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anonymous: The Fable of the Mouth of Truth  wikidata:Q29897359 reasonator:Q29897359
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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
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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 / The Bocca della Verità
label QS:Lit,"La bocca della verità"
label QS:Len,"The Fable of the Mouth of Truth / The Bocca della Verità"
label QS:Lde,"Die Fabel vom Mund der Wahrheit / Bocca della Verità"
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Genre history painting Edit this at Wikidata
Description
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 painting on beech wood
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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