Adam

Title

Adam	[Norton Simon Art Foundation, online database 2012]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Norton Simon Art Foundation, online database 2012]

[...].Cranach's treatment of forms and space is rather abstract, even though our initial impression may focus on their apparent naturalism. The highly linear, ornamental manner, and corresponding emotional detachment, are consistent with the Mannerist aesthetic of the sixteenth century. This secular treatment of an Old Testament subject was meant for pleasure rather than instruction. 'Adam' and 'Eve' (M.1991.1.P) were probably painted for a member of the court of the Elector and intended to hang in domestic surroundings.

[Norton Simon Art Foundation, online database 2012]

Attribution: Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Norton Simon Art Foundation, online database 2012]

Production date: about 1530

Production date

about 1530

[Norton Simon Art Foundation, online database 2012]

Dimensions: Dimensions of support: 190.5 x 69.9 cm (75 x 27 1/2 in.)

Dimensions

Dimensions of support: 190.5 x 69.9 cm (75 x 27 1/2 in.)
[Norton Simon Art Foundation, online database 2012]
190 x 70 cm
[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 195]

Signature / Dating: Artist's insignia on the base of the tree trunk: winged serpent; in yellow paint

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia on the base of the tree trunk: winged serpent; in yellow paint
[Norton Simon Art Foundation, online database 2012]

Owner: n. a.
Repository: Norton Simon Art Foundation, Pasadena, California
Location: Pasadena

CDA ID: US_NSF_M-1971-1-Pa
FR (1978) Nr.: FR195
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/US_NSF_M-1971-1-Pa/

Provenance

Amsterdam, Gallery J. Goudstikker
Berlin, sold to Stroganoff, 12 May 1931, Nos. 44 and 45
property of the Russian State (Academy of Science, Kiev)
Kiev, Church of Saint-Esprit
1973 Princeton University of Art (Princeton, New Jersey)
Norton Simon Foundation
[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 195]

Differing data found in the DHM database:

Lepke, Rudolph, Berlin (art dealer, Germany)
Goudstikker Collection, Nyenrode castle 2721 (dutch art market)
forced sale (Holland)
posted: Hofer, Walter Andreas, Berlin, 13.07.1940 (art market, Germany)
whereabouts after 1945: Restitution Holland: NK 1693
See [DHM-database: Datenblatt RMG00481, accessed 17 Dec. 2019]

Exhibitions

Los Angeles 2024

Literature

Reference on page

Catalogue Number

Figure / Plate

Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979

No. 195

Author	Max J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
Editor	G. Schwartz
Title	Die Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of Publication	Basel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication	1979

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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932

164

Author	Max J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
Title	Die Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of Publication	Berlin
Year of Publication	1932
Link	http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/friedlaender1932

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Schmidt 1931

Author	James A. Schmidt
Title	Adam und Eva von Cranach
Journal	Pantheon
Issue	7
Year of Publication	1931
Pages	194-195

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Research History / Discussion

For more information see [Getty Center online, accessed 21.03.2024]

Adam, about 1530

Images

Conservation History

Date2021 - 2023

Comprehensive conservation treatment at the Getty Center, Los Angeles

[Getty Center online, accessed 21.03.2024]

Support made from the same tree

Citing from the Cranach Digital Archive

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