Law and Grace, Lucas Cranach the Elder, circa 1550

Text top left: text top center: in the text block at the bottom edge of the painting, in six columns: omnes enim peccavervnt ac destitvvntv[r] gloria dei rom: iii acvlevs avtem mortis peccatvm potentia vero peccati lex i cor: xv lex iram operatvr rom: iiii per legem agnitio pec cati rom: iii omnes prophetae et ipsa lex vsque ad ioannem prophetavervnt matthaei xi nam in christo iesv neq: circvmcisio qvidq valet neq: prepvtivm sed fides operans p dilectionem ad gal: v ecce agnvs ille dei qvi tollit peccata mvndi io: i per sanctificationem spiritvs in obedientiam et aspersionem sangvinis [][?] i] absorpta est mors in victoriam vbi tvvs mors acvlevs vbi tva inferne victoria sed deo gratia qvi dedit nobis victoria[m] per dominvm nostr[][?] ↑ die wortlaut des römerbriefs in der vulgata: "inivstitiam hominum". Date: circa 1550. Dimensions: height: 19 cm (7.4 in); width: 25.5 cm (10 in). Medium: painting on panel. Collection: Lutherhaus Wittenberg. Lucas Cranach d.Ä. - Gesetz und Gnade (Lutherhaus Wittenberg)