Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery (Cranach)

Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery is a series of around thirty paintings by Lucas Cranach the Elder and his studio, in which his son Lucas Cranach the Younger was prominent. It shows the eponymous scene from the Gospel of John (8:1–11) in the New Testament. The earliest surviving versions were painted in the 1520s by Cranach himself, with the later ones attributed to his studio.

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Image Attribution Date Support Dimensions (cm) Collection Elder c. 1520 limewood 80,5 x 108,2 Fränkische Galerie, Kronachsammlung.pinakothek.de Elder 1532 limewood 82,5 × 121 Museum of Fine Arts, BudapestMuseum of Fine Arts, Budapest Elder 1533 beechwood 84 x 118 National Gallery of Canada, OttawaNational Gallery of Canada Younger after 1532 Copper, transferred from panel 84 x 123 Hermitage Museum, Saint PetersburgHermitage Elder and studio after 1537 panel 77 x 124 Nationalmuseum, StockholmNationalmuseum Elder and studio after 1537 limewood 76 x 121 Nationalmuseum, StockholmNationalmuseum Younger after 1537 panel 74,3 x 121,9 Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VirginiaChrysler Museum of ArtGogle Arts & Culture Elder and studio c. 1535–1540 limewood 81,7 x 147,2 Klassik Stiftung Weimarlucascranach.orgKlassik Stiftung Weimar Younger 1545 limewood 72,8 x 120 Staatsgalerie Aschaffenburg, Schloss Johannisburgsammlung.pinakothek.de Younger and studio 1549 canvas, transferred from panel 114 x 176 Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastrichtrkd.nlGoogle Arts & Culture Younger c. 1545–1550 beechwood 15,9 x 21,6 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New YorkMetropolitan Museum of Art Unknown (copy) 1700-present panel 92,5 x 121,5 National Museum, OsloNational Museum

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