The Virgin and Child with Grapes in front of a Curtain Held by an Angel

The Virgin and Child with Grapes in front of a Curtain Held by an Angel

Title

The Virgin and Child with Grapes in front of a Curtain Held by an Angel

[Cat. Prague 2007, No. 21]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Cat. Prague 2007, No. 21]

The infant Christ sits on his mother's lap, she is shown as a half-length figure holding grapes in her right hand and the child in her left hand. Christ touches the grapes and rests his hand on the supportive one of his mother. The Virgin's head is inclined slightly to

The infant Christ sits on his mother's lap, she is shown as a half-length figure holding grapes in her right hand and the child in her left hand. Christ touches the grapes and rests his hand on the supportive one of his mother. The Virgin's head is inclined slightly to the left and her reddish blond hair cascades over her shoulders and down her back. In the top left corner an angel appears, holding a black curtain, covering most of the picture plane, in front of a blue background.

[Görres, cda 2014]

Attributions
Follower of Lucas Cranach the Elder
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Follower of Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Cat. Prague 2007, No. 21]

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Exhib. Cat. Prague 2016, 109, No. 13]

Production dates
about 1535 - 1540
about 1540 - 1550

Production dates

about 1535 - 1540

[cda 2014] [Exhib. Cat. Prague 2016, 109, No. 13]

about 1540 - 1550

[Cat. Prague 2007, No. 20]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 85 x 59 cm [Cat. Prague 2007, No. 21]

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 85 x 59 cm [Cat. Prague 2007, No. 21]

  • Clear dimension of support: 83.5 x 57.5 cm [cda 2014]

Signature / Dating

None

Inscriptions and Labels

Reverse of the panel: - paper lable 'Narod. Galerie v. Praze O9321 DO 5111'

[cda 2014]

Inscriptions and Labels

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

  • Reverse of the panel: - paper lable 'Narod. Galerie v. Praze O9321 DO 5111'

  • [cda 2014]

Owner
Národní galerie v Praze (National Gallery in Prague)
Repository
Národní galerie v Praze (National Gallery in Prague)
Location
Prague
CDA ID
CZ_NGP_O9321
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/CZ_NGP_O9321/

Provenance

  • Collection of Count Christian Sternberg, Prague? (recorded since 1806)
  • 1806-1854 (?) on loan from the Sternberg collection to the Picture Gallery of the Society of Patriotic Friends of the Arts
  • 1854 (?) - c. 1945, Sternberg property, recorded in the Castle Cechy pod Kosírem, Moravia

[Cat. Prague 2007, No. 21]

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Exhib. Cat. Prague 2016 31, 106-109 13 Figs. pp. 31, 106, 107
EditorOlga Kotková
TitleCranach. Ze všech stran. From all sides.
Place of PublicationPrague
Year of Publication2016
Pages16-180
Show Literature
Cat. Prague 2007 46 20
AuthorOlga Kotková
TitleNational Gallery in Prague. German and Austrian Painting of the 14th - 16th Centuries. Illustrated Summary Catalogue II/1
Place of PublicationPrague
Year of Publication2007
Show Literature
Vlnas, Sekyrka 1991 334-335
AuthorVit Vlnas, Tomás Sekyrka
TitleDie Kunstwerke der Donauschule in der Tradition der böhmischen Sammlungstätigkeit
JournalVerhandlungen des Historischen Vereins für Oberpfalz und Regensburg
Issue131
Year of Publication1991
Pages328-335
Show Literature
Cat. Prague 1962 XVII
AuthorJaroslav Pešina
TitleAlt-deutsche Meister: Von Hans von Tübingen bis Dürer und Cranach
Place of PublicationPrague
Year of Publication1962
Show Literature
Mathon 1934 9-10
AuthorJaroslav Mathon
TitleZlomek bývalé šternberské obrazárny v Museu mesta Prostejov
Place of PublicationProstejov
Year of Publication1934
Show Literature
Cat. Prague 1827 68 1104
Authorn. a.
TitleVerzeichniss der Kunstwerke, welche sich in der Gemählde-Gallerie der Privatgesellschaft patriotischer Kunstfreunde zu Prag befinden
Place of PublicationPrague
Year of Publication1827
Show Literature
  • The Virgin and Child with Grapes in front of a Curtain Held by an Angel, about 1535 - 1540

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Technical studies

06. 2014Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared reflectography
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Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

Tools/Materials:

- dry, drawing material, chalk

Type/Ductus:

- freehand underdrawing

- delicate, fine lines

Function:

- roughly binding for the final painted version; lines delineate contours and describe the essential details and the facial features; no representation of volume

Deviations:

- alterations made during the painting process to clearly define form

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- not possible

[Smith, Sandner, Heydenreich, cda 2014]

  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
  • photographed by Ingo Sandner

Condition Reports

Date2007

Panel thinned and marouflaged onto plywood

[Cat. Prague 2007, No. 21]

  • examined by Unknown

Conservation History

Date1970 - 1979

Conservation treatment in the 1970s

[Cat. Prague 2007, No. 21]

  • conservation treatment by Unknown

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