. Heil Swanborn
TitleDürer, Cranach, and the Development of Lutheran Compositional Principles in the Early Reformation [M.A., University of Oregon]
Place of Publication[Oregon]
Issue6
Year of Publication1995
Cat. Kansas City 1993 150 Fig. p. 150
EditorRoger Ward, Patricia J. Fidler
TitleThe Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. A Handbook of the Collection
Place of PublicationNew York
Year of Publication1993
Link https://archive.org/details/001-nama-hdbks-1993/mode/2up
Churchman, Erbes 1993 86
AuthorMichael Churchman, Scott Erbes
TitleHigh Ideals and Aspirations. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art 1933-1993
Place of PublicationKansas City, MO
Issue6
Year of Publication1993
Wright 1989 70-126
AuthorSharyl Lee Keller Wright
TitleA Close Examination of Two Cranach Paintings in the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art: The Three Graces and The Last Judgment [M.A. Department of Art History, University of Missouri-Kansas City]
Place of Publication[Kansas City, MO]
Issue6
Year of Publication1989
Levy 1985 32-53 Fig.
AuthorJaney L. Levy
TitlePopular Culture and Early Lutheran Iconography in a Cranach Last Judgment
JournalThe Rutgers Art Review
Issue6
Year of Publication1985
Pages32-53
Unverfehrt 1980 94, 217, 278 Fig.
AuthorGerd Unverfehrt
TitleHieronymus Bosch. Die Rezeption seiner Kunst im frühen 16. Jahrhundert
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1980
Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 No. 100
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
Morse 1979 84
AuthorJohn D. Morse
TitleOld Master Paintings in North America
Place of PublicationNew York
Year of Publication1979
Harbison 1976 274
AuthorCraig Harbison
TitleThe Last Judgement in 16th Century Northern Europe. A Study of the Relation between Art and Reformation
Place of PublicationNew York
Year of Publication1976
Cat. Kansas City 1973 101, 259 Fig. p 259
EditorRoss E. Taggart, George L. McKenna
TitleHandbook of the Collection in the William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art and Mary Atkins Museum of Fine Arts. Art of the Occident (Vol. 1)
Place of PublicationKansas City, MO
Year of Publication1973
NAMA Bulletin 1961 18
Authorn. a.
TitleCheck List of Acquisitions 1960. European and American
JournalThe Nelson Gallery and Atkins Museum Bulletin
Issue3, no. 3 (Spring 1961)
Year of Publication1961
Schaeffer Galleries 1961 Fig.
EditorSchaeffer Galleries, New York
TitleSchaeffer Galleries. Twenty-fifth Anniversary, 1936-1961
Place of PublicationNew York
Year of Publication1961
NAMA Bulletin 1960 22, 24 Fig. p. 24
Authorn. a.
TitleAnatomy and Art (08.05 -05.06.1960)
JournalThe Nelson Gallery and Atkins Museum Bulletin
Issue3, no. 1
Year of Publication1960
The Art Quarterly 1960 A 305, 307 Fig. p. 307
Authorn. a.
TitleAccessions of American and Canadian Museums (April - June)
JournalThe Art Quarterly
Issue23, no. 1, Autumn
Year of Publication1960
Thulin 1955 51
AuthorOskar Thulin
TitleCranach-Altäre der Reformation
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1955
Spiekerkotter 1939 50
AuthorGisela Spiekerkotter
TitleDie Darstellung des Weltgerichtes von 1500-1800 in Deutschland
Place of PublicationDüsseldorf
Year of Publication1939
Exhib. Cat. Berlin 1937 23 041 Pl. 42
EditorStaatliche Museen, Berlin
TitleLucas Cranach d. Ä. und Lucas Cranach d. J. Gemälde, Zeichnungen, Graphik
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1937
Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932 089
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
Auct. Cat. Amsterdam 1928
EditorFrederik Muller & Cie, Amsterdam
TitleTableaux, tapisseries, émaux de Limoges, miniatures sur velin, bronzes, orfevrerie. Sale cat. [collection of Marczell de Nemes.] [Amsterdam, Frederik Muller et Cie, November 13-14, 1928]
Place of PublicationAmsterdam
Year of Publication1928
Auct. Cat. Amsterdam 1912
EditorFrederik Muller & Cie, Amsterdam
TitleCatalogue des tableaux anciens dépendant des collections formées par M.-C. Hoogendijk de la Haye. [Amsterdam, Frederik Muller et Cie]
Place of PublicationAmsterdam
Year of Publication1912
Cat. Haarlem 1912 77 Fig.
EditorMusée van Stolk, Haarlem
TitleCatalogue des sculptures, tableaux, tapis, etc., formant la collection d'objets d'art du Musée Van Stolk, Jansstraat 50, Harlem
Place of PublicationThe Hague
Year of Publication1912
Link https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k62608500
Cat. Amsterdam 1911 108 735d
EditorRoeloffzen-Hübner, Van Santen
TitleCatalogue des tableaux, miniatures, pastels, dessins encadrés, etc., du Musée de l'État à Amsterdam avec supplemen.
Place of PublicationAmsterdam
Year of Publication1911
Link https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k64819817/f1.item
Cat. Amsterdam 1909 366 735d
EditorRoeloffzen-Hübner, Van Santen
TitleCatalogus der schilderijen, miniaturen, pastels, omlijste teekeningen, enz. in het Rijks-museum te Amsterdam
Place of PublicationAmsterdam
Year of Publication1909
Link https://archive.org/details/catalogusderschi00rijk_3/page/366/mode/2up
Auct. Cat. Brussels 1834
Authorn. a.
TitleCatalogue d’une belle et riche collection de tableaux, de grands maitres, délaissés par feu Mr. Louis-Joseph Terry, etc.
Place of PublicationBrussels
Year of Publication1834
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