Charity, the personification of altruism, is depicted as a woman, breast-feeding an infant. She sits naked on a stone block and is embraced by a further two children. A small girl with a doll stands at the left edge of the painting. The scene takes place in front of a
Charity, the personification of altruism, is depicted as a woman, breast-feeding an infant. She sits naked on a stone block and is embraced by a further two children. A small girl with a doll stands at the left edge of the painting. The scene takes place in front of a landscape with bushes.
[Herrschaft, cda 2015]
- Attribution
- Lucas Cranach the Elder
Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder | [Exhib. Cat. Frankfurt 2007, No. 47] [Sandner 1998 B, 149] |
- Production date
- 1534
Production date
1534 | [dated] |
- Dimensions
- Dimensions of support: 52 x 36 cm
Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 52 x 36 cm
[Exhib. Cat. Frankfurt 2007, No. 47]
- Signature / Dating
Artist's insignia at the left: winged serpent with elevated wings, facing left and dated '1534'; in black paint
Signature / Dating
Artist's insignia at the left: winged serpent with elevated wings, facing left and dated '1534'; in black paint
[Exhib. Cat. Frankfurt 2007, No. 47]
- Inscriptions and Labels
- on the stone:
'CHARITAS.'
[cda 2013]
- on the stone:
Inscriptions and Labels
Inscriptions, Badges:
- on the stone:
'CHARITAS.'
[cda 2013]
- Owner
- Sturzenegger-Stiftung, Schaffhausen
- Repository
- Museum zu Allerheiligen Schaffhausen
- Location
- Schaffhausen
- CDA ID
- CH_SS-MAS_A1781
- FR (1978) Nr.
- FR223
- Persistent Link
- https://lucascranach.org/en/CH_SS-MAS_A1781/