The Fall of Man

The Fall of Man

Titles

The Fall of Man

[cda 2013]

Adam and Eve

[cda 2013]

Painting on beech

Medium

Painting on beech

[Schloss Gottorf, revised 2013]

Adam and Eve stand close together under the heavily laiden tree of knowledge with the serpent. Eve gives Adam the apple. They are surrounded by animals: a stag, a deer, a lion, two partridges and a hare and the background is filled with shrubbery.

This is an early version of a

Adam and Eve stand close together under the heavily laiden tree of knowledge with the serpent. Eve gives Adam the apple. They are surrounded by animals: a stag, a deer, a lion, two partridges and a hare and the background is filled with shrubbery.

This is an early version of a subject that was repeatedly painted by Cranach and his workshop.

[Dittmeyer, Schloss Gottorf 2013]

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Schloss Gottorf, revised 2013]

Production date
1527

Production date

1527

[dated]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 86 x 58.5 x 0.9 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 86 x 58.5 x 0.9 cm

  • [Schloss Gottorf, revised 2013]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia on the stone: serpent (with elevated wings) and date '1527'

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia on the stone: serpent (with elevated wings) and date '1527'

Owner
Bundesrepublik Deutschland
Repository
Schloss Gottorf, Landesmuseum für Kunst- und Kulturgeschichte, Schleswig
Location
Schleswig
CDA ID
DE_SHLM_1967-529
FR (1978) Nr.
FR198B
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_SHLM_1967-529/

Provenance

  • in the collection of Rudolph Chillingworth [1]
  • 05.09.1922 sold from the Chillingworth Collection by Fischer, Lucerne, and Muller, Amsterdam, for 10.000 (Franks?)(Lot 43) [1]
  • 1932 private collection, Breslau[1]
  • 05.01.1942 sold by the Galerie Neupert, Zürich, for sfrs. 39.600 to the Galerie Fischer, Lucerne [1]
  • 06.07.1943 sold from there for sfrs. 37.500 to Hermann Göring, accessioned with the number RM 1157 [1]
  • whereabouts after 1945: property of the Federal Republic of Germany[2]
  • since 19? on permanent loan to the museum in Schleswig[3]

[1][Kunstverwaltung des Bundes, accessed 23.01.2023]
[2][Göring Collection, DHM Datenbank, accessed 29.01.2015]
[3][Schloss Gottorf, revised 2013]

See also 'Research history / Discussion'

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Exhib. Cat. Florence 2017 90 under no. 14
EditorFrancesca de Luca, Giovanni Maria Fara
Title I volti della Riforma. Lutero e Cranach nelle collezioni medicee [Uffizi, Florence]
Place of PublicationFlorence, Milan
Year of Publication2017
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Cat. Schleswig 1997 274 No. 91 Fig. p. 73
EditorHeinz Spielmann
TitleSchloß Gottorf und seine Sammlungen. Renaissance und Barock
SeriesNeue Bildhefte
Place of PublicationSchleswig
Year of Publication1997
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 198B
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932 166B
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
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Research History / Discussion

For more information see also:

[Kunstverwaltung des Bundes, accessed 23.01.2023]

  • The Fall of Man, 1527

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Technical studies

08. 2012Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared reflectography
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Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

Tools/Materials:

- fluid, black medium and brush; possibly in combination with a dry drawing material, dark chalk

Type/Ductus:

- freehand underdrawing

- thin lines, in part delicate, fine lines

Function:

- only roughly binding for the final painted version; lines delineate contours and describe essential details; no representation of volume

Deviations:

- alterations made during the painting process to clearly define form; changes (e.g. the position of the feet and right arm of Eve)

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- Lucas Cranach the Elder or workshop?

[Smith, Sandner, Heydenreich, cda 2013]

  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
  • photographed by Ingo Sandner

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