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| Keywords: Lucas Cranach d.Ä. - Bocca della Verità (ca.1530).jpg Artwork Creator Lucas Cranach I bocca della veritá an die der Legende nach jedem Lügner die Hand abbeißt The Fable of the Mouth of Truth Painting on beechwood The painting depicts the frequently employed late medieval theme of the Wiles of Women A woman charged with infidelity lays her hand in the jaws of the lion She confesses only to have lain in the arms of her husband and the fool behind her Because she is speaking the truth the lion does not bite off her hand The fool is in fact her disguised lover but he is not taken seriously by any of the witnesses The scene alludes to the Roman stone mask bocca della veritá which according to legend bites off the hand of every liar 1530 oil beech cm 111 100 accession number object history From the collection of Countess Hardenberg Schloss Neuhardenberg;<br/>Acquired by the father of the late owner credit line exhibition history Nuremberg Germanisches Nationalmuseum and Münster Landesmuseum für Kunst- und Kulturgeschichte Sammlung Heinz Kisters Altdeutsche und altnierderländische Malerei 25 June “ 15 September and 6 October “ 17 November 1963 no 14 Basel Kunstmuseum Lukas Cranach Gemälde Zeichnungen Druckgraphik 15 June “ 8 September 1974 no 481; Hamburg Bucerius Kunst Forum Lucas Cranach Glaube Mythologie und Modernem 6 April “ 13 July 2003 no 83; Frankfurt am Main Städel Museum and London Royal Academy of Arts Cranach 23 November 2007 “ 17 February 2008 and 8 March “ 8 June 2008 no 96; Brussels Palais des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles L ™univers de Lucas Cranach 20 October 2010 “ 23 January 2011 no 122 Friedländer Rosenberg 1978 No FR279 http //www sothebys com/de/auctions/ecatalogue/2015/old-master-british-paintings-evening-sale-l15033/lot 8 html Sotheby's London 08 Juli 2015 lot 8 PD-old-100 DEFAULTSORT Cranach Lucas 1; Bocca della Verita 1530; Sotheby's 2015 Mythological paintings by Lucas Cranach I 1530 paintings 1530s paintings from Germany People with lions in art Panel paintings Images from Sotheby's | ||||
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