Adam

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

[...].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
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932 164
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
Schmidt 1931
AuthorJames A. Schmidt
TitleAdam und Eva von Cranach
JournalPantheon
Issue7
Year of Publication1931
Pages194-195

Research History / Discussion

  • Adam, about 1530

Images

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Conservation History

Date2021 - 2023

Comprehensive conservation treatment at the Getty Center, Los Angeles

[Getty Center online, accessed 21.03.2024]

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