This horizontal composition is a knee-length representation of the subject of Christ blessing the children. Christ stands at the centre of the image surrounded by women, bringing their children and infants to him. The disciples are grouped together at the left edge of the painting.
- Attributions
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Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder
Lucas Cranach the Elder
Attributions
Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder | [cda 2018] |
Lucas Cranach the Elder | [Wilkojc 2012, 54, No.4] |
- Production dates
- about 1600 or later
about 1531 - 1540
Production dates
about 1600 or later | [cda 2018] |
about 1531 - 1540 | [printed on the reverse of a Postcard of the St. Anna Gemeinde Augsburg in the Archive D. Koepplin] |
about 1540 | [Wilkojc 2012, 54, No.4] |
about 1540 - 1553 | [handwritten annotation D. Koepplin in the Archive D. Koepplin] |
- Dimensions
- Dimensions of support: 80.5 x 120 cm
Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 80.5 x 120 cm
[Wilkojc 2012, 54, No.4]
- Signature / Dating
Artist's insignia upper central: Serpent with dropped wings
Signature / Dating
Artist's insignia upper central: Serpent with dropped wings
[not genuine]
- Inscriptions and Labels
Inscription upper edge:
'VND SIE BRACHTEN KINDLEIN ZV IM DAS ER SIE ANRVRETE'
Inscriptions and Labels
Inscriptions, Badges:
Inscription upper edge:
'VND SIE BRACHTEN KINDLEIN ZV IM DAS ER SIE ANRVRETE'
- Owner
- Ev.-Luth. Kirchengemeinde St. Anna, Augsburg
- Repository
- St. Anna Kirche, Augsburg
- Location
- Augsburg
- CDA ID
- DE_SAA_NONE-SAA001
- FR (1978) Nr.
- FR-none
- Persistent Link
- https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_SAA_NONE-SAA001/