The Fall of Man: Adam [recto], Christ as the Man of Sorrows [verso]

The Fall of Man: Adam [recto], Christ as the Man of Sorrows [verso]

Title

The Fall of Man: Adam [recto], Christ as the Man of Sorrows [verso]

[Kunsthistorisches Museum, revised 2011]

Painting on limewood

Medium

Painting on limewood

[Cat. Vienna 1973, 48-49]

Recto: Adam shown as a full-length figure beside the tree of knowledge

Verso: the Man of Sorrows shown as a full-length figure

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Kunsthistorisches Museum, revised 2011] [Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 354]

Production date
about 1510 - 1520

Production date

about 1510 - 1520

[Kunsthistorisches Museum, revised 2011] [Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 354]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 137 x 54 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 137 x 54 cm

  • Inner side trimmed (with a plane): top 5.5 cm, bottom 6.5 cm

  • [Cat. Vienna 1973, 48-49]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia beside Adam's right foot: winged serpent with elevated wings

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia beside Adam's right foot: winged serpent with elevated wings

  • [Cat. Vienna 1973, 48-49]

Owner
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Repository
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Location
Vienna
CDA ID
AT_KHM_GG861
FR (1978) Nr.
FR112A
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/AT_KHM_GG861/

Provenance

  • from the collection of the Archduke Leopold Wilhelm, No. 322

Exhibitions

  • Graz 1953

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Wismer 2017 89
AuthorBeat Wismer
TitleCranach und die Moderne. Anmerkungen zur Cranach-Rezeption in der Kunst seit der frühen Moderne
Publicationin Gunnar Heydenreich, Daniel Görres, Beat Wismer, eds., Lucas Cranach der Ältere. Meister - Marke - Moderne. [Exhib. Cat. Düsseldorf 2017]
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication2017
Pages82-91
Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005 352, 354 025 (under) Fig. 159
EditorHarald Marx, Karin Kolb, Ingrid Mössinger
TitleCranach Anlässlich der Ausstellung Cranach vom 13. November 2005 bis 12. März 2006 in den Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz. Eine Ausstellung in Kooperation mit der Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister der Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen Dresden
Place of PublicationCologne
Year of Publication2005
Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 112A
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
Cat. Vienna 1973 48-49 pl. 131
EditorKlaus Demus
TitleVerzeichnis der Gemälde
SeriesFührer durch das Kunsthistorische Museum
Volume18
Place of PublicationVienna
Year of Publication1973
Exhib. Cat. Vienna 1972 19-20 4
AuthorKarl Schütz
EditorKunsthistorisches Museum, Wien
TitleLucas Cranach der Ältere und seine Werkstatt. Jubiläumsausstellung museumseigener Werke 1472-1972
Place of PublicationVienna
Year of Publication1972
Cat. Vienna 1963 107
Authorn. a.
TitleKatalog der Gemäldegalerie. 2, Vlamen, Holländer, Deutsche, Franzosen
SeriesFührer durch das Kunsthistorische Museum
Volume8/2
Place of PublicationVienna
Year of Publication1963
Exhib. Cat. Graz 1953
EditorLandesmuseum Joanneum, Graz
TitleDürer und seine Zeit. Meisterwerke der deutschen Malerei des 16. Jahrhunderts. Sonderausstellung der Gemäldegalerie des Kunsthistorischen Museums, Wien im Steiermärkischen Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz [Steiermärkischen Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz]
Place of PublicationGraz
Year of Publication1953
Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932 098a
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
Scheibler 1887 296
AuthorLudwig Scheibler
TitleÜber altdeutsche Gemälde in der kaiserlichen Galerie zu Wien
JournalRepertorium für Kunstwissenschaft
Issue10
Year of Publication1887
Link http://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/artdok/volltexte/2014/2652
Pages271-306
Schuchardt 1851 C 423
AuthorChristian Schuchardt
TitleLucas Cranach des Aeltern Leben und Werke. Zweiter Theil
Place of PublicationLeipzig
Year of Publication1851
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/schuchardt1851bd2
  • The Fall of Man: Adam [recto], Christ as the Man of Sorrows [verso], about 1510 - 1520

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