| Title: | Allegory of Law and Grace |
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| Notes: | " This Lutheran allegory teaches how the salvation of mankind is attained through the grace of God. On the left Death and the Devil drive the sinner into Hell. The law of the 10 Commandments cannot help him at the Last Judgment. The tree has withered. By contrast, on the right, John the Baptist points to Christ, who has died for mankind. The Resurrection and the leafy crown of the tree signify life, which the grace of God bestows on the faithful. This depiction of Lutheran theology long belonged to the Protestant canon of images." [Wikimedia, by "anagoria"] |
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| Date: | 1529 |
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| Artist: | Cranach, Lucas, 1472-1553 |
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| Building: | Germanisches Nationalmuseum
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| Object/Function: | Painting, panel |
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| City/Town: | Nuremberg
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| Country: | Germany
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| Scripture: | Joel 2:1-2, 12-17
Romans 3:24-25
Galatians 2:15-21
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| Lectionary links: | AAshW
CProp06
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| General Subject: | Grace
Mercy
Love
Law
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https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=55836
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| Copyright Source: | http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1529_Cranach_Allegorie_auf_Gesetz_und_Gnade_anagoria.JPG |
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| Copyright Permission: | Please visit the URL in the Copyright Source field on this page for details about reusing this image. |
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| Attribution: | Cranach, Lucas, 1472-1553. Allegory of Law and Grace, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=55836 [retrieved April 26, 2024]. Original source: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1529_Cranach_Allegorie_auf_Gesetz_und_Gnade_anagoria.JPG. |
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| Record Number: | 55836
Last Updated: 2021-11-28 16:24:24
Record Created: 2014-02-11 09:54:07 |
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| Institution: | Vanderbilt University
Collection: Art in the Christian Tradition |
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