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anonymous: The Fable of the Mouth of Truth  wikidata:Q29897359 reasonator:Q29897359
Artist
Workshop of Lucas Cranach the Elder  (1472–1553)  wikidata:Q191748
 
Workshop of Lucas Cranach the Elder
Alternative names
Lucas Cranach
Description -German painter, drawer, printmaker and court painter
Date of birth/death 4 October 1472 Edit this at Wikidata 16 October 1553 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Kronach Weimar
Work location
Lutherstadt Wittenberg
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artist QS:P170,Q4233718,P1774,Q191748
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Title
German:
Die Fabel vom Mund der Wahrheit Edit this at Wikidata

The Fable of the Mouth of Truth
title QS:P1476,de:"Die Fabel vom Mund der Wahrheit Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Lde,"Die Fabel vom Mund der Wahrheit Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Lit,"Bocca della verità"
label QS:Len,"The Fable of the Mouth of Truth"
label QS:Lnl,"De mond der waarheid"
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Genre history painting Edit this at Wikidata
Description
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.
Date 1534
date QS:P571,+1534-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on beech wood Edit this at Wikidata
Dimensions height: 75.5 cm (29.7 in); width: 117.4 cm (46.2 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,75.5U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,117.4U174728
institution QS:P195,Q478695
Accession number
Gm1108
Place of creation Lutherstadt Wittenberg Edit this at Wikidata
Inscriptions Artist's insignia bottom left: winged serpent with elevated wings, facing right and dated '1534'
Notes Friedländer, Rosenberg (1978) No.: FR278
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