Joab Slays Abner

Joab Slays Abner

Title

Joab Slays Abner

[Bob Jones University Museum & Gallery, revised 2019]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Bob Jones University Museum & Gallery, revised 2019]

The subject of this painting is drawn from a text in II Samuel. Starting in the lower left-hand corner of the frame, the Latin translates, 'Joab and Abner; and he strikes him there through the groin. Book of Second Samuel chapter 3:27.'

[Bob Jones University Museum & Gallery, revised 2019]

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Bob Jones University Museum & Gallery, revised 2019]

Production dates
after 1537
about 1530

Production dates

after 1537

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 357H]

about 1530

[cda 2019]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 54.0 cm x 97.8 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 54.0 cm x 97.8 cm

  • Dimensioins including frame: 70.8 cm x 113.8 cm x 6.4 cm

  • [Bob Jones University Museum & Gallery, revised 2019]

Signature / Dating

none

Inscriptions and Labels

Frame:
'JOAB ET ABNER
ET PERCUSSIT ILLUM IBI IN INGUL
NE LIBER SECU
NDUS SAMUELIS CAP III 27'

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

  • Frame:

  • 'JOAB ET ABNER

  • ET PERCUSSIT ILLUM IBI IN INGUL

  • NE LIBER SECU

  • NDUS SAMUELIS CAP III 27'

  • [Bob Jones University Museum & Gallery, revised 2019]

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

  • Reverse of panel:

    • bottom: Sticker: [crossed out] Direktion der Gemaldegalerie /Kunsthistorisches Stautsmuseum /Inv. Nr. 873; Exhibition Sticker: Aus dem Inventar d. Gemalde-/ galerie gestrichen./ Wien, 7./III.1933. /[Stamp:]/ DIREKTION DER GEMALDE GALERIE; Object Label: P.59.188.Br.G /G/Moss /Bob Jones University /Collection /Greenville, South Carolina

  • Frame: - top: Dealer's Sticker: T. GILBERT BROUILLETTE /Paintings /Dealer . Consultant . Research /Gilsport Manor . 45 Maryland Avenue . Staten Island 5, New York /JOAB STABBING ABNER /by /LUCAS CRANACH the Elder /On Panel: / 22 x 38 inches; Storage Sticker: HAYES STORAGE, Inc. /FIREPROOF WAREHOUSE [?] EXPERT PACKERS OF ART /305-7 East 61st S[treet or t.] New York, N.Y. /P7546 - 2

  • [Bob Jones University Museum & Gallery, revised 2019]

Owner
Bob Jones University Museum & Gallery, Greenville
Repository
Bob Jones University Museum & Gallery, Greenville
Location
Greenville
CDA ID
US_bjumg_P-59-188
FR (1978) Nr.
FR357H
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/US_bjumg_P-59-188/

Provenance

  • Archduke Leopold Wilhelm, 1659, no. 607
  • Belvedere Collection, Vienna, 1824, no. 53
  • Imperial Gallery, Vienna, 1886, no. 1479; 1907, no. 1464; 1933, no. 873
  • Archer M. Huntington, New York
  • William Morris Tilden, New York
  • T. Gilbert Brouillette, New York
  • Morrie A. Moss, Memphis, TN
  • gift of Morrie A. Moss to the Bob Jones University Collection, 1959
    [Bob Jones University Museum & Gallery, revised 2019]

Exhibitions

Belvedere Palace, Vienna, Austria 1824
Imperial Gallery, Vienna, Austria 1886
Imperial Gallery, Vienna, Austria 1907
Staten Island Museum, St. George, Staten
Island, NY USA 1955
Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR USA 1955
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art - Memphis, TN
USA 1956
Mint Museum of Art - Charlotte, NC USA 1957
Oklahoma City Art Museum - Oklahoma City, OK
USA 1958
Atlanta Art Association Galleries - Atlanta, GA
USA 1962
Knoxville Museum of Art - Knoxville, TN USA 1988
Bob Jones University Museum & Gallery -
Greenville, SC USA 2007/2008
Bob Jones University Museum & Gallery -
Greenville, SC USA 2011
Bob Jones University Museum & Gallery -
Greenville, SC USA 2012/2014
Bob Jones University Museum & Gallery -
Greenville, SC USA 2015/2017

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Cat. Greenville 2001 75, 82
AuthorJohn Nolan
TitleSelected Masterworks from the Bob Jones University Museum & Gallery
Place of PublicationGreenville
Year of Publication2001
Show Literature
Wright 1992 169 (vol. I)
AuthorChristopher Wright
TitleThe World's Master Paintings. From the Early Renaissance to the Present Day. A comprehensive listing of works by 1300 painters and a complete guide to their locations worldwide
Place of PublicationLondon
Year of Publication1992
Show Literature
Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 140 357
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
Show Literature
Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974/1976 560, 562 (Vol II)
AuthorDieter Koepplin, Tilman Falk
TitleLukas Cranach. Gemälde, Zeichnungen und Druckgraphik
Volume1, 2
Place of PublicationBasel, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1974
Link http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-diglit-104522
Show Literature
Garas 1968 261
AuthorKlára Garas
TitleDas Schicksal der Sammlung des Erzherzogs Leopold Wilhelm
JournalJahrbuch der Kunsthistorischen Sammlungen in Wien
Place of PublicationMunich
Issue64 (1968)
Year of Publication1968
Show Literature
Weil-Garris Posner 1966 149
AuthorDonald Weil-Garris Posner, Kathleen Weil-Garris Posner
TitleMore on the Bob Jones University Collection of Religious Art
JournalArt Journal
Issue26, 1/1/1966-67, Winter
Year of Publication1966
Show Literature
Cat. Greenville 1962 198 Figs. pp. 242, 243
AuthorGeorges Marlier
TitleThe Bob Jones University Collection of Religious Paintings (vol. 2)
Place of PublicationGreenville
Year of Publication1962
Show Literature
Exhib. Cat. Atlanta 1962
AuthorThe Atlanta Art Association Galleries
TitleLandscape Into Art
Place of PublicationAtlanta
Year of Publication1962
Show Literature
The Art Quarterly 1960 B 400
Authorn. a.
TitleAccessions of American and Canadian Museums
JournalThe Art Quarterly
Issue23, no. 4, Winter
Year of Publication1960
Show Literature
Exhib. Cat. Oklahoma 1958
Authorn. a.
TitleOklahoma Art Center Inaugural Exhibition
Place of Publication[Oklahoma]
Year of Publication1958
Show Literature
Exhib. Cat. Little Rock 1955
AuthorMuseum of Fine Arts, Little Rock, AR
TitleSelected Paintings from the Collection of T. Gilbert Brouillette, Oct. 2-23, 1955
Place of Publication[Little Rock]
Year of Publication1955
Show Literature
Exhib. Cat. Little Rock 1955 8
AuthorMint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC
TitleSelected Paintings from the Collection of T. Gilbert Brouillette
Place of Publication[Charlotte, NC]
Year of Publication1955
Show Literature
Exhib. Cat. Staten Island 1955 7
AuthorStaten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences
TitleS. I. Collectors. Staten Island Collectors
Place of Publication[Staten Island]
Year of Publication1955
Show Literature
Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932 82 288
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
Show Literature
Cat. Vienna 1907 343
Authorn. a.
TitleKunsthistorische Sammlungen des allerhöchsten Kaiserhauses: Die Gemäldegalerie. Alte Meister
Place of PublicationVienna
Year of Publication1907
Show Literature
Exhib. Cat. Vienna 1907 B 338
AuthorAugust Schaeffer
TitleDie Gemäldegalerie. Alte Meister - mit 200 Abbildungen.
Place of PublicationVienna
Year of Publication1907
Show Literature
Cat. Vienna 1904 242
Authorn. a.
TitleFührer durch die Gemälde-Galerie. Alte Meister. 2 Niederländische und deutsche Schulen
Place of PublicationVienna
Year of Publication1904
Show Literature
Cat. Vienna 1896 B 241-242, 250-251 1464
Authorn. a.
TitleKunsthistorische Sammlungen des allerhöchsten Kaiserhauses: Die Gemälde-Galerie. Alte Meister. Mit 120 Illustrationen
Place of PublicationVienna
Year of Publication1896
Show Literature
Cat. Vienna 1886 51-52
AuthorEduard von Engerth
TitleGemälde. Beschreibendes Verzeichnis. Kunsthistorische Sammlungen des Allerhöchsten Kaiserhauses
Volume1 - 3
Place of PublicationVienna
Year of Publication1886
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