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Object Type
print
Museum number
1870,0813.919
Title
Object:
Die Ehebrecherin vor Christus
(Christ and the Woman taken in adultery)
Description
Christ in the centre, the woman to right; group of men on either side; the man in the foreground to left is holding a hat which is filled with stones; after Lucas Cranach the elder; state before tint-stone Lithograph on chine collé
Producer name
After:
Lucas Cranach the Elder
Print made by:
Johann Nepomuk Strixner
Printed by:
B Berner
Published by:
Literarisch-artistischen Anstalt Theodor Riedel
School/style
German
Production date
1817-1824
(or later)
Materials
paper
Technique
lithograph
Dimensions
Height:
380 millimetres
Width:
496 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
For a subsequent state with a tint-stone, see 1854,1020.1443.
Bibliographic references
Winkler 1975 / Die Frühzeit der deutschen Lithographie
(954 (88))
Location
Not on display
Subjects
new testament
Associated names
Representation of:
Jesus Christ
Associated with:
Sulpiz Boisserée
Acquisition name
Bequeathed by:
J M Parsons
Acquisition date
1870
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1870,0813.919